AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN small round brooch with delicate white and aqua enamel work around the red stones and natural pearls, all in a gold washed base metal setting. It has older European style tube closure and it is 1-1/8″ across. View View #Q42120 $98.00
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN pendant necklace with green garnet doublettes and natural pearls set in a gold washed 875 silver setting and chain The metal color is an antique gold color, not a shiny color, as fitting for it’s age. Because this has no marks on it, I took it to my GIA jewelry appraiser to have both … Continue reading “AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN pendant necklace with green garnet doublettes and natural pearls”
CHRYSOCOLLA green segments brooch with pendant option, this has ethnic designs in the silver, possibly Egyptian. Look at the closer photos for the detail, which has really interesting scenes. It is 1-1/4″. Chrysocolla is associated with peace and tranquility. View View View View View #V42122 $228.00
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN Vienna Victorian antique Renaissance Revival necklace of oval shaped links, each decorated by garnet colored glass stones, turquoise and enamel work, which is cracked or missing in places upon close examination. The necklace was made in Vienna in about 1880-1890, and it is in 850 silver. It is a wearable length of 17″ with … Continue reading “AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN Vienna Victorian antique Renaissance Revival necklace of oval shaped links, enamel work and turquoise”
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN antique sword in a sheath brooch with beautiful garnet colored glass stones set in 800 silver. This is two pieces attached by a chain, as can be seen in the photo, and it is 2-1/3″ long. There are very tiny marks on the silver blade, one could be the mark for Vienna, and the … Continue reading “AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN antique sword in a sheath brooch with beautiful garnet colored glass stone”
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN Victorian antique brooch with garnets, turquoise and one center garnet colored stone that is glass in an irregular cut. It has a mark that dates it to 1867-1872 and it tests as 800-900 silver. The settings are raised over a dome-shaped sphere with pierced designs. Little flowers raised above the scrolls in the metal … Continue reading “AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN Victorian antique brooch with garnets, turquoise, 1867-1872”
REGENCY saphiret brooch and earrings with the brown blue saphiret teardrop shaped cabochons, teardrop shaped blue and tan rhinestones and a round blue center on the brooch, all in a gold tome metal setting. The brooch, which is signed “Regency” on the back, is almost 2″ across and the clip back earrings are 1-1/8″. Saphiret … Continue reading “REGENCY saphiret brooch and earrings with the brown blue saphiret teardrop shaped cabochons”
CHERRY RED unfoiled rhinestones brooch set into gold tone swirling cornucopia shapes, circa 1940, 2″ wide. I have seen these cornucopia shapes used in both signed DeRosa and Czech jewelry, too, but any jewelry company could have used them. View #Y40506 $198.00
WOODEN colorful olives and green leaves pin with olives in red, blue, yellow and brown, circa 1940, 3-5/8″. One tiny black glass seed bead is missing from the bottom of one yellow olive. Hess for Haskell made pieces very similar to this and I waver on whether I think this is by Miriam Haskell or … Continue reading “WOODEN colorful olives & green leaves pin, 1940”
VRBA Christmas tree holiday brooch with candles all in green, clear and topaz colored rhinestones edged with round green beads all set in gun metal gray. Larry says that in this tree, there are components from all over the world! That includes Providence Rhode Island, Austria, China, Czechoslovakia and Germany. This is 4-3/4″ by 3″ … Continue reading “VRBA Christmas tree holiday brooch with green, clear & topaz”