CHATELAINE matte finished gold filled Victorian chatelaine with initials “AIE” for “Amity, Eternity and Infinity” on this very unusual set. It includes a belt clip 2-7/8″; three beaded chains 5″; compass (glass cracked on top) 1″; locket 1-3/4″; knife 2″. Circa 1890. Chatelaines were made for both utilitarian and decorative uses and this is a particularly lovely one. View View View … Continue reading “CHATELAINE golden matte finish Victorian chatelaine”
VICTORIAN cut steel small rectangular buckle, 1″ by 1-3/4″ . Circa 1880s or before, these are fun to repurpose into another piece of jewelry. View #V28183 $38.00
VICTORIAN jet pendant with a hand painted on porcelain Tyrolean or gypsy boy portrait. It is set in jet with decorative hand made saw-tooth edges, 2-5/8″. It can be worn on a black ribbon or a chain, which is how it would have been worn when it was new, circa the 1880s. These plaques were … Continue reading “VICTORIAN jet pendant with a hand painted Tyrolean boy”
VICTORIAN antique sterling and carved angel skin coral cameo lorgnette, very rare style with heavily and ornately embossed floral motif with a poppy on the reverse, 5-1/3″ by 1-1/3″. These no longer pop open as they should, but need to be prized a bit to open, and there is a shallow dent on the handle, so this … Continue reading “VICTORIAN sterling & coral cameo lorgnette”
VICTORIAN ”Made in France” French cut steel shoe buckle, brads have 12 facets. I have seen craftsmen and beaders convert these single buckles into bracelets and other pieces of jewelry very successfully. View View #V26459a $38.00
VICTORIAN bar pin with red and blue faceted stones and a white small cabochon, circa 1880s, 2 1/4″ wide. An etched scene of a light house and sailing ships adorns the front of this brooch. View. #V5154 $85.00
VICTORIAN antique agate letter opener in it’s own box, “vous soit propice 1903” on the enameled band in the middle, which I think translates to “have a good year 1903″, 6-7/8″ by 7/8”. And 1903 was an interesting year! The Wright Brothers made their first flight, the first Model A Ford was produced and the first game of the … Continue reading “VICTORIAN agate letter opener in it’s own box, 1903”
VICTORIAN Whitby jet pendant with hand painted porcelain Gypsy boy center. It is a 2″ pendant on a 28″ black lace ribbon, as it would have been worn back then. A similar piece can be seen on page 177 of Bell’s “Collecting Victorian Jewelry”. The plaques were made in Austria and sent to Whitby, England, … Continue reading “VICTORIAN jet pendant, hand painted porcelain Gypsy boy”
DEROSA shell-shaped fur clip and earrings with black enamel, clear rhinestones and glass pearls in a gold plated sterling silver setting. The clip is 2″ by 1-3/4″, each of the clip back earrings is 1″, and the entire set was made in the 1940s. The clip is signed “R DeRosa sterling” and each of the … Continue reading “DEROSA shell-shaped fur clip and earrings with black enamel, clear rhinestones and glass pearls in a gold plated sterling silver setting”
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN natural amethyst necklace with alternating genuine green emeralds, all but one green rhinestone that is a replacement but well matched. It is accented by black and white enameling with bits of it missing, visible only upon very close examination. This is in the wonderful Renaissance inspired style. Marked “935” for sterling silver on the … Continue reading “AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN spectacular natural AMETHYST necklace with alternating green emeralds, accented by black and white enameling”
