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Buckle Motif Jewelry

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BUCKLE
MOTIF JEWELRY


The BUCKLE
is a symbol of self-defense, strength and protection. It is
sometimes associated with the
GARTER, symbol of
binding loyalty and brotherhood. One of England’s orders of chivalry is
the Order of
the Garter
which was founded in the
mid-1300’s by King Edward III.



VICTORIAN 14 karat
yellow gold and emeralds buckle bangle,
etched design, 6-1/2" by 3/4". Emerald is the symbol of
Spring and renewal.
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VICTORIAN yellow gold
tone etched hinged buckle bangle with beaded accents, 7" by 1-1/4".
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VICTORIAN yellow gold and
seed pearls hinged bangle bracelet, 7" by 1/2".
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#V31780





VICTORIAN
yellow gold filled buckle motif brooch with etched floral and
scrolls design, 1-5/8".
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VICTORIAN lady
wearing a locket pendant, buckle motif brooch and earrings. Carte de viste
marked "G. Caldwell, Rembrandt Art Studio, Carrington Street, Nottingham". Closer
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VICTORIAN sterling silver and gilt double buckles pin hallmarked
Birmingham 1890, 1-7/8".
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RING Victorian 14k tested
yellow gold, diamond and ruby buckle motif ring, size 11-1/2, 1/8" to 1/4"
wide. #G50997

VICTORIAN gold tone Mizpah pin with etched sentiment "May the Lord watch
between me & thee when we are absent one from another", sterling with 14k gilt,
marked on back "H&N", 375 for 9ct gold, and Chester 1887, 1-1/4" by 3/4", slight
damage to the letter "M" visible under 10x magnification.
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VICTORIAN 9ct
yellow gold buckle ring with embossed designs, dated 1898.
View #G24203




VICTORIAN gold
filled buckle or garter brooch with etched design, 7/8".
View #V29303

VICTORIAN yellow gold garter
or buckle
pin, 1-1/4".
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VICTORIAN gold tone
buckle or garter brooch with etched design and safety chain, 1-5/8".
View #V29290



VICTORIAN gold tone hinged
bangle, brooch and pierced earrings combining both matte and shiny
finish, red rhinestones and tiny pearls, bracelet 6-2/3" by 5/8", brooch
2-1/3" by 3/4", earrings 1/2" by 3/4".
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#V34475


VICTORIAN
Scottish buckle bracelet with carngorn stones, total
length 9-1/4", wearable sizes 7" and 7-3/4", buckle 1-5/8" wide and band
3/4" wide. Carngorn (also spelled cairngorn) is smoky topaz color of
quartz and these are faceted and a lovely rich color.
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VICTORIAN
Scottish silver with royal blue enameling buckle bangle, patterned
all round and hinged in four places, solid silver and very heavy with safety
chain, 7" by 3/4", buckle front 1". See a similar piece, a brooch, in Davidov &
Dawes "Victorian Jewelry" page 33.
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#V31967

VICTORIAN etched silver and agate links
buckle bracelet, adjustable to three
sizes: 7-1/8" 7-3/4" 8-1/2", each link 3/4" wide.
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VICTORIAN agate and sterling
silver buckle bracelet, total length 10-1/2" by 1" wide, wearable by a
7-1/2" to 9" wrist.
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VICTORIAN Scottish sterling
and agate garter brooch, hallmarked.
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VICTORIAN Scottish silver and agate
pebbles buckle bracelet,
6-3/4" by 1-1/4" front and 7/8" back. See similar bracelets in Davidov & Dawes "Victorian Jewelry" book, page 83.
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STERLING 1-7/8" buckle and
shields brooch, marked "sterling" and a maker’s mark of a letter "C" with a
number "3" inside it. View
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VICTORIAN
Scottish agate and sterling silver buckle bracelet in box,
adjustable from 6" , 6-3/4" or 7-1/4" by 1-1/4" buckle and 5/8" band.
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VICTORIAN silver buckle locket and chain, locket is decorated with
etched scrolls and ferns, plan back with 2 shallow dimples, fittings for
photographs are missing, locket 1-1/2" by 1-1’8", lovely chain with double ribbed
links is 16", circa 1880.
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VICTORIAN silver and
agates pebble bracelet with garter motif, 7" by 1-1/3" front and 3/4" band,
engraved initials on the back "MC".
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VICTORIAN silver
buckle bracelet with garnet cabochons, total 9" wearable 7-1/2" by
1-1/4" buckle and 3/4" band.
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VICTORIAN agate and gilt buckle bracelet, total length 8-1/2, wearable sizes
6-1/4", 6-3/4", 7-1/4" by 1-1/2" wide at buckle and 5/8" wide band.
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VICTORIAN sterling and grey
agate garter motif bracelet, 6-3/4" by 1-1/4".
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VICTORIAN sterling hinged
bangle with floral engraving, hallmarks inside, circa 1885, 6-1/2" by 1".
(Similar piece seen in Christie Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry, 2nd Ed, page
62.)
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VICTORIAN silver hallmarked
buckle bangle with etched design and beaded edge, 7" by 3/4". See
Warman’s Jewelry Ed. 2 page 63. View
#V26787

VICTORIAN silver buckle
bangle with etched design , 7" by 1".
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View #V26083


VICTORIAN silver hinged bangle, picot edge cuff and button design,
6-2/3" by 3/4". View #V31285
VICTORIAN silver 1-3/4" by 1-1/3" locket with 1/2" loop, etched garter
center design surrounded with etched scrolls, fitted inside for photos on
both sided, 19" chain.
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VICTORIAN sterling silver hinged bangle, buckle with beaded edge and
leaves and flowers design, hallmarked "M&L’ maker’s mark, Chester 1888,
safety chain, 6-2/3" by 1/2".
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VICTORIAN silver buckle
with etched design bangle, 8" by 1/4".
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VICTORIAN silver locket
with buckle design, fancy and unusual bail with etched design, 2" locket and
2-1/4" total bail, fittings for photos inside, 1.10 oz.
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VICTORIAN silver bangle
with buckle motif and beaded edging, marked on clasp "CME, 925" and a
scales, 6-2/3" by 5/8".
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VICTORIAN sterling
Birmingham hallmarked heavy buckle bracelet,
6-3/4" by 3/4".
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VICTORIAN silver locket with double and ivy buckle
design, 1-3/4". View
View #V28797
VICTORIAN sterling silver and gilt double buckles pin hallmarked
Birmingham 1890, 1-7/8".
View #V28801




VICTORIAN silver buckle
brooch with hallmark, open hair or photo compartment on back, 1-1/4".
View #V29229

VICTORIAN gold filled
buckle motif bangle, marked inside" gold metal cored", 7" by 1/3".
View #V29840

BRACELET silver
belt-style bangle, 7″ by 3/4″. Marked, but it is illegible.
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VICTORIAN sterling
silver hinged bangle, hallmarked "J.A. & S. sterling silver", sliding buckle
motif, adjustable to 7", 7-1/2" or 8" by 3/4", .96 oz.
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VICTORIAN silver buckle bangle with
hidden photo compartment The English registration mark inside is tiny and
hard to read, but it seems to date this to circa 1880, 6-2/3" by 1-1/4".
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VICTORIAN sterling
silver hinged bangle, buckle motif, etched leaves and dental design,
hallmarked inside catch "Kassassan, G.B. Silver", dents on back, 7" by 1",
.95 oz. View
View #V31504




VICTORIAN silver buckle bracelet

VICTORIAN sterling
silver double sided hinged bangle, buckle motif with etched flowers and
scrolls design, hallmarked "MHM" Birmingham, 1862, safety chain, dents and
dings on back, 7" by 1", 1.39 oz.
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VICTORIAN silver Scottish
style buckle hinged bangle, 6-2/3" by 3/4" with 1-1/4" buckle. Scottish
buckles have such flair. View
#V34164

VICTORIAN silver buckle
bracelet with floral design, hallmarked anchor-?-P, 5/8" wide and adjustable
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View #V26562




VICTORIAN sterling silver buckle/bobbles hinged bangle bracelet, Birmingham
hallmark 1885 maker’s mark "RJL"?, one dimple on the back, 6-1/2" by 1/2".
View #V33554
VICTORIAN hinged
buckle bangle bracelet with etched leaves design, boar’s head touch mark?,
7" by 1/2", one very shallow dimple on back.
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View #V33510
VICTORIAN sterling
silver buckle hinged bangle bracelet, smaller size 6-1/4" by 5/8" wide.
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VICTORIAN sterling silver
buckle hinged bangle bracelet hallmarked 1882 Birmingham, maker "A&M",
etched leaf designs and beaded edges, 7" by 1-1/8".
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VICTORIAN vulcanite and
silver black buckle
bracelet, 6-5/8" relaxed by 2" front 1-1/2" back.
View #V34044


STERLING
P&B sterling buckle style brooch with ferns and flowers on
the top, marked on the back, 2-7/8" by 1-1/2"

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#N41675




ART NOUVEAU silver buckle-style brooch
or sash pin with lady and flower, circa 1900,
2-3/4" by 1-1/2".
View #Q60407
VICTORIAN cabinet
card of a lady wearing a beaded belt and buckle, a heart bar pin and a watch
chain, 4-1/8" by 6-1/2". Photographer W. H. Holliday, 36 Jewry Street,
Winchester.
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EAGLES SASH PIN leaves and eagles decorate this
3-1/8" oval in gold tone sash pin … now this *is* unusual! View
#i17160




VICTORIAN sterling
buckle tiny brooch with pull-up pin on a chain, 1".
View #V33749


F&N Fishel Nessler
silver buckle brooch with flower and scroll designs
2" by 2-5/8". View
View #Q35351



VICTORIAN
sterling silver hinged bangle with buckle motif, 7" by 1". The
front of the bracelet is engraved with leaves and scallops.

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#V38473




VICTORIAN buckle in antiques
gold and silver tone, long ago converted to a brooch, 3".
View #Y25957

SASH pin with a serpent curling around an amethyst-colored
rhinestone. It is 3" wide and has the older style c-clasp. VIEW
#i16557

VICTORIAN gold tone
metal sash brooch with buckle and bow motif, 2".
View #i3686




WEED E.L. Weed (W in
triangle mark) filigree buckle motif bangle with aqua unfoiled rhinestone,
patn #1933576, circa 1933, 7" by 1/2".
View #Q27347

E.L. WEED, 1931
Patent
No. 1,933,576
Filigree
Bracelets
Edward L. Weed

EL WEED filigree silver-
and gold-tone bangle with unfoiled brilliant lavender rhinestone in
buckle motif, fastens under the front, 7" by 1/2".
#Q28760




DIAMONBAR Deco sterling paste
buckle bracelet with clear and aqua rhinestones circa 1930, marked "sterling
32017", 7" by 1/2". This lovely bracelet was made by
Wachenheimer Bros., Inc. in Providence, Rhode
Island and they made this line of jewelry from about 1907-1930. This
is in near mint condition, sparkling and clean, amazing for it’s age.
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DECO
buckle style hinged bangle with aqua and clear rhinestones, circa
1930, 7-1/4"
by 1/4". #Q24741

J.
J. WHITE
silver tone filigree buckle bracelet with clear rhinestones,
7-1/4" by 1/2". Circa 1930,
pat 1933576
by E. L. Weed
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View #Q32597



PAYCO
sterling "patented 3-16-26" buckle bracelet, circa 1930. #Q24886

DECO clear rhinestones set in
silver tone buckle motif 14" necklace and 7" bracelet.
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"JHP" silver
filigree 7" by 7-16" bracelet with rhinestone buckle motif.
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SIMMONS "Betsy Ross"
gold filled black enameled buckle bangle with safety chain, 6-2/3" by 3/8".
Robert Fitz Simmons of Attleboro, MA, founded by this company in 1875 and
the company continued to make jewelry until 1952. "Betsy Ross" is just one
of Simmon’s marks.
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#Q32559

DECO sterling silver and
jadite 7" by 5/8" bracelet and 1-1/3" buckle motif pin rhinestones,
marked sterling patented July 7, 1925.
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HAYWARD 1/20-12K yellow gold
filled buckle bangle with etched roses and leaves design on textured
background, engraved on slide "AR to FS", adjustable 6-7" by 1/2".
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DECO
pot metal and rhinestone hinged buckle bangle with clear and blue rhinestones, so
typical of it’s era circa 1930.
View #Q8667

BUCKLE
brooch with clear and topaz-colored rhinestones in pot metal, circa 1930,
View #Y31917

BLACK enameled bangle with
green and clear rhinestones Deco motif front, circa 1940.
View #Q23053




SILVER
tone hinged butterfly wing bracelet ,maker marked "R" in square and "patn
1994826
" dated 1934, 7" by 5/8".
View #Y26179

"WW" silver
tone filigree bangle with a clip-open front covered in rhinestones, 7"
around and 5/8" wide. View
#Y22950

VICTORIAN aqua enamel gold
filled buckle brooch, 1-1/3".
View #V60623




14k YELLOW gold
ring with blue enameling and diamonds.
View #G20900

RETRO
gold tone mesh fob-shaped brooch with red and clear rhinestones in
buckle motif, 1-7/8". View
#Y29431

KREISLER buckle motif earrings,
circa 1946, 1-1/4". See the ad for a similar set
HERE. View
#X28631




BAKELITE root beer
colored elastic strung belt buckle bracelet, 6-3/4" by 7/8".
#B11434

VICTORIAN cut steel buckle is used as
the center for a peyote stitch bracelet which is fastened with an antique
button. This lovely bracelet was made by Janet S. View
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SILVER tone buckle bracelet,
adjustable and wearable at 6-1/4" to 7" at 1/4" increments.
View #N65964