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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1472512
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$1,650.00
A classic Victorian 14K yellow gold fob seal, the surfaces ornately decorated in a repousse pattern of flowers and foliage. Fobs in this design are more typically English than American. It is very generously sized to make an impression when being worn. The citrine plaque is engraved with the monogram “WKV”, so we’ll just assume that was for William K Vanderbilt (LOL!) The ring is marked “14K.”
  • Origin: America, ca. 1840
  • Dimensions: 1” x 7/8” x 1-1/2” (excluding ring)
  • Weight: 19.5 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1472510
Kensington House Antiques
$2,895.00
A very fine 19th century French 18K gold locket, the cover in a very three-dimensional design of overlapping geometric shaped enhanced with calibre-cut Persian turquoise, seed pearls and rose cut diamonds. The turquoise are all original, and a few are have taken on the darker greenish cast often found in Victorian-era turquoise. Additional scrollwork, beading and engraving completes the design. The original bail is set with pearls. The back cover opens to reveal a glass-enclosed compartment. The locket is stamped with French 18K marks and an unidentified goldsmith’s mark.
  • Origin: France, ca. 1850
  • Condition: excellent, a few small dings to the back cover
  • Dimensions: 1-1/4” x 1-15/16” (2-5/16” including bail)
  • Weight: 20.6 grams
  • Approximate Total Diamond Weight: .05 carat
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1472508
Kensington House Antiques
$1,895.00
A lovely late Victorian 18K gold locket enhanced with ornate pierced arabesques and pearl-studded laurel wreaths. The pearls have particularly nice color and luster. The cover opens to reveal a glass-enclosed compartment for a portrait or other keepsake. A small piece of cloth soaked in perfume could have been added behind the pierced cover to provide a bit of relief from the smelly Parisian streets of the 1800s. The original bail is also set with seed pearls. Stamped with French 18K gold marks.
  • Origin: France, ca. 1880
  • Condition: excellent; a small ding on the back cover (more visible from the inside of the locket than the outside
  • Dimensions: 1-1/16” x 2” (2-3/8” including the bail)
  • Weight: 15.2 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1472507
Kensington House Antiques
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A very fine and moving 18K gold and enamel locket in loving memory of Francis Mary, Viscountess Forbes who died on Christmas Day, 1877. She married the Viscount Forbes, 26 years her senior when she was just 21 years old. She was predeceased by her husband, and though she never became a Countess, their son inherited the title Earl of Granard. The locket was likely made for her granddaughter-in-law, Beatrice Mills Forbes, an American heiress who was Viscountess Forbes at the time of Francis Mary’s death. Lady Forbes led a rather fascinating life, as Queen Victoria’s confidante and one of her longest-serving Women of the Bedchamber (1837-1874). Even in her later years, she remained an Extra Woman and was called to Court for special occasions.

The front of the locket is beautifully worked with a black enameled cypher surmounted by an Earl’s coronet against a bloomed gold finish. The back is similarly decorated with an engraved cypher and coronet. The interior features an area for a portrait on one side, and a glass compartment enclosing a twisted lock of Francis Mary’s hair on the other. The frame surrounding the hair is engraved “Francis Mary Viscountess Forbes/Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth/b. 21st Oct. 1811/d. Christmas day 1877.”
  • Origin: England, 1877
  • Condition: excellent, no enamel damage, dings, etc.
  • Dimensions: 1-3/8” x 1-5/8” (2-1/4” with bail)
  • Weight: 26.2 grams.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1472135
Kensington House Antiques
$225.00
Swiss Silver Niello & Gilt Silver Watch Chain An excellent late Victorian silver watch chain with striped niello decoration on the double bar links, alternating with silver gilt curb links. The chain is finished at one end with a dog clip and at the other with a large niello bolt. The chain is stamped with the Swiss mark for 800 silver used 1882-1934.
  • Origin: Switzerland, ca 1900
  • Condition: excellent, niello intact
  • Length: 16-1/4”
  • Weight: 15.2 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1472134
Kensington House Antiques
$225.00
A nice late Victorian silver watch chain with striped niello decoration on alternating links. The chain is finished at one end with a dog clip and at the other with a bamboo-shaped t-bar. The chain is stamped with the Swiss mark for 875 silver used 1882-1934.
  • Origin: Switzerland, ca 1900
  • Condition: excellent, niello intact
  • Length: 17-1/2”
  • Weight: 21.0 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1467297
Kensington House Antiques
$6,250.00
This classic late Victorian bangle bracelet is set with a row of gorgeous opal cabochons in graduated sizes enhanced with old European cut and single cut diamonds. The opals have superb play of color evenly spread across the stones’ surfaces. Primary colors are blues and greens with shots of orange and red. The interior of the bracelet has a jeweler’s inventory number, but no maker’s mark. It is presented in a fitted box that appears to be original. The interior of the box bears the name Wm Mossman, Jeweller & Goldsmith, 135 Princes St (Edinburgh, Scotland). The clasp is stamped with French import marks. Tested and guaranteed 15K.
  • Origin: Scotland, ca. 1900
  • Condition: mint
  • Dimensions: 7/16” wide at front; 6-1/8” circumference
  • Weight: 17.3 grams
  • Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: opal, 7.36 carats; diamond, .37 carat
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1466214
Kensington House Antiques
$5,650.00
An impressive 18K yellow gold hinged bangle, the front set with a cabochon emerald surrounded by old mine cut and rose cut diamonds arranged in a floral motif. The larger diamonds are in buttercup settings that add more depth to the design. The emerald has good color with very light treatment and is probably of Brazilian origin. The back side of the bracelet is pierced to retain a feeling of lightness. The hinged opening and oval shape makes the bracelet comfortable to wear. The clasp is stamped with French 18K gold marks and an unidentified master goldsmith’s mark.
  • Origin: France, ca. 1870
  • Condition: excellent, all original
  • Dimensions: interior circumference, 6-11/16”; width, 1-3/16” at front tapering to 3/8” at back
  • Weight: 30.6 grams
  • Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: emerald, 2.15 carats; diamond, 1.3 carats
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1910 item #1466213
Kensington House Antiques
$2,850.00
An elegant bracelet composed of open links ornately decorated in a pattern of acanthus leaves alternating with blue sapphire oval cabochons. The sapphires do not show indication of heat treatment. Each link is slightly curved, so the bracelet lies nicely on the wrist. The clasp is masterfully constructed to be invisible once closed. Like most Portuguese gold jewelry of the era, it’s quite heavy for its size. The bracelet is stamped with 19.2K gold marks used in the city of Oporto, 1887-1937.
  • Origin: Portugal, ca 1900
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimeions: 1/2" wide; 7-3/4” long
  • Weight: 23.2 grams
  • Approximate Total Sapphire Weight: 3.36 carats
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1465962
Kensington House Antiques
$3,150.00
A colorful butterfly, it’s old mine cut diamond and sapphire body sporting wings studded with rubies, rose cut diamonds and emeralds, stands atop a diamond-encrusted twig in this gorgeous late Victorian jewel. Victorian butterfly jewels usually portray the insect with its wings spread in a rather rigid fashion. This pose is far more naturalistically attractive. The stones together weigh close to 3 carats, and all have excellent color. The piece appears to have been converted from a brooch into a pendant with the addition of a hidden bail at the back. Tested and guaranteed 18K. The contemporary chain is stamped for 18K.
  • Origin: probably France, ca. 1890
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: 1-1/4” x 1-1/4”; chain length, 18”
  • Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: diamond, 1.20 cts; sapphire, .38 ct; ruby, .67 ct; emerald, .63 ct
  • Weight: 9.3 grams.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1465944
Kensington House Antiques
$1,195.00
A handsome gentleman’s ring, the front in the form of a horseshoe encircling an onyx cameo carved to depict a steeplechase scene of a jockey and horse leaping over a fence. Interestingly, the carver chose not to polish the black onyx background, perhaps to lend a more masculine feel to the design. The shank is finished in a reeded pattern. Tested and guaranteed 18K.
  • Origin: probably, France, ca. 1900
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: crown, 3/4" wide tapering to 3/16” at the back
  • Finger Size: 10
  • Weight: 6.2 grams.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1465943
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A lovely 18K gold locket, the front cover bezel-set with rhodolite garnets. The garnets have very fine color with bright shots of violet. The gold surface is stippled. The back cover is ornately engraved in a checkerboard pattern. The interior has a hinged glass cover. The locket is deep enough that it was likely intended to contain both a portrait and a keepsake of some sort. The bail is stamped with French 18K gold marks.
  • Origin: France, ca. 1870
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: 3/4” x 1-1/8” (excluding the jump ring)
  • Total Gemstone Weight: 3.71 carats
  • Weight: 6.6 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1465942
Kensington House Antiques
$3,400.00
An intricately designed 14K yellow gold chain comprised of a double row of reeded oval links enhanced at regular intervals with engraved acanthus leaf plaques. The chain is from the late Georgian or early Victorian period, and is completely handmade. The clasp is a large bolt, reeded to match the links. The individual links are open enough that the chain could be used to hang charms. Tested and guaranteed 14K.
  • Origin: America, ca 1845
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: 20-1/2" long; 7/16" wide
  • Weight: 28.1 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1920 item #1465940
Kensington House Antiques
$3,650.00
An elegant large-scale 18K gold hinged bangle bracelet with repousse floral decoration by Charles Armsheimer & Son. The design is so expertly worked that the hinge is nearly invisible when the bracelet is being worn. Armsheimer’s workshop was located on Maiden Lane, the heart of New York’s jewelry industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The tongue of the clasp is stamped “18K” and also has the maker’s mark for Charles Armsheimer & Son.
  • Origin: America, ca. 1910
  • Condition: excellent, no dings or dents
  • Dimensions: width, 3/8”; inner circumference 6-7/8”
  • Weight: 24.1 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1465733
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A lovely 18K gold locket, the front cover bezel-set with Persian turquoise cabochons. The stones are nicely matched for color. The gold surface is stippled and engraved in a rayed pattern with a foliate border. The engraving on the back takes design elements from the front. The interior has a glass cover. The locket is deep enough that it was likely intended to contain both a portrait and a keepsake of some sort. The original bail, also engraved and set with a turquoise cabochon, is stamped with French 18K gold marks.
  • Origin: France, ca. 1870
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: 3/4” x 1-1/8” (excluding the jump ring)
  • Weight: 5.8 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1463809
Kensington House Antiques
$2,795.00
A beautiful pair of Victorian 14K gold drop earrings with calibre-cut Persian turquoise, pearls and old mine and rose cut diamonds set in an expanding star pattern. The settings are pierced, lightening the overall feeling despite the earring’s generous size. The edges a finished with a pierced gallery. The choice of gemstones is very nice, the diamonds are bright for rose cuts, the pearls have nice luster, and the turquoise a beautifully matched and without discoloration. Tested and guaranteed 14K.
  • Origin: America, ca. 1890
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: 7/8” diameter (excluding wires)
  • Weight: 10.6 grams
  • Approximate Total Diamond Weight: .40 carat
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1463806
Kensington House Antiques
$1,195.00
A lovely pair of Victorian earrings worked in 14K yellow, rose and green gold depicting a mother bird watching over her nest of three tiny eggs. The bird is nicely three-dimensional for added interest. The design is simply finished with a zigzag border. Tested and guaranteed 14K.
  • Origin: America, ca. 1870
  • Condition: excellent, earwires are replacements
  • Dimensions: 5/8” diameter (excluding wires)
  • Weight: 5.2 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1455796
Kensington House Antiques
$1,795.00
An extraordinarily fine Victorian 14K yellow gold and enamel pocket watch chain in the Aesthetic style. The heavy chain comprises ribbed open links joined by doubly-interlocking textured open links. Near each end, the chain is set with a shell-motif bead accented with opaque black taille d’epargne enamel. The original t-bar is heavily decorated with acanthus leaves and geometric motifs typical of the Aesthetic era, all enhanced with enamel. At 15-1/4” long, the chain is just long enough to be worn about the neck as a short necklace or doubled twice at the wrist as a bracelet. And of course, it can still be used with a pocket watch and fob. Tested and guaranteed 14K.

Origin: America, ca. 1870. Condition: excellent, all original, enamel intact. Size: 15-1/4” long. Weight: 27.0 gr.