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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1500029
Kensington House Antiques
$3,500.00
A very good 14K yellow gold Albert chain worked in fancy links. The larger links feature central plaques with engine turned engraving surrounded in ornately scalloped and scrolled wirework. Each of the oval plaques is separated by thick round links. One end is finished with a bolt and the other with a dog clip. The chain was purchased in Spain, is likely Spanish in origin. Tested and guaranteed 14K gold.
  • Origin: probably Spain, ca. 1880
    • Length: 16-3/4 (42.5 cm)
    • Width: 3/8” (9 mm)Weight: 31.1 g
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1499654
Kensington House Antiques
$4,850.00
A stunning Victorian brooch in the form of a comet or shooting star overlaying a traditional crescent moon. The imposing size and the combination of motifs makes this easily the very best celestial jewel we’ve handled. The pin is set entirely with rose cut diamonds in silver over gold. The largest diamond faces up with an appearance of about .55 carat. Overall, the diamonds have the appearance of roughly 4.5 carats. The stones in the crescent are set in closed backs while those in the shooting star or comet are set a jour. The brooch could easily be converted to a pendant by removing the pin stem and adding a bail. The back is stamped with French 18K gold and silver hallmarks.
  • Origin: Probably English (French import marks), ca 1840
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: 1-7/16” x 1-11/16”
  • Weight: 13.6 g
  • Approximate Total Diamond Weight: 4.5 cts (face-up appearance)
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1499650
Kensington House Antiques
$1,850.00
An elegant late Victorian pendant/brooch in the Art Nouveau taste worked in 18K gold. The design features a fuschia blossom set with old mine cut diamonds and accented with gold leaves and diamond-set swirls. The design is set with an additional .15 ct old European cut diamond to one side and supends another diamond drop weighing .20 ct. As is typical of jewelry of the period, the smaller diamonds are set in silver over gold to heighten their sparkle. In Victorian flower symbology, the fuschia blossom represented “good taste.” The back retains the brooch pin and clasp and two hooks to the piece can be worn from a fine chain. Tested and guaranteed 18K.
  • Origin: probably France, ca. 1900
  • Dimensions: 2-1/16” x 2-1/4”
  • Approximate Total Diamond Weight: .71 ct
  • Weight 9.8 g
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1499649
    Kensington House Antiques
    $1,495.00
    A wonderful Victorian 14k gold pendant featuring a large oval citrine in a setting of two entwined snakes, each grasping the other’s tail. In Victorian symbology, this motif was often used to represent the eternity of love. The snakes are finely textured in a stippled pattern. The citrine has good, even coloring and perfect clarity. The pendant is suspended from a fine gold chain with four faceted citrine stations. Though the pendant, likely converted from a brooch, is Victorian and the chain is more recent, they look very good together. The chain is marked “14K” and the pendant tests 14K.
    • Pendant, ca 1860
    • Pendant, 1-5/16” x 13/16”
    • Chain Length: 15-5/16”
    • Approximate Total Carat Weight: pendant citrine, 18.97 cts; chain citrines, 7.28 cts total
    • Weight: 10.9 g
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1900 item #1499639
    Kensington House Antiques
    $3,750.00
    A fine late 19th or early 20th century 18K gold necklace comprising a series of graduated palmette shaped links finished at either end with a fancy link chain. Each palmette features ornate beaded swirls and a floral design. The graduated sizes create an very elegant effect. The necklace is stamped with French 18K hallmarks.
    • Origin: France, ca 1900
    • Condition: excellent
    • Length: 17-1/2”
    • Maximum Width: 9/16”
    • Weight: 24.2 g
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1499638
    Kensington House Antiques
    $3,795.00
    A very fine early “collier Bayadère” or bayadere necklace comprising four strands of seed pearls suspending a blue star sapphire and a seed pearl tassel set in 14K gold bell-form cap set with old mine cut diamonds. These are also sometimes called “sautoirs.” The sapphire has a violet tint to the blue and displays good asterism (star effect). The necklace is finished with a late 18th or early 19th century enameled clasp worked in 18K gold. Bayadères made with two tassels and no clasp were meant to be tied together with a simple knot, while others such as this example, suspending a single tassel, were made with a traditional clasp. The term “bayadère” referred to Indian maidens (“devadasi”) who performed complex ritual dances in Indian temples. Bayadère necklaces became very fashionable in the 1920s as Europeans grew more intrigued with Indian culture. This earlier example, probably dating to the last quarter of the 19th century, features a single tassel.
    • Origin: France, ca. 1875
    • Condition: excellent; minor enamel loss to clasp visible upon close inspection
    • Necklace Length: 24”
    • Tassel Length: 3-1/2”
    • Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: star sapphire, 5.9 ct; diamond, .20 ct
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1499637
    Kensington House Antiques
    $495.00
    A very nice two-sided 18K gold and beveled crystal photo locket, the gold rim ornately pierced in a foliate pattern. The rims of these sorts of lockets are usually worked in a simple reeded pattern, but this example is much more complex. The bail is also a screw that allows the frame to be removed to change the locket’s contents. The locket retains its original two photos and a small piece of woven hair. The bail is stamped with French 18K gold marks and an unidentified maker’s mark.
    • Origin: France, ca 1900
    • Condition: excellent, no chips or cracks
    • Diameter: 1-1/16” (27mm)
    • Weight: 6.7 g
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Deco : Pre 1940 item #1499055
    Kensington House Antiques
    $1,200.00
    A stunning 14K white gold filigree ring featuring rose and yellow gold appliques enclosing a stunning 7.09 ct oval amethyst. The gemstone has the distinctive lilac-pink tones of stones from Brazil called “rose de France,” but with very strong saturation that sets this particular stone apart. While the crown of the ring is of distinctly Art Nouveau style, the shank—enhanced at the shoulders with rose and yellow gold—has a more angular Art Deco feel. The interior of the ring is stamped “BL 14K.”
    • Origin: America, ca 1930
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: crown, 3/4” x 5/8”
    • Finger Size: 7-3/4
    • Approximate Total Amethyst Weight: 7.09 cts
    • Weight: 5.7 g
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1499052
    Kensington House Antiques
    $4,450.00
    An amazing 18K gold and enamel locket made in celebration of Switzerland’s sexcentennial (600th anniversary) celebration in 1891. Made as either a commissioned jewel for the wife of a government dignitary or as a “Grand Tour” souvenir, this locket is likely a unique piece. The front cover is worked in Swiss enamels depicting eleven of the Swiss cantons surrounded a center reserve featuring the coat of arms of the Swiss Confederation. The reverse is decorated with the coats of arms of the remaining eleven cantons that existed at the time of the celebration surrounded a bouquet of forget-me-nots. The flower is often used to symbolize the message “think of me” in Victorian jewelry, but in this case, also as a reminder that they grow abundantly in Switzerland’s alpine meadows. The locket’s edges are finished in a black enamel trail of ivy leaves and vines. Exposed gold surfaces are finished with a stippled texture. The locket’s interior retains the original frames, glass covers and Kelly green silk lining. The ornately pierced jump ring is also original. Tested and guaranteed 18K.
    • Origin: Switzerland (likely Geneva), ca 1891
    • Condition: excellent, no enamel damage or dings
    • Dimensions: 1-5/16” x 2-5/16” (including jump ring)
    • Weight: 32.2 g
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Edwardian : Pre 1920 item #1499051
    Kensington House Antiques
    $1,895.00
    An Edwardian lion locket exceptional for its very large size. The deeply three-dimensions lion’s head features a pair of ruby eyes and a brilliant cut diamond grasped in the jaws. The surrounding surfaces have a softly bloomed texture. The reverse is engraved with a period “AK” monogram. Tested and guaranteed 14K.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1920
    • Condition: excellent, no dings
    • Diameter: 1-1/2”
    • Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: ruby, .20 ct; diamond, .25 ct
    • Weight: 15.1 g
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1910 item #1499050
    Kensington House Antiques
    $495.00
    A very unusual Art Nouveau 14K gold brooch in the form of a puffed heart clasped by a winged dragon. The heart is enhanced with repousse floral decoration and is centered with a seed pearl. The griffin clasps a second seed pearl in its jaws. Griffins were often used in jewelry to represent the concept of “protection.” When paired with a heart, the meaning could be conceived as “protecting love.” The back retains the original watch hook, and the clasp appears to be a replacement. The pin could easily be converted for wear as a pendant with the addition of a loop at the tip of each wing. Tested and guaranteed 14K.
    • Origin: America, ca 1900
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 1-7/16” x 13/16”
    • Weight: 3.3 g
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Retro : Pre 1960 item #1499049
    Kensington House Antiques
    $2,995.00
    A beautiful late Retro bracelet worked in 14K yellow gold from the esteemed German jeweler Lotos. Founded in Pforzheim in 1872, the house focused entirely on fine jewelry until the late 1950s when it began making insanely expensive eyeglasses frames in precious metals and set with gemstones. This bracelet dates to the years just after World War II while the company was still focused on fine jewelry. The simple design features contemporary open links studded with perfectly matched emerald cut green tourmalines of exceptional color and strong dichroism (the presence of two distinct shades of green in the same stone when viewed from different angles). The tourmalines each weight just over 2 carats. The hidden clasp is stamped “585” for 14K and is signed “LOTOS.”
    • Origin: Germany, ca. 1950
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 7-3/8 long; 7/16” wide
    • Approximate Total Tourmaline Weight: 8.16 cts
    • Weight: 22.0 g
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1920 item #1499045
    Kensington House Antiques
    $1,595.00
    An elegant French 18K yellow gold chain featuring a row of palmettes that create a fringe around the neck when worn. Each is intricately pierced and enhanced with beaded decoration. The palmettes are finished at either of the chain with a row of matching oval links. The chain is stamped with French 18K gold hallmarks used until 1919.
    • Origin: France, ca. 1900
    • Dimensions: 16” long; 1/2” wide
    • Weight: 11.3 g
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Edwardian : Pre 1920 item #1499044
    Kensington House Antiques
    $695.00
    An elegant Art Nouveau pendant/pin styled as a shooting star. The rays are pave-set with seed pearls, and additional pearls are set at the tips of spikes between each of the rays. The center is set with an old European cut diamond. The back retains the original brooch clasp and folding pendant bail.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1910
    • Condition: excellent
    • Diameter: 1-1/8”
    • Approximate Diamond Weight: .10 ct
    • Weight: 4.0 g
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Retro : Pre 1950 item #1499042
    Kensington House Antiques
    $3,950.00
    A classic Retro 18K gold and platinum ring with a special twist—the use of natural “pierres de famille” instead of synthetic stones in modern cuts. The crown of the ring is centered with a good rose cut diamond of about .62 carat (with a face-up appearance of about 1.5 carats) flanked on either side by a graduated pair of cushion cut blue sapphires, and bordered on the outer edges with bands of old mine and old European cut diamonds. The sides of the crown are worked with a pierced gallery. Many Retro jewels were created during the World War II years, hence the frequent use of synthetic gemstones. This ring, however, features natural stones that were repurposed from the owner’s old jewels inherited from family into something more fashionable. The shank is stamped with French 18K gold and platinum hallmarks.
    • Origin: France, ca 1940
    • Condition: excellent, typical wear to surfaces of sapphires
    • Dimensions: crown 7/8” long x 5/8” wide tapering to 3/16” at the back of the shank
    • Finger Size: 6
    • Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: diamond, 1.22 cts; sapphire, 2.76 cts
    • Weight: 8.6 g
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1920 item #1499041
    Kensington House Antiques
    $1,395.00
    An elegant 18K yellow gold brooch featuring an image of the water nymph Daphne, who was pursued by the sun god Apollo. His affections were not returned by Daphne and to save her from falling into his arms, Daphne’s father transformed her into a laurel tree. She was so impressed by the genuineness of his mourning, that the Daphne bowed her limbs and allowed Apollo to pluck laurel leaves which he fashioned in his own crown. Here, Daphne is shown wearing a bandeau of old European cut diamonds and with her head surrounded by arches of laurel. The wavy treatment of her flowing hair in the background is suggestive of her water origins. This medallion is almost certainly the work of sculptor Emile-Séraphin Vernier. Most jewels based on Vernier’s designs were made in France, but his designs were also licensed to American jewelers who created pieces in 14K gold. American examples such as this one typically have much heavier weight than their French counterparts. The back retains the original watch hook and pinstem with a replaced clasp. A bail for wear as a pendant could easily be added at the top. The back is also engraved “E.H.S. – S.B.H. 1925.” We believe the brooch is likely a about a decade older, probably around 1910 and that the engraving was when given as later gift. Tested and guaranteed 18K.
    • Origin: America, 1910
    • Condition: excellent, sharp detail, replaced clasp
    • Dimensions: 31/32” diameter
    • Approximate Total Diamond Weight: .08 ct
    • Weight: 10.3 g
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1920 item #1499040
    Kensington House Antiques
    $1,450.00
    An elegant American Art Nouveau pendant worked in 14K yellow gold, set with natural river pearls and period. The design has a feather-like appearance that is at once substantial and airy. The center heart-shaped peridot is 2.35 cts and the suspended pear-shaped peridot is .94 ct. Both stones have fine coloring and fire. The barrel clasp is marked “14K.”
    • Origin: America, ca. 1910
    • Condition: excellent, all original
    • Pendant Dimensions:1-11/16” x 2-1/16”
    • Overall Length: 16-1/2”
    • Approximate Total Peridot Weight: 3.29 cts
    • Weight: 6.8 g
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1920 item #1499039
    Kensington House Antiques
    $1,895.00
    An elegant Art Nouveau necklace featuring a central pendant hanging from a single chysoprase station that in turn hands between two more ornate shield-shaped stations set with chrysoprase cabochons. The central pendant features an oval chrysoprase cabochon enclosed in gold whiplash curves and accented with old mine cut diamonds. The gold surfaces are beautifully enhanced with a snakeskin texture. The pendant also originally had a pinstem so it could be removed from the chain and worn as a brooch. The original hallmark was most likely on the pinstem or its clasp. Given the sophistication of the design and the quality of the workmanship, the necklace is certainly the product of one of the better American makers of the early 20th century. Tested and guaranteed 18K.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1915
    • Condition: excellent
    • Pendant Drop Dimensions: 7/8” x 1-3/4”
    • Overall Necklace Length: 17-1/4” (from clasps to central chrysoprase station)
    • Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: chrysoprase, 7.74 cts; diamond, .20 cts
    • Weight: 9.7 g
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Deco : Pre 1950 item #1499037
    Kensington House Antiques
    $1,395.00
    A classic Art Deco round locket worked in platinum and 14K rose gold. Both sides of the locket are divided diagonally into halves of platinum and gold, and on the front cover each of the halves is set with a almandite garnet. At first glance, the garnets look like rubies, but they have a more coppery color that more goes more nicely with the rose gold. The interior retains the original frame, glass and silk liner. Tested and guaranteed 14K and platinum.
    • Origin: America, ca 1930
    • Condition: excellent
    • Diameter: 7/8”
    • Approximate Total Garnet Weight: .22 ct
    • Weight: 9.3 g
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Retro : Pre 1970 item #1499036
    Kensington House Antiques
    $5,495.00
    A fine heavy gold bracelet worked in a unisex modified curb link design. The bracelet has lots of movement and is very comfortable to wear despite its impressive weight. The concealed box clasp is stamped “14K.”
    • Origin: America, ca. 1960
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 6-3/7” x 5/8”
    • Weight: 59.2 g
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1920 item #1497133
    Kensington House Antiques
    $13,950.00
    An extraordinary Victorian 18K gold hinged bangle bracelet belonging to the eldest daughter of the 9th Duke of Devonshire, Lady Maud Louisa Emma Cavendish, likely custom-made around between 1912-14 to celebrate her debut in society. Lady Maud married in 1917, so the bracelet is definitely prior to that event. The bracelet is entirely worked in a continuous panel of hand sawn foliage, flowers, grapes, and spiky seed pods. The front of the bracelet features the Cavendish coat of arms with three stags’ heads caboshed surmounted by a knight’s helmet barred. The back of the bracelet featured an “M" monogram so intricately worked into the design that it is difficult to see at first. The bracelet is heavy but retains an overall feeling of delicacy and lightness due to the extensive openwork of the design. The tongue of the clasp bears the hallmark of Henri Vever, arguably one of the two or three most important French jewelers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The hallmark was registered in 1912, not long after the publication of Vever’s authoritative book on the history of French jewelry, La Bijouterie Francaise au XIXe Siècle. By 1912, Vever was well into his Art Nouveau period, but in many circles, certainly those in which the Duke’s family traveled, the Art Nouveau style was considered perhaps a little too risqué for an unmarried young lady. The bracelet is presented in its original velvet- and silk-liked fitted case.
    • Origin: France, 1912-1917
    • Condition: excellent, sharp detail throughout
    • Dimensions: 7/8” wide; 6-3/4” circumference
    • Weight: 56.5 g.
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1497132
    Kensington House Antiques
    $2,495.00
    French Art Nouveau 18K Gold & Diamond van der Straeten LA GAIETE Pendant A lovely French 18K gold, platinum and diamond Art Nouveau pendant featuring a young woman in flowing garments. The design “La Gaieté” (“the merry one”) was created by the famed Belgian sculptor George van der Straeten in 1900. Many such designs were adapted for jewelry, but van der Straeten’s images are very uncommon. The pendant is worked in an asymmetrical form bordered with rose cut diamonds set in platinum. The lady also wears a choker of rose cut diamonds. The piece originally had a pinstem and clasp that was removed at some point, but the two pendant loops appear to be original and are partially hallmarked with French 18K marks. The medallion is signed “G. van der Straeten” on the front.
    • Origin: France, ca. 1910
    • Condition: excellent; sharp detail
    • Dimensions: 1-1/8” x 1-1/8”
    • Weight: 10.5 g.
    • Approximate Total Diamond Weight: .45 ct.
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1497131
    Kensington House Antiques
    $1,595.00
    A pretty pair of French foxtail tassel earrings worked in yellow and rose 18K gold. The surmounts and the tops of the tassels are decorated with colored gold floral rosettes and each foxtail chain terminates in a small ball. The earrings dangle freely with attractive movement when being worn. Each is stamped with French 18K gold hallmarks.
    • Origin: France, ca. 1880
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 2-1/16” long from top of earwire
    • Weight: 9.7 g.
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1900 item #1497130
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    A French Art Nouveau 18K gold and diamond stickpin in the form of a mythological beast, perhaps a serpent-like dragon called a “vouivre,” which was reputed to be particularly vicious but easily terrified by naked humans . The creature grasps a small rose cut diamond in its open jaws. Mythological beasts of all sorts were particularly popular in French Art Nouveau jewelry. The pin stem bears French 18K gold hallmarks.
    • Origin: France, ca. 1890
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: head, 9/16” x 3/4"; overall length, 2-11/16”
    • Weight: 1.6 g.
    • Approximate Diamond Weight: .03 ct.
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Designer Signed : Pre 1970 item #1493164
    Kensington House Antiques
    $16,500.00
    A stunning bracelet from Van Cleef & Arpels’ “Twist” line launched in 1962. Van Cleef’s jewels of that period took on a new lightness of mood from those of the previous decade. Color and a sense of movement became ever more important. The “Twist” bracelet matches flexible gold mesh with gold beads along the edge, cultured cultured pearls and coral beads to create a casual yet stately jewel that looks at home with jeans or a gown. The ingenious clasp is as small as possible to preserve the effect of a single torsade encircling the wrist. The Twist line was made with coral, lapis and onyx, and in addition to bracelets, included necklaces and clip earrings. The bracelet is fully marked with French 18K gold stamps and is stamped with the serial number 14.491 and “V.C.A. 62.” There is also the master goldsmith’s mark for Roger Stoffel of Stoffel et Cie, a workshop that created jewels for Van Cleef, Cartier, and Jean Schlumberger in the 1960s.
    • Origin: France, 1962
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 9/16” wide; 8” long
    • Weight: 14.2 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1493162
    Kensington House Antiques
    $2,875.00
    A beautifully worked 14K gold chain, each link fashioned as a three-point ivy leaf. The links are attached to one another with curling vine tendrils. In Victorian floriography (the language of flowers), ivy leaves variously conveyed the sentiments of friendship, affection, fidelity or wedded love. Generally, friendship and affection seem to have been the most common sentiments. The clasp is marked “14K.”
    • Origin: America, ca. 1900
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 15-3/8” long; 7/8” wide
    • Weight: 27.0 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1493161
    Kensington House Antiques
    $2,295.00
    An elegant Victorian 18K gold curb link bracelet enhanced at the center with a diamond rosette. The rosette features a prong-set old European diamond of .30 carat surrounded by ten mine cut diamonds in petal shaped settings. The center diamond is graded as I color, VS2 clarity. The curb links are finished with a ribbed texture that gives them a soft shimmer. The tongue of the box clasp is marked “18Ct.”
    • Origin: England, ca 1900
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: rosette diameter, 7/16” circumference, 6-1/8”
    • Weight: 7.3 grams
    • Approximate Total Diamond Weight: .40 carat
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Retro : Pre 1950 item #1493160
    Kensington House Antiques
    $775.00
    An elegant late Retro period, three-color gold ring set with rubies. The surface is worked in a pattern of white gold rose blossoms with rose gold accents against a stippled yellow gold background finished with a rose gold scalloped border. Each rose is set at the center with a small round ruby. The interior is stamped “14K.” Extra-wide rings such as this are referred to as “cigar band rings” because of their resemblance to the wide paper band on a fine cigar. They are easy to wear and mesh nicely with other rings.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1950
    • Condition: excellent, minor wear to ruby surfaces typical for the period
    • Dimensions: 15/32” wide
    • Finger Size: 6-3/4
    • Weight: 7.4 grams
    • Approximate Total Ruby Weight: .08 carat
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1920 item #1493159
    Kensington House Antiques
    $2,475.00
    A nice late Victorian 14k rose gold single Albert watch chain comprising shortened trombone links alternating with circular links, leading to a simple t-bar. A short length of chain suspends a spring-ring clasp to hang a fob. The inside of the dog clip is stamped 14K and the chain tests 14K.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1900
    • Condition: excellent; minor wear to the spring-ring clasp
    • Dimensions: 11-1/4” (dog clip to t-bar); 1-3/8” suspension bail to spring-ring)
    • Weight: 24.6 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Edwardian : Pre 1920 item #1493158
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    $1,950.00
    A classic Edwardian 14K gold double Albert watch chain in a flat curb link design. The chain is completed with a moustache-shaped bar and a larger open link that could accommodate a fob or two. The chain and bar are hallmarked 14K by J. Jacoves of New York. The chain is also marked “1916.”
    • Origin: America, ca 1916
    • Condition: excellent, the spring-ring clasp has been replaced with a gold-filled clasp, but the swivel dog-clip is original and 14K
    • Dimensions: 15-1/2” long (dog-clip to spring-ring); 2-1/2” long (chain to t-bar)
    • Weight: 23.0 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1960 item #1493156
    Kensington House Antiques
    $1,575.00
    A heavy vintage Italian charm or pendant worked in 18K yellow gold and set with amethysts. The gold surfaces are embellished with rope twists and beaded appliques. The amethysts have intense violet coloring with even saturation. Tested and guaranteed 18K gold.
    • Origin: Italy, ca 1955
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 1-1/8” x 1-3/8” (excluding bail)
    • Weight: 16.7 grams
    • Approximate Total Amethyst Weight: 10.43 carats
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Deco : Pre 1930 item #1492699
    Kensington House Antiques
    $795.00
    A beautiful Art Deco 18K white gold three-stone ring set with peridots. The setting is finely worked in an Art Deco interpretation of a classic acanthus leaf design. The workmanship is ornate enough that the setting appears to be a filigree mounting upon initial inspection. The peridots have fine coloring, clarity and brilliance. The center stone is 1.58 carats and is flanked on either side by a 1.10 carat stone. The shank is stamped “18K.”
    • Origin: America, ca 1925
    • Condition: excellent
    • Finger Size: 7-1/4
    • Dimensions: crown, 13-16” x 5/16”
    • Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: 3.78 carats
    • Weight: 5.0 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1492698
    Kensington House Antiques
    $1,950.00
    A nice Victorian 14K gold by-pass bangle bracelet, the top adorned with a spray of wheat set with turquoise cabochons and tiny seed pearls. In the Victorian era, sprays of wheat were intended to represent “posperity.” At a time when a woman’s fortunes depended entirely upon those of her husband, a bracelet such as this may have been gifted for the wedding as a hope for the bride’s future prosperity. The bangle is hinged, so it is easy to put on and remove. Tested and guaranteed 14K gold.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1880
    • Condition: excellent, a couple of pinpoint dings on the side right next to the push-clasp
    • Dimensions:1/2” wide; 6-1/8” circumference
    • Weight: 17.2 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1920 item #1492697
    Kensington House Antiques
    $2,895.00
    An elegant Art Nouveau 14K yellow gold bangle bracelet featuring a row of five collet-set amethysts separated by gold floral and foliage sprays. The amethysts have good saturated color free of zoning and are nicely matched. The bangle is hinged so it is easy to put on and remove. Tested and guaranteed 14K gold.
    • Origin: America, ca 1910
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 13/32” wide; 6-5/16” circumference
    • Weight: 15.6 grams
    • Approximate Total Amethyst Weight: 4.09 carats
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1492696
    Kensington House Antiques
    $225.00
    A nicely detailed 14K gold anchor pendant. In Victorian jewelry, the anchor was meant to convey a sense of hope, security and steadfastness. This classic example is enhanced with a detailed spiral or rope and sharp prongs. The piece is large enough to wear as a pendant or could be used as a charm on a chunky bracelet. Stamped “14K.”
    • Origin: America, ca 1890
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 11/16” x 1-1/8 (excluding jump ring)
    • Weight: 1.9 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1940 item #1492670
    Kensington House Antiques
    $3,600.00
    A superb 14K gold hinged bangle featuring a graduated row of oval brilliant cut amethysts with a pair of round brilliant diamonds separating each stone. The amethysts are of exceptional quality rivalling the finest Siberian stones mined in the 19th century. They have a deeply saturated violet color and show no color zoning. The diamonds are estimated at G color, VVS2 clarity and are set in white gold to further enhance their sparkle. The clasp is stamped 14K. The safety chain has a clasp so the bracelet can be opened fully for ease of putting on and taking off.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1930
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 7/16” wide tapering to 7/32” at the back; 6-1/2” circumference
    • Weight: 28.7 grams
    • Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: amethyst, 14.99 carats; diamond, .60 carats
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre 1990 item #1492669
    Kensington House Antiques
    $2,850.00
    A handsome 18K yellow gold ring featuring a row of three vivid green emeralds. The stones are simply bead-set with a bit of engraving to add a little sparkle to the setting. The crown and shank have a plain polished finish. The emeralds have very fine color graded as “very slightly bluish-green, medium dark tone, vivid saturation (vsbG6/6). Inclusions are typical of emeralds originating in Columbia. The interior of the shank is stamped with English 18K gold hallmarks for London, 2003. The maker’s mark is “GD&S” for G. Davison & Sons.
    • Origin: England, 2003
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: crown 13/16” x 3/8”; shank tapering to 7/32” at the back
    • Finger Size: 11-1/2
    • Weight: 14.2 grams
    • Approximate Total Emerald Weight: 1.43 carats
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1920 item #1492668
    Kensington House Antiques
    $775.00
    Art Nouveau 14K Gold, Mississippi River Pearl & Diamond Pendant/ Pin An elegant Art Nouveau daisy pendant/pin, the petals formed from elongated Mississippi River pearls arranged around a textured gold disc studded with an old European cut diamond. The pearls have attractive luster and the diamond is I color and VS2 clarity. The back retains the original folding pendant bail and pinstem/clasp. The back is marked 14K and is stamped with the maker’s mark for Crossman & Co.
    • Origin: America, ca 1910
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 1” diameter
    • Weight: 5.7 grams
    • Approximate Diamond Weight: .06 carat
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Retro : Pre 1960 item #1492667
    Kensington House Antiques
    $1,495.00
    A 14K gold folding portrait locket in the shape of a lucky four-leaf clover. The leaves are decorated with engraved and brushed finishes to create the details and center an amethyst sphere set in prongs. The back cover is simply decorated in a brushed texture. The locket opens to reveal compartments with oval openings for four photos, making it ideal for a mother of four, or a mother of three who likes her husband as much as her kids! The interior is stamped 14K. The clover can be worn as a pendant or as a charm on a chunky bracelet.
    • Origin: America, ca 1950
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 1” x 1” (excluding bail”
    • Weight: 12.1 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1920 item #1492665
    Kensington House Antiques
    $3,875.00
    A very heavy late Victorian 14K rose gold watch chain completed with a matching t-bar. The curb link chain is completed with a t-bar, a dog clip, and a 1-1/2” length of chain to suspend a fob. The chain is stamped repeatedly with the Imperial Russian mark for 56 zolotnik gold (a tad purer than 14K) used 1898-1908.
    • Origin: Russia, 1898-1908
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 12-3/8” long (dog clip to t-bar); 1-1/2” long (suspension bail to fob bail)
    • Weight: 50.2 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1492664
    Kensington House Antiques
    $225.00
    A classic late Victorian gold padlock clasp. These were used mostly for bracelets but could also be used with necklaces. Today, they are often worn as charms or in their original function. In Victorian jewelry symbolism, padlocks represented the unbreakable bonds of love. The padlock with stamped with the English 9ct mark, but the jump tests as 14K gold.
    • Origin: England, ca. 1900
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 9/16” x 13/16” (1-1/16” with jump ring)
    • Weight: 2.0 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1492656
    Kensington House Antiques
    $2,595.00
    An extremely rare and beautifully made French Art Nouveau pin depicting a sirène (mermaid) and sea monsters. The rarity of the design cannot be overstated—for every 50 or so griffins maybe one mermaid piece turns up. The mermaid is depicted within a trefoil border created by the bodies of the writhing sea monsters. A garland of lilypads (interesting that the designer didn’t remember that lilypads grow in freshwater while mermaids live in oceans) preserves her nether region modesty. She is shown blowing a large conch shell horn that was used to calm the seas for favored sailors and to brings storms to doom the unlucky. The pin retains its original pinstem and clasp marked with French 18K gold marks and also with the master goldsmith’s mark for Alfred Rayat who worked in Paris 1885-1907. A folding bail could be added for wear as a pendant.
    • Origin: France, ca. 1900
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 1-3/8” x 1-5/16”
    • Weight: 11.0 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1492655
    Kensington House Antiques
    $1,350.00
    A nice Art Nouveau griffin pendant worked in 18K gold and platinum, the wings set with rose cut diamonds and the open jaws grasping another diamond. The pose, in a sort of near-frontal pose with detailed ribbed wings outspread, is somewhat unusual and makes a dramatic statement. The piece was originally a brooch and pendant combination, but the original pinstem was removed. The clasp remains and is stamped with French 18K marks. The pendant loops are original. The griffin also retains its original hook that would have been used to suspend a watch or a pearl or gemstone drop.
    • Origin: France, ca. 1900
    • Condition: excellent; a couple of small dings to the back side near the hook
    • Dimensions: 1-7/8” x 1-1/2”
    • Weight: 6.1 grams
    • Approximate Total Diamond Weight: .20 carat
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1492654
    Kensington House Antiques
    $2,895.00
    An elegant Belle Epoque bracelet comprising links in the Louis XVI style, set alternately with round emeralds and rose cut diamonds. The gemstones are set in crimped collets that mimic the center of each flower. Each link is hinged in a way that allows the bracelet to drape nicely on the wrist. The clasp is stamped with French 18K hallmarks and a illegible master goldsmith’s mark.
    • Origin: France, ca. 1890
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 7-1/2” long: 15/32” wide
    • Weight: 17.4 grams
    • Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: diamond, .10 carat; emerald, .06 carat
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1930 item #1492653
    Kensington House Antiques
    $595.00
    A lovely Art Nouveau gold watch pin in the form of a maiden appearing within the ruffled form of a pansy blossom. Tendrils of her hair cascade out toward the edges eventually disappearing into the veining of the flower’s petals. The back retains the original clasp and a hook to hang a watch. The pin could easily be converted to a pendant with the addition of a bail at the top. The hook could then be used to suspend a pearl or other gemstone drop. The clasp is indistinctly stamped with a mark for the karat content, and it is tested and guaranteed as 14K gold.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1910
    • Condition: excellent, sharp detail
    • Dimensions: 1” x 1”
    • Weight: 4.4 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Deco : Pre 1930 item #1492652
    Kensington House Antiques
    $6,500.00
    A stunning Art Deco worked in white gold, each link set with a square onyx plaque topped with a cabochon opal in a milgrain white gold collet. Spacers between the links are set with onyx beads flanked at the corners with old European, mine, and single cut diamonds. The opals have very good play of color, predominantly in shades of green and blue with orange flashes. The links are fully articulated so the bracelet sits nicely on the wrist. The clasp is stamped with French 18K gold marks.
    • Origin: France, ca. 1925
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: length, 6-7/8”, width 3/8” tapering to 1/4" at the back
    • Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: opal, 6.36 carats; diamond, .70 carat
    • Weight: 32.1 grams
      All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Designer Signed : Pre 1970 item #1492025
      Kensington House Antiques
      $16,500.00
      An exquisite mid-century modern 18K gold and diamond necklace by André Vassort for the Parisian jeweler O. J. Perrin. The necklace comprises 47 butterfly-shaped graduated links, each separately hinged so they lie perfectly flat around the neck. The links are worked in the heavily textured style favored by Vassort. The center 21 links are each studded with a diamond so delicately set that it appears to float over its link. The diamonds are graded as E color and VVS1 clarity. The clasp is stamped with Vassort’s master’s mark and with French 18K gold marks. The necklace is presented in its original dark blue suede and moiré silk fitted box marked by the luxury jewelry house O. J. Perrin. Aside from Perrin, Vassort also created jewels for Van Cleef & Arpels, Mauboussin, Cartier, and Boucheron. He also designed privately for Hollywood celebrities. In 1969, Van Cleef asked him to design and create the coronation crown for Empress Farah of Iran.
      • Origin: France, ca 1960
      • Condition: excellent
      • Dimensions: 17-1/2” long; 5/8” wide tapering to 3/8” at back
      • Weight: 103.6 grams
      • Approximate Total Diamond Weight: 1.75 carats
      All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre Victorian : Pre 1837 VR item #1492024
      Kensington House Antiques
      $9,750.00
      A stunning pair of lage Georgian or early Victorian transitional earrings worked in 18K gold and silver. The earrings, each in form of a convolvulus (morning glory) blossom feature a variety of antique cut diamonds, mostly cushion and mine cuts. The smallest stones are rose cuts. The diamonds are of excellent quality, mostly eye clean and with superb, warm sparkle as the earrings dangle freely. The expert craftsmanship that allowed the diamonds to be set very close together with little metal showing gives the earrings a dramatic appearance when being worn. Most of the diamonds are set “a jour” (open to the light at the back), but the largest center diamonds in the rosettes at the top of each earring are set in cut-down mountings which suggests the earrings were made in the transitional period between the Georgian and Victorian eras. The backs of the rosettes have a layer of 18K gold so the silver wouldn't tarnish the wearer's earlobes. The wires are 18K gold and are probably replacements of the originals.
      • Origin: likely English or possibly French, ca 1830-40
      • Condition: excellent
      • Dimensions: 1-1/2” x 11/16”
      • Approximate Total Diamond Weight: 6.16 carats
      • Weight: 8.8 grams
      All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Edwardian : Pre 1920 item #1492022
      Kensington House Antiques
      $595.00
      An elegant Edwardian heart-shaped locket worked in 18K yellow gold. The front cover is enhanced with a small rose cut diamond and three small no-heat rubies set in a stylized floral pattern with engraved stems. The decoration is reminiscent of Imperial Russian jewels of the era, but the locket bears French gold hallmarks and is marked “Déposé” indicating that the design had a copyright of sorts. The edges of both the front a back covers are finished with banded reeding décor. The chain is old, possibly original, but is gold-filled.
      • Origin: France, ca. 1910
      • Condition: excellent, a couple of tiny pinpoints on the back cover
      • Dimensions: 3/4" x 15/16” excluding jump ring; chain, 18” long
      • Weight: 2.1 grams (without chain)
      All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Retro : Pre 1950 item #1492021
      Kensington House Antiques
      $3,250.00
      An interesting late Retro 14K yellow gold bracelet worked as a series of sextupled cable links that are slightly flattened so they splay out sideways to create a wide bracelet with a sort of optical illusion effect. The clasp is decorated so the bracelet appears seamless when being worn. The open link design makes this a perfect bracelet to wear on its own or with chunky, heavy charms. The interior of the clasp is marked “14K.”
      • Origin: America, ca. 1950
      • Condition: excellent
      • Dimensions: 5/8” wide; 7” long
      • Weight: 38.2 grams
      All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1492020
      Kensington House Antiques
      $225.00
      An elegant Victorian 18K gold pendant featuring an onyx plaque centered with a seed pearl. The gold setting is ornately worked in a rope twist motif and with bright-cut engraving. Three tiny seed pearls complete the design. The pendant is stamped with French 18K gold marks.
      • Origin: France, ca. 1870
      • Condition: excellent
      • Dimensions: 1-7/32” x 5/8”
      • Weight: 3.0 grams
      All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Edwardian : Pre 1920 item #1492009
      Kensington House Antiques
      $2,995.00
      An elegant Edwardian bracelet worked in fancy curly-cued gold links, each with a slash of platinum-set rose cut diamonds for a little added sparkle. A collet-set ruby appears between each of the links. The rubies have nice color and are unheated. The links are formed loosely, so the bracelet has nice movement when being worn. The tongue of the concealed clasp is stamped with French 18K gold and platinum hallmarks and with an illegible master goldsmith’s mark.
      • Origin: France, ca 1915
      • Condition: excellent
      • Dimensions: length, 6-3/4”; width, 5/16”
      • Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: ruby, 1.2 carats; diamond, .20 carat
      • Weight: 14.5 grams
      All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1900 item #1492006
      Kensington House Antiques
      $2,395.00
      A heavy French 18K gold and diamond pendant depicting a mythological griffin. The creature has the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. His open jaws clasp an old mine cut diamond. The diamond has bright (G-ish) color and is VVS2 clarity. The griffin is depicted against a background of swirling foliage. The back is engraved to match the texture of the front. The griffin has two loops on the backs of the wingtips so it can be worn as a pendant. It originally also had a removable pin stem which is no longer present. The pendant is stamped with French 18K guarantee marks and a partial goldsmith’s mark.
      • Origin: France, ca. 1890
      • Condition: excellent, sharp detail, removable brooch mechanism absent
      • Dimensions: 1-5/8” x 1-3/8”
      • Weight: 11.6 grams
      • Approximate Diamond Weight: .05 carat
      All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1492005
      Kensington House Antiques
      $3,450.00
      A really inventive Victorian 14K gold book chain necklace, each link in the form of a heart. The links are further enhanced with heart appliques engraved in a floral pattern. The necklace is completed with a large reeded bolt clasp that could easily hold multiple pendants or charms. Tested and guaranteed 14K.
      • Origin: America, ca. 1880
      • Condition: excellent
      • Dimensions: 18-3/4” long
      • Weight: 32.1 grams
      All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1491850
      Kensington House Antiques
      $3,750.00
      An elegant Victorian bangle bracelet, the front set with a triple row of 76 natural seed pearls that splay open toward the center which is set with a floret of old mine cut diamonds. The pearls have cream body color and fine luster and are perfectly matched. The diamonds are F/G color and VVS2 clarity. The center diamond is .34 ct and the others are .06 ct each. The clasp is well-concealed and it is stamped “15 Ct” and also has French import marks.
      • Origin: England, ca. 1900
      • Condition: excellent
      • Dimensions: 5/8” wide tapering to 3/16” at back; circumference 6-1/2”
      • Weight: 23.5 grams
      • Approximate Total Diamond Weight: .82 carat
      All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1491849
      Kensington House Antiques
      $995.00
      A nice pair of mid-Victorian earrings worked in chocolate brown lava set with pearls in 14K yellow gold. The earrings are designed as two acorns flanking an elongated amphora form surmounted by a lady’s head. The girandole arrangement (three elements suspended from a single element at the top) is relatively rare among lava earrings. Archaeological Revival lava jewelry from Pompeii was a very prized souvenir of a wealthy visitor’s Grand Tour through Italy due to the ongoing excavations there that accelerated in the late 1860s. The small pearls are natural and have excellent color and luster. Tested and guaranteed 15K gold.
      • Italy & England, ca 1870
      • Condition: excellent, no chips
      • Dimensions: 3/4” wide; 1-15/16” long
      • Weight: 5.8 grams
      All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1900 item #1491814
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      A lovely early Art Nouveau 18K gold sliding locket by the acclaimed medallist Jean-Baptiste Emile Dropsy. The front cover shows a bare-shouldered woman wearing a diamond necklace and hair ornament feeding a diamond seed to a bird in mid-flight, all surrounded by a bough of chestnut leaves. The diamond accents (“habillé”) add a bit of sparkle to the design. The bird appears to be a dove, representative of “love” in Victorian symbology, while the chestnut leaves represent the sentiment “do me justice.” Taken together, the message means some along the lines of wishfulness for being treated well in love. Dropsy was an early Art Nouveau designer and his female designs tend to be a bit more teasing Gibson Girl than the more overtly sexy nudes that came along a decade or so later. The back cover is decorated with a curved spray of roses complete with thorns. Roses were also used to symbolize love, and when thorns are present, sometimes hinted that love is not without occasional pain. The interior of the locket retains its original frames and mirrored glass, which could be replaced with photos if desired. The locket is stamped with French 18K gold marks.
      • Origin: France, ca 1895
      • Condition: excellent, all original, a small ding on the back cover visible in strong raking light
      • Dimensions: 1-1/8” x 1-1/8”
      • Weight: 11.9 grams
      • Approximate Total Diamond Weight: .06 carat
      All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1491813
      Kensington House Antiques
      $110.00
      A classic mid-century silver pendant or charm representing the Zodiac sign Libra (“la Balance”). A detailed scale appears over a stippled background and is accompanied by the classic iconographical symbol for balance. The pendant is stamped with French second-standard (800/1000 pure) silver hallmarks in use before 1962 and an unidentified maker’s mark.
      • Origin: France, ca 1955
      • Condition: excellent
      • Dimensions: 13/16” diameter excluding bail and jump ring
      • Weight: 3.8 grams
      All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1491812
      Kensington House Antiques
      $110.00
      A classic modernist silver pendant or charm representing the Zodiac sign Aquarius (“le Verseau”). A long-haired maiden pours water from a large ewer. The design is worked with a semi-matte finish and is enclosed in a highly-polished frame. The pendant retains its original jump ring. The pendant is stamped with French second-standard (800/1000 pure) silver hallmarks in use before 1962 and an unidentified maker’s mark (A cross P).
      • Origin: France, ca 1955
      • Condition: excellent
      • Dimensions: 25/32” x 25/32” (20 x 20 mm) excluding bail and jump ring
      • Weight: 4.6 grams
      All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Deco : Pre 1930 item #1491810
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      An Art Deco pendant or charm displaying four playing cards each with the pip for an ace worked in black or red enamel. Four aces is an unbeatable hand in poker unless an opponent has a flush. The bottom edge of the charm is engraved “Réussité” (“Success”). The charm and the original jump ring are stamped with French 18K guarantee marks.
      • Origin: France, ca. 1930
      • Condition: excellent, no enamel damage
      • Dimensions: 1/2" x 11/16” excluding jump ring
      • Weight: 2.2 grams