VICTORIAN 18ct banded agate and foil backed quartz cabochons locket, c. 1870. Lockets like this came in several sizes, but this is a smaller version at 1-1/8″ by 1-1/4″. The back of this lovely locket has a removable glass covered oval compartment with a piece of wine colored fabric inside. It could hold a memento … Continue reading “VICTORIAN 18ct banded agate foil backed quartz cabochons locket, 1870”
HASKELL Hess five-piece jewelry parure with the original advertising art work illustrating it and done by Larry Austin. The set was created with aqua swirl glass bead clusters set in gold tone caps and chains. The necklace is 16″ long with a 3-1/4″ front drop; the bracelet is 7″ long with 2″ drops or charms; … Continue reading “HASKELL Hess five-piece jewelry parure & original advertising art”
MIRIAM HASKELL Hess set of yellow coil bracelet and brooch along with the original Larry Austin original art work advertisement that illustrates these two pieces of jewelry. The bracelet and brooch are made of yellow flattened glass beads and green enameled leaves set in gold tone with yellow glass seed beads. The bracelet is 7″ in total length and … Continue reading “HASKELL Hess set of yellow coil & pin plus original Austin design art work”
ALICE CAVINESS necklace and earrings with lavender rhinestones and faceted glass beads, necklace 18-1/2″ and clip back earrings 1-1/8″. This is one of the most beautiful Caviness sets I have ever seen! Both the stones and the beads are clean and sparkling. View View #X40080 $268.00
MIRIAM HASKELL huge bib necklace and matching pierced earrings made up of many small bows in baroque artificial seed pearls and clear rose montee with glass pearls, all set in gold tone filigree. This set was designed by and purchased from Millie Petronzio, who was then the head designer at Miriam Haskell, circa 1996. It … Continue reading “MIRIAM HASKELL huge bib necklace and pierced earrings set”
MIRIAM HASKELL Frank Hess designed artificial pearl, green glass leaves and yellow and red flattened glass beads coil bracelet. This has been professionally re-worked to replace seed beads, which had not aged well over time, with new white glass seed beads. The price reflects this replacement and the resulting bracelet is lovely and ready to … Continue reading “MIRIAM HASKELL Hess pearl, green, yellow, red coil bracelet”
VICTORIAN antique pietra dura pale pink and white morning glory flowers bar pin with green leaves, silver and 10k setting circa 1870, 2-1/2″ by 7/8″. It has a glass on the back, but a photo would need to be a small, long and narrow one to fit there. Pietra dura, in Italian, means “hard stone”, and … Continue reading “VICTORIAN 10k antique pietra dura brooch, morning glory flowers”
VRBA Deco necklace in green and pale lavender with a green drop and clear rhinestone and glass pearls, 15″ around the throat and has a 3″ extension as well. The front drop part is 8″ long and 2″ at the widest. . There are vintage components in this as well as contemporary ones, and Larry blends … Continue reading “VRBA Deco necklace in green and pale lavender with a green drop”
MIRIAM HASKELL 1937 Larry Austin original advertisement art work for Haskell jewelry. It illustrates a lady wearing the pink, blue and clear glass coil bracelet and clip. There is a foil “Miriam Haskell” tag on the front and it’s marked in pencil on the back, “351” and the date 3/15/37, so circa 1937. It is … Continue reading “MIRIAM HASKELL 1937 Larry Austin original advertising art work for jewelry”
HASKELL Hess 1937 unsigned Frank Hess parure. The set consists of a necklace, coil bracelet, large dangling fur clip and dangling earrings. They are all made of hand fashioned French pate de verre glass beads and flowers in pink, blue and clear, really breathtaking! The necklace is 16″ long; the fur clip, 4-1/4″; the coil … Continue reading “HASKELL Hess 1937 unsigned Frank Hess parure, a favorite!”