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Jewelry by the Decade Victorian through 1960s What was popular and when…
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VICTORIAN lady wearing elaborate vulcanite necklace and hair comb. Carte de viste marked on front and back "John Fergus, Largs". View | VICTORIAN lady wearing a portrait brooch, cut steel buttons and diamond earrings. Cabinet card size 4-1/4" by 6-1/2", marked "J. O. Herbert, Grand Rapids, Wis." | VICTORIAN lady wearing a portrait brooch and a watch chain with a ring as an ornament. Cabinet card size 4-1/4" by 6-1/2" marked on the front "Younge, Over Glenn’s, Franklin Square, Utica, NY". View | VICTORIAN lady wearing jet portrait locket on a black velvet ribbon and matching earrings. Carte de viste size 4-1/8" by 2-1/2", marked "Inskip Photo, The Cliff, Scarboro" with a Masonic emblem on the back. View |
VICTORIAN 18k yellow gold and Persian turquoise knot brooch, lovely detailed design on the front and two memorial hair compartments on the back. The knot was a Victorian symbol for unending love. This fabulous brooch is 2-1/4" by 2-2/3". View View View View #V32572 | VICTORIAN sterling silver gilt fern motif locket hallmarked Birmingham 1886. The locket, which has a pattern of stars and beading all around the edge, is 1-7/8" with 1" loop on 18" by 5/8" chain collar with total front drop of 4", amazing condition and in original fitted purple-lined 7" by 9" box. The locket is fitted inside to hold two photographs. View View View View View View View View #V32080 | VICTORIAN 9 carat yellow gold, cameo and garnet long earrings with tiny foxtails, shaped flowers and leaves , 3". View View #V33024 |
VICTORIAN onyx mourning pendant with seed pearls cross on the front, photo compartment on the back, engraved "Henry Fredrick Swan, 10 Sept 1842 obit 25 March 1908, loop is enameled "In Memory Of", circa 1908?, 1-3/4" by 1-1/2" with 1/2" loop. View View View #V33052 | VICTORIAN 15 carat yellow gold, blue enamel and pearl hinged bangle, circa 1860. There are six-sided asymmetrical stars on each side, outlined in blue enameling. A lovely hand engraved design outlines both sides of the front as well as both sides of the center element, ending at the sides by the hinge and opening with scrolls and flowers. Gold beads tip each side of the domed front. The condition is perfect except for a VERY shallow 1/2" straight light depression on the back. The clasp closes firmly and easily, the pearls are all there and have a lovely sheen and the enamel is all in place. It is a size slightly smaller than the standard contemporary size of 7" at 6-1/2" with a 1-1/4" wide front and 1/2" wide back.. The finish is matte or bloomed not shiny, absolutely gorgeous. View View View #V33049 | VICTORIAN 9 carat yellow gold set banded agate cross with tiny diamond, flowers at each station, marked "9ct" on back, a large 4-1/2" by 3". View #V33023 |
VICTORIAN hair bracelet in an open weave with gold stations and clasp, beautifully made, two hair portions unraveling on back, circa 1870, 7-1/4" by 3/4". This bracelet can be seen on page 28 of the A. Bernhard & Co 1870 catalogue of hair jewelry. Similar to one shown in the reprint of "The Art of Hair Work, 1875" by Mark Campbell, page 285. View View View Catalogue Page #V31353 | VICTORIAN hair plume palette work brooch with seed pearls and curled wire work, table work hair frame and gold fittings, circa 1870, 1-5/8" by 1-1/4". Similar brooch seen in the 1870 Edition of A Bernhard & Co. Catalogue. View View #V31354 | VICTORIAN black and white enameled Classical urn motif brooch with glass covered hair compartment, circa 1840, some enamel missing, 3/4" by 1". Bell’s "Collector’s Encyclopedia of Hairwork Jewelry" page 94. View #V31385 |
VICTORIAN sterling hinged belt buckle motif bangle with floral engraving, hallmarks inside, 6-1/2" by 1". View View View #V24970 | VICTORIAN cut steel set in a flower motif: the necklace is 18" by 1-1/3", the bracelet 7" by 1-1/3". View View View View #V25841
| VICTORIAN silver oval brooch with leaves and flowers, dotted edge, hair compartment on back, 1-5/8". View #V26456
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VICTORIAN Whitby jet hand carved necklace, very rare geometric design, 18" long and 5" front drop. The detailed hand carving in this is magnificent and it is in all likelihood a one-of-a-kind necklace. View View View View View #V31293 | VICTORIAN lady wearing elaborate necklace and earrings set. View | VICTORIAN Whitby jet necklace, hand carved with decorated links and stations, one of a kind, 20-1/2" by 4". This necklace was seen in "Antiques & Collecting Magazine" page 49, October 2008 in an article about Victorian jet jewellery called Black Magic by Anna Marie Roos, Ph. D. View View View View View View View #V29822 |
VICTORIAN Japonesque yellow gold filled with rose gold overlay oval brooch with a parrot in a swing and a little girl in fur cap and collar photo on the reverse. View View #V29577 | VICTORIAN watch bar pin with floral motif, extremely well detailed, 2-3/4". View #V26411
| VICTORIAN gilt and silver locket, Aesthetic design with fan, bird and leaves, fitting on both side inside for photos, 1-3/4" by 1-1/3" with 1/2" loop. View View #V31291 |
VICTORIAN scenic mosaic links bracelet set in rolled gold, 6-1/4" by 1". Each link has a different Italian scene created with tiny multi-colored tessera and each is a work of art. In all probability this would have been a souvenir of a grand Victorian era European tour. View View View #V33684 | VICTORIAN carte de visite of lady wearing a lovely pietra dura brooch, marked in pencil on the back, "Jane Manely, niece of ", photographer "W.W. Winter, Midland Road, Derby, Patronized by Her Majesty The Queen". View View | VICTORIAN pietra dura white and pale pink morning glories bar pin with green leaves, simple but lovely setting circa 1890, 2-1/2" by 7/8". View #V32598 |
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". View View View View View View #V33615 | VICTORIAN Scottish pebble style agate and sterling bracelets. See Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry" Ed. 3, page 47. | VICTORIAN sterling silver and agate anchor brooch, extra large at 3" by 2", etched design on the silver fittings and original rope, has no marks but tests as sterling . View #V33070 |
VICTORIAN mother of pearl set in gold brooch/pendant, 1-1/2". View #V26082
| VICTORIAN gold filled adjustable bracelet with red stones, etched design, 6-3/4" by 1/3". View #V26080
| VICTORIAN etched gold tone knot brooch, 1-3/4". View #V26561
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High necked blouses and upswept hairdos were a feminine look for the early 1900’s. | Dainty lavalieres are seen in many photographs of the early 1900’s. | A lovely small waist is ornamented with a striped belt and fancy buckle or sash pin. | Sentimental hair locket may have contained the hair of a sweetheart. |
10K YELLOW GOLD Edwardian lavaliere with aqua Persian turquoise center stone and seed pearls with fresh water pearl dangle, circa 1900, 1-1/4". The box in which it came to me has a note in an old turn-of-the-century script. View View View View #Q29656 | EDWARDIAN flower pin, 14 karat yellow gold enameled pink flower with pearl center, circa 1900, a dainty 1-1/8". View #Q32716 | ART NOUVEAU gold tone and purple rhinestone 1″ watch pin with a small hook on the back to suspend a pendant watch. View #Q25823 |
EDWARDIAN 10k yellow gold lavaliere with cabochon with faceted back long oval amethyst and pearls, circa 1900, 1-1/2", marked 10k on back, on a 14 karat yellow gold 17" chain. View #Q32760 | EDWARDIAN 14k yellow gold lavaliere with center sapphire, pearls and seed pearls, illegible hallmark circa 1900, 1-5/8" by 1", marked 14k on loop, on a 14 karat yellow gold 17" chain.. View #Q32759 | Seed pearl starburst brooch, circa 1900. #Q22923 |
CAMEOS are such classic beauties. This one has tiny pink enameled butterflies on the corners of the filigree frame. View #U14728 | EDWARDIAN 14k white gold filigree ring with keystone shaped rubies, size 5-1/4. View #G26300 | DRAGONFLY and poppy sash pin circa 1900. View #Q19163 |
14k enameled pink and soft yellow flower and seed pearl bar pin, 1-5/16". Circa 1910. View #G23230 | STERLING silver Gibson girl with golf club brooch, pierced star mark on back, 2-1/4". View #Q25874 | 14K EDWARDIAN yellow gold lover’s know pin with pearl center circa 1900, 7/8" View View #Q28567 |
DECO Germany green glass 1-1/2" pendant with marcasite basket motif. View #Q26163 | DECO sterling, carnelian and marcasite 15" by 1-1/2" drop necklace and 7-1/4" by 1/2" bracelet. View View #Q26183
| EMBOSSED gold tone dress clip with carnelian colored pierced and etched stone, 2-7/8". View #Y26376
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NECKLACE golden colored faceted glass crystals in filigree settings on a 16" chain necklace. View #Y9517 | BLUE unfoiled faceted rectangular rhinestones on a silver tone chain. View View View #Y24308 | AQUA rhinestones set in gold tone 15-1/4" necklace. View View #Y10994
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SNAKE silver tone and clear rhinestones snake wrap bracelet, marked "Patented" and approx 7-1/2" but is adjustable. #Y24892
| CELLULOID hand painted and set with blue rhinestones 2-1/2" by 3-1/4" pendant on a blue grosgrain 32" ribbon. View View #Q24870 | TRANSPARENT glass seed beads strung on white comprise this 50" sautoir. View #Q21694 |
FILIGREE silver tone filigree pendant with aqua and clear unfoiled rhinestones, circa 1930. View #Q26178 | FILIGREE silver tone heavily filigreed hinged bangle with melon molded cranberry center stone, clear rhinestones, circa 1930. View View #Q25401 | FILIGREE Elf & Co silver tone filigree bracelet with clear rhinestones, circa 1930 View View #Q26160 |
Starting just before the turn of the century, lighter weight jewelry became popular, reflecting the advent of metals that were strong enough to support this style of jewelry making as well as the tastes for lighter fabrics in clothing. (Think of the white hand embroidered dresses worn by Edwardian ladies like these>>> |


| This filigree style continued and developed through the flapper era and into the 1930’s. Sometimes they are plain filigree, and sometimes decorated with rhinestones and/or enameling. |
FILIGREE silver filigree links bracelet with blue and clear rhinestones, 6-3/4" by 1/2". #Q26223 | | FILIGREE silver tone
1-1/3" pendant with citrine-colored rhinestone on16" chain. View #Q23740 |
E.L.WEED (W in a triangle mark) filigree gold and silver colored bangle with pale yellow unfoiled rhinestone center, patent #1,933,576 circa 1933, 7" by 5/8". #Q26750 | E.L. WEED, 1931 Patent No. 1,933,576 Bracelets Edward L. Weed | 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 |
DECO crystal faceted circles and rhinestone links bracelet. View View #Q20947 | DECO embossed sterling and carnelian-colored glass "O’s" bracelet, 8" long and each "O" is 1". View # Q24797 | RIBBED CRYSTAL half-barrel shapes accented with clear rhinestone comprise this wonderful bracelet. View View #Q20198 |
SIMMONS gold tone hinged bangle with cameo and carnelian cabs, 6-3/4" by 5/8". #X25953 | DECO green and clear unfoiled rhinestones 7" by 1" bracelet. View View #Q25050
| DECO artificial pearl bracelet with rhinestone and apple juice clasp. View View #Q19447 |
DECO black glass ovals with green and white enameled flowers necklace, 15" with 3" front drop. View View #Q26158 | PURPLE gold tone double hinged adjustable bracelet with purple and clear rhinestones and matching earrings, circa 1930-40. View View View View #Y26398 | GREEN faceted opaque glass 2-1/3" pendant on silver tone 16" chain. View View #Q26166
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DECO sterling silver marcasite and black oval ring, circa 1930. #G26010 $68.00
| RHINESTONE marked "CheckoSlovak" frosted glass and clear rhinestones brooch, circa 1930. View Mark #Y24802 $65.00 | DECO sterling and marcasite ring with blue glass cabochon, circa 1930. #G50463 $145.00 |
CZECH pink, blue and yellow glass seed bead twist brooch, 2-1/8". View View #Q29110 | PASTEL glass seed bead and florets brooches, set of 2, 1-1/4" and 1-3/4", patn 206696. View #Q29111 | CHEERFUL multi-colored glass beads pin, 1-1/2". View #Q29112 |
HASKELL Hess set of cranberry glass beads and clear rhinestones set in gold tone flower cups, includes a coil bracelet, dress clip and earrings, circa 1940. The earrings backs have been reworked for security. A Frank Hess design for Miriam Haskell, it is unsigned as was typical of this era circa 1930s. View View View View View View #H34292 | HASKELL unsigned early 1940’s Hess coil bracelet. The coil bracelet is 8" from tip to tip, and looks best on a 7" wrist. Clusters of leaves and flowers in patinated silver tone are enhanced by metallic and glass seed beads. The bracelet was purchased directly from the archives of Haskell Jewelry Company. View #H19582
| HASKELL Frank Hess purple and pink glass leaves set or parure. HASKELL circa 1940 unsigned parure done in poured glass pink and lavender petals accented with clear rhinestones. This set includes both a 3-1/4" brooch and a 5" dress clip, as well as the 6-3/4" bracelet, 16-1/2" necklace and 1-1/3" earrings, circa 1940. Seen in Christie Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry, 3rd Ed, page 199 and Gordon & Pamfiloff’s "Miriam Haskell Jewelry" page 134. View ViewView View #H18804 |
HASKELL Hess chartreuse, burnt sienna and tan flattened glass beads and gold tone leaves expansion bracelet, 3-1/4" front, and matching 4" clip. These gilt leaves were from the "nasturtium" line. #H26051 | HASKELL Larry Austin original watercolor advertising illustration for Haskell flattened bead and leaves bracelet and clip shown at left, numbered "815" on back in pencil, 8" by 10". View #H26053 | HASKELL lariat of natural, red, blue and green wood beads lariat with bright red and yellow glass buttons which each have a flower molded on the top, fur clip ends, total length 26" each clip 3". A Frank Hess for Miriam Haskell, it is unsigned as was typical for this era, circa 1940. This was seen in "Miriam Haskell Jewelry" by Gordon & Pamfiloff page 13. View View #H34416 |
BAKELITE reverse carved stretchy bracelet, green and apple juice with square center, 6" by 1-1/4" front by 1" back, a few tiny smooth flea bites at edges. This bracelet was featured in the October 2001 "Victoria Magazine". View View #B32506 | BAKELITE leaf carved hinged bangle and brooch in creamed corn, butterscotch side hinged 6-1/4" by 1-1/4" wide by 1/4" thick bangle and 3-5/8" carved veined leaves brooch. View View View Both colors #B16247 and #B14558 | BAKELITE carved and over-dyed bangles |
DeROSA red roses 3-1/8" clip with enameling and rhinestones. View View #d21162.
| DEROSA attributed unsigned bracelet gold tone flowers bracelet with red glass beads, blue and clear rhinestones and green enameling, 6-3/4" by 1-1/8" . View View #d26073 | DEROSA fur clip with orange and green enamel, clear rhinestones and artificial pearls, 3-1/2". View #d34650 |
TRIFARI wisteria 3-3/4" pin (converted from a fur clip), patent number 131,885 from March 1942. #T18642 Violets bracelet 7" by 1-5/8". #T18643 and violets fur clip, patent number 131,887 from March 1942. #T21205. Backs | TRIFARI faux moonstones clear and red rhinestones jewelry. ViewView 1945 Ad | TRIFARI pink fruit salad parure. |
GAZELLE sterling vermeil Lucite jelly belly gazelle brooch, 4". It is pictured in "Fun Jewelry" page 84 and on page 184 of Brunialti’s "American Costume Jewelry". Circa 1941. View #Y26792 | LUCITE jelly belly hand holding pink enameled flower brooch with aqua enameled forget-me-not decorated wrist, circa 1945, 4". Shown in Brunialti’s Tribute to America on page 139, in Carole Tanenbaum’s "Fabulous Fakes" on page 92, and in The Best of Bakelite by Battle & Lesser on pages 157-8, and in Brunialti’s "American Costume Jewelry, Art & Industry" on page 214. View View View #Y27220 | TRIFARI sterling vermeil jelly belly frog pin with green cabochon eyes, marked pat#135172 circa 1943, 2-3/4". Shown in Brunialti’s "American Costume Jewelry" on page 149. View #T26076 |
EISENBERG Original gray artificial pearl and red rhinestones fur clip with gold tone leaves and tendrils, 3". View #E21536
| EISENBERG gold plated white metal 3" green rhinestones bow brooch. View #E21242 | EISENBERG unsigned dress clip with faux pearls, rhinestones and aqua accents, 3". View #E21851 |
WOOD sailor head pin with painted face, felt collar, circa 1945. View #w14773 | Victim of Fashion ceramic faced pin, circa 1950. #Y19899 | MILITARY MAN deeply carved and painted wooden pin, a WWII piece, circa 1945. View #w12977 |
Hand decorated, possibly from a home crafts kit, this solider combines wood, felt and painted details. | Ceramic faces were cast and then decorated individually with various hats and hairdos made of felt, fabric, straw and pipe cleaners. | Hand carved and paint details give each piece of wooden jewelry a unique character. |
HASKELL October 1951, Vogue "Jewelled "buttons. Two pins $35.00 each, Necklace,$60.00. Elongated fake pearl earrings $20.00. All by Miriam Haskell. Saks Fifth Ave. | COROCRAFT "Celeste" 1956 | HASKELL Vogue 1951 | HASKELL green glass beads and artificial pearls necklace. |
EUGENE SET red, gray and pink crystal faceted beads in a 14-17 inch necklace, coil bracelet and 1-1/8 inch earrings with terrific color and rhinestone roundel spacers. What a delightful set! VIEW View View #D18299
| DeMARIO blue cabochon and rhinestones 2-1/8" flower pin with gold tone petals. View #D23047
| EUGENE 8-strand faceted glass yellow and green beads necklace, 15-1/2". ViewView #D23762
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AUSTRIA pink rhinestone and artificial pearls with aurora borealis and silver tone leaves brooch, 2-1/8". View #X26017 | CAPRI pinkish-lavender rhinestone and aurora borealis set in gold tone bow brooch with dangles, 3-1/4". View #X26018 | VENDOME two-tone blue aurora floret disks brooch set in gold tone, 2". View #V23513
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| Aurora borealis, the iridescent rainbow finish on rhinestones, was developed by the Swarovski company in the early 1950’s. | . |
VENDOME Georges Braque style brooch, textured gold tone with red cabochon, blue enamel and clear rhinestones, 2-1/3". View #C25867
| DeNICOLA gold tone and clear rhinestone crown brooch, 2-7/8". View View #X25852
| VENDOME large fabulous blue, yellow and white seed beads flower pin, 3". View #V22013
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TRIFARI gold tone 7" by 1" bracelet with clear rhinestones, stylized leaf motif. ViewView #T11123
| COROCRAFT "Golden Jubilee" crown pin with aqua, red and clear rhinestones, 1-5/8". Great quality, made in 1951. View #C20914 | BOGOFF red and clear rhinestone necklace 16-18" and 1-1-4" earrings. View View View #X23503 |
SCHIAPARELLI "Champagne Morning" 1957 set with unfoiled rhinestone, carved glass leaves and aurora borealis. The earrings are signed, and the brooch is typically unsigned. It can be seen in Ginger Moro’s "European Designer Jewelry" on page 87, and also came in green as seen on page 89. View View #S19698 | SCHIAPARELLI JEWELS "Champagne Morning" 1957 | SCHIAPARELLI unsigned lavender foiled and unfoiled rhinestones and cabochons brooch, 2-3/4". View #S26293 |
DAVID ANDERSEN sterling and guilloche enamel green, yellow and lavender butterfly. View #N26386 | STERLING and guilloche enamel green and yellow butterfly. View #N26405 | DAVID ANDERSEN sterling and guilloche cream and yellow enamel butterfly. View #N26387 |
CORO "Cherubin" cupids birthday Duette, July with pink heart-shaped rhinestone, 2-1/3", circa 1956. View View #C20928 | CORO Spring and Summer 1956 advertisement showing the cupid Duette at the lower right of the ad. | CORO Duette crowned cupid heads pin, 2-1/2", marked "patn 1798867". View #C20937 |
TRIFARI "Sahara" modeled by Suzy Parker Harper’s Bazaar 1963 | TRIFARI Vogue 1969 | EISENBERG ICE "The Priceless Look" Harper’s Bazaar 1962 | "Trifari Light" $10-15 each Vogue 1968 |
PLUM and lavender rhinestones and cabochons brooch, 2-1/2". View #Y20811 | PINK rhinestones and cabochons brooch set in gold tone, 2-1/3". View View View View #Y19399 | SEA FOAM colored 2-3/4" aqua and soft green rhinestones and artificial pastel moonstones brooch. View #Y19752 |
SCHREINER green and whit mosaic center 2-1/4" pin and 1-1/8" earrings. View View #S23505
| SCHREINER blue cabochons and blue and green rhinestones earrings, 1-1/4". View #S17447
| SCHREINER blue, green and brown foiled and unfoiled rhinestone 2-1/2" brooch and 1" earrings. View View View View #S20186
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JULIANA style orange speckled art glass and aurora, yellow and green rhinestones 2-1/4" brooch/pendant and 1-1/2" earrings. View #J24591
| JULIANA style gray rhinestones 3-1/4" brooch and 1-1/4" earrings. View #J24594
| JULIANA style aurora borealis beads and rhinestones brooch set in gold tone, circa 1960, 2-1/3″ . View #J26712 |
JULIANA frosted open backed rhinestone and aurora borealis set in gold tone brooch, circa 1960, 2-1/3″. View #J26713 | BRACELET antiqued gold tone bracelet with green cabochons, aurora borealis and artificial pearls, circa 1960. ViewView #Y24574 $68.00 | JULIANA style green marquis and rhinestones stylized flower and leaf brooch with aurora accents, circa 1960. View #J24590 $54.00
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Trifari rosebud 1" earrings | Trifari brushed gold tone 3-1/4" rose pin and 1" earrings with a very three-dimensional construction. #T6162 | Trifari rosebud 1" earrings |
CORO textured gold tone brooch with green rhinestones and the original tag, 1-3/4". View #C22153 | COROCRAFT sterling vermeil 14-1/2" choker with red, clear and aqua rhinestones, 1-1/3" earrings. View #C24820
| CORO textured gold tone brooch with red rhinestones and the original tag, 2-1/4". View #C22154 |
ENAMEL "flower power" brooch, two-tone orange with yellow center and green leaves, circa 1960s, 2-1/2". #Y30111 | VENDOME "Everything’s Coming Up Tulips" Harper’s Bazaar 1963 | ENAMEL "flower power" brooch, pale green with brown flecked center and green leaves, circa 1960, 3-1/2". #Y31036 |
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