NETTIE ROSENSTEIN STYLE but unsigned sterling silver pocket watch shaped locket brooch with a hand painted flower bouquet insert that is surrounded by scalloped blue enamel and clear rhinestones, all in a gold plated setting that is 2″ by 1-1/3″. It is not signed, but the detail in this is excellent like other similar pieces … Continue reading “NETTIE ROSENSTEIN STYLE but unsigned sterling silver pocket watch shaped locket brooch with a hand painted flower bouquet insert”
HOBE bracelet in an Old World Austro-Hungarian Retro style with orange and green glass cabochons, , clear glass beads, enamel work and glass pearls and in a gold plated setting with a safety chain. It is a wearable size of 7″ by 1-3/4″ at the widest, with nine chains on each side. The orange glass … Continue reading “HOBE bracelet in an Old World Austro-Hungarian style”
VICTORIAN 10-14 karat yellow gold and hand painted portrait brooch with a flip-up loop for a necklace chain. It is hand painted with gold trim, marked “DIBB 10k” on the back bottom, 2-1/8″ by 1-5/8″. It is marked 14k on the catch and 10k on the frame, chain tests 10k but the catch doesn’t. I … Continue reading “VICTORIAN 10-14 karat yellow gold and hand painted portrait brooch with a pop-up loop for a necklace chain”
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN natural amethyst necklace with alternating genuine green emeralds, all but one green rhinestone that is a replacement but well matched. It is accented by black and white enameling with bits of it missing, visible only upon very close examination. This is in the wonderful Renaissance inspired style. Marked “935” for sterling silver on the … Continue reading “AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN spectacular natural AMETHYST necklace with alternating green emeralds, accented by black and white enameling”
DEROSA flower links bracelet with red rhinestones set in gold plated sterling silver, and it’s safety chain, made in about 1940. DeRosa created interesting pieces with curved settings like this bracelet, and it reminds me of the repeating curves of the blowing wind. It is 7″ by 7/8″ and signed “DeRosa sterling”. DeRosa made jewelry … Continue reading “DEROSA flowers in the wind design bracelet with red rhinestones in gold plated sterling”
TRIFARI half-dome shaped brooch with lots of tiny brilliant clear rhinestones set in silver tone metal, 2″. Trifari originally called this brooch “Scrolled Dome” and it’s from the 1960s. It is beautifully designed, letting light and shadows pass in and around it, and it is in excellent condition. View View #T5354 $138.00
SWAROVSKI brooch of a winged figure hippocampus creature figural with clear rhinestone pave wings and body and a green eye set in a hand polished gold plated setting, 3-1/4″ by 2-1/2″. After years of thinking this was a griffon, a dragon or serpent, I ran across a web page that showed it as a “hippocampus”, … Continue reading “SWAROVSKI brooch of a winged figural hippocampus creature figure with clear rhinestone pave wings and body”
SWAROVSKI Mardi Gras mask brooch with brilliant red, green and clear crystal rhinestones set in a hand polished gold plated setting, a large 4″ brooch circa 1990s with the Swarovski swan logo on the back. This is in excellent condition and a showy brooch that is great fun to wear. We have abundant information about … Continue reading “SWAROVSKI Mardi Gras mask brooch with brilliant gem tone and clear rhinestones”
SWAROVSKI brooch of a large winged figure hippocampus mythical creature with purple and clear rhinestones set in hand polished gold plated setting, 3-1/4″ by 2-1/2″. After years of thinking this was a griffon, a dragon or serpent, I ran across a web page that showed it as a “hippocampus”, a mythological animal described as a … Continue reading “SWAROVSKI brooch of a large winged figural hippocampus mythical creature with purple and clear rhinestones”
SWAROVSKI 2005 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree brooch with brilliant emerald green marquis rhinestones accented with red, blue, purple, orange, yellow, pink and clear rhinestone ornaments and in a hand polished rhodium plated setting. It is marked on the wonderfully textured back “2005 Rockefeller Center” and the swan logo and copyright mark are there as … Continue reading “SWAROVSKI 2005 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree brooch with brilliant emerald green marquis rhinestones”
