VICTORIAN antique Whitby jet bracelet with hand painted green Tyrolean boy and faceted links. It’s 6-1/8″ relaxed size and stretches to 6-1/3″ with a 1-1/2″ wide front and 1-1/8″ back. Green boy or gypsy portrait pieces like this were popular circa 1860s. This exact piece was featured in the May-June Issue of “Antiques Diary, Britain”, … Continue reading “VICTORIAN Whitby jet bracelet green Tyrolean boy 1860”
VICTORIAN Whitby jet and green hand painted Gypsy boy set of a brooch and earrings, circa 1870 and hand painted. There’s an open hand carved loops border around both the brooch and the earrings, amazingly delicate work, especially with the hand-crafted tools they used back then. Light surface crazing on the back of the earring … Continue reading “VICTORIAN Whitby jet Gypsy boy set, brooch & earrings c 1870”
JEWELRY BOX a jewelry or dresser with a lid hand painted on porcelain inspired by Mme Elizabeth Vigee DeBrun’s self portrait. This lovely oval ormolu or gold washed metal box has pressed decorations around the portrait and on the sides. It is lined in green velvet and while I have seen other similar boxes marked … Continue reading “JEWELRY BOX a jewelry or dresser with a lid hand painted on porcelain inspired Mme Elizabeth Vigee DeBrun’s”
VICTORIAN Whitby jet beads pendant with a hand painted porcelain green Tyrolean or gypsy boy portrait, 2-1/2″ by 1-1/4″ pendant on a graduated strand of beautifully hand carved jet beads in alternating twist and geometrically carved designs, an 18″ necklace. It is amazing to look at these beads and realize they were made by hand one … Continue reading “VICTORIAN Whitby jet beads pendant with Tyrolean boy”
NETTIE ROSENSTEIN artificial pearl and rhinestones earrings set in gold tone, 1″ clip backs. These look wonderful with the Rosenstein portrait brooches with pearl surrounds. In excellent condition, these are circa 1960. View #X24342 $68.00
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”