VICTORIAN 9ct yellow gold bar brooch with a rhodolite garnets and seed pearls, hallmarks illegible, 1-7/8″ by 1/2′, with box. This has the older tube hinge and c-clasp, circa 1890. It is also marked “375” in two places. It comes with it’s own fitted box. View View View #V38609 $238.00
VICTORIAN antique turquoise, garnet and seed pearls ring in a 10 karat gold setting, size 6-1/2 and 1/2″ wide as it lays on the finger, and it weighs .07 ozs. It’s a lovely design and is beautifully decorated with a halo of tiny gold beads at the top and designs on each shoulder as well. … Continue reading “VICTORIAN antique turquoise, garnet and seed pearls ring in a 10k gold setting”
VICTORIAN miniature hand painted portrait pendant with turquoise beads, a signed piece that is 2-1/8″ by 1-5/8″. This is perfect to wear on a gold chain or to display on your desk or dresser. The artist’s signature is looks like the initials “LD”. Looking under magnification, you can see the lovely brushstrokes creating the translucent … Continue reading “VICTORIAN mini hand painted portrait picture pendant with turquoise, signed by the artist”
VICTORIAN silver tone metal sash pin in buckle motif with a roaring lion in the design, 2-7/8″ by 1-7/8″, circa 1900. This is a brooch rather than a buckle, even though it was made to look like a buckle. View View #V37838 $32.00
VICTORIAN bow and charm brooch with orange and green enameled flower and a bow top, beautifully done and 1-1/4″. It is marked “silver” on the back of both the bow and the flower charm. View #V29152 $68.00
VICTORIAN black glass mourning brooch with a flower and leaves center and a seed pearl, symbolic of a tear of sadness, from the late 1880s. The total length is 2″ and it is 1-1/3″ wide. View View #V42342 $58.00
VICTORIAN antique sterling silver sweetheart bow pin with rose and yellow gold overlaid hearts, scallops and flowers, 1-1/2″ by 7/8″. On the back is the maker’s mark “WCM” for William Clark Manton, and hallmarks for Birmingham, sterling, and the date letter for 1893. View #V38247 $148.00
VICTORIAN antique sterling silver bow brooch with rose gold overlaid birds, flowers and etched designs, hallmarked for the maker “WCM” for William Clark Manton, Birmingham sterling and the date 1901, it is 1-1/2″ by 3/4″. View #V37672 $148.00
VICTORIAN antique vulcanite fern-shaped articulated earrings with gold dots down each side, and black glass tops on gold filled wires, 2-3/4″. They move beautifully and are among the best Vulcanite earrings I have ever owned, made in about 1870. These came from a decades-long collector who lived near Whitby, and we were honored to have … Continue reading “VICTORIAN antique vulcanite fern-shaped articulated earrings with gold dots down each side”
VICTORIAN Whitby jet brooch with a cameo of a lady, beautifully carved by hand circa 1870, and 2″ from top to bottom. During that time jet was carved by jet craftsmen using hand tools in small workshops in Whitby, England. I have tried carving jet myself, and it is very difficult. Jet was worn for … Continue reading “VICTORIAN Whitby jet brooch with cameo, hand carved in about 1870”