GEORGIAN or early VICTORIAN antique cut steel and green foiled glass cabochons drop earrings, very old and still glowing with color, entire length 1-7/8″ from the top of the hook to the bottom of the earring. Each of the cut steel brads has about 10 facets on it. The hooks are not karat gold and … Continue reading “GEORGIAN or early VICTORIAN cut steel and green foiled glass cabochons drop earrings, very old”
VICTORIAN antique 10k lava cameo earrings set in 10 karat yellow gold, circa 1900, 1-5/8″ total length. The cameos themselves are in good condition and not as rubbed as many antique lava cameos are. This is a set in very good vintage condition, and though one cameo is a touch darker than the other, you … Continue reading “VICTORIAN Italian antique 10k lava cameo earrings”
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN Renaissance Revival antique heart shaped garnets and seed pearls brooch with six heart-shaped garnets around the edge and a round garnet in the center. Black enamel work surrounds the stones on the front, and the back is equally detailed. It is 1-3/16″ across. This is a 835 gilt silver setting and there are hallmarks … Continue reading “AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN Renaissance Revival antique heart shaped garnets and seed pearls brooch”
VICTORIAN dainty 9 ct yellow gold and coral beads locket back brooch and earrings, brooch 1-1/3″ by 7/8″ pierced earrings 1/2″ not counting loops. The little purple velvet box isn’t original to the set, but it looks lovely in it. This dainty English set is small enough to have been a child’s set, and it … Continue reading “VICTORIAN dainty 9 ct coral beads locket brooch & earrings”
SWAROVSKI brooch of a garden water fountain with clear rhinestone pave set in hand polished gold tone, made in about 1996, 2-1/8″. A similarly designed 1930’s diamond brooch can be seen in the book, “Warman’s Jewelry” 2nd Edition by Christie Romero on page 121. It makes me wonder if Swarovski used that design as their … Continue reading “SWAROVSKI brooch of a garden water fountain with clear rhinestone pave”
GERMANY sterling and green stone cabochon ring with marcasite accents, size 6-3/4 and 5/8″ along the finger. This is probably from the 1950s. It is marked on the inside “Germany sterling” and there are two very small and old chips on the side where the stone meets the setting. View #N35469 $98.00
PASTE salamander or lizard figural brooch with green and clear rhinestones set in silver, marked “800” for 800/1000 sterling, 2-3/4″, with a slight dent on the back. A similar piece can be seen in Deanna Cera’s book, “Jewels of Fantasy” on page 145, and again in her book “Amazing Gems” page 46 where she dates … Continue reading “PASTE salamander brooch with green and clear rhinestones, Germany”
RUTH KAMKE designed very rare flower fur clip with three dazzling clear pave rhinestone flowers that each have red collet set rhinestone stamen, set so they move back and forth, and with green pearlized enameled leaves. It is a nice large size at 4-1/4″ by 4-1/4″. When I say “rare”, I have been told that Ruth … Continue reading “RUTH KAMKE designed very rare flower fur clip along with the design drawing”
FLOWER lavender enameled flower bouquet and bow brooch with a large unfoiled purple rhinestone center, lavender rhinestone buds and clear foiled rhinestones in a gold washed pot metal setting, 3-1/2″ by 2-1/3″. This brooch was probably made in the early 1940s. It reminds me of some of Fred Gray’s enameled brooches but it is not … Continue reading “FLOWER lavender enameled flower bouquet and bow brooch with a large unfoiled purple rhinestone center, lavender rhinestone buds”
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”
