VICTORIAN 9ct yellow gold retractable mechanical pencil with turquoise around the barrel and a black end carved with a rose, rosebud and leaf. There is a tiny crack at the tip of the pencil end, and the pencil is 1-5/8″ long. The pencil slides out when you gently push down on the turquoise ring, and … Continue reading “VICTORIAN 9ct turquoise retractable mechanical pencil”
VICTORIAN 9ct yellow gold retractable mechanical propelling pencil with turquoise around the barrel, 1-7/8″ long. The pencil slides out when you gently push down on the turquoise ring, and you can see the tip in the last photo, the one on the right. This tests as a low-karat gold, 8-9 k. The black intaglio seal … Continue reading “VICTORIAN 9ct turquoise retractable mechanical pencil”
VICTORIAN 9 carat yellow gold and banded agate bar pin in black and white with prong set half pearl, 1-1/2″ wide. This is a wonderful versatile piece of jewelry and it is in excellent condition. It could also be a conversion piece, where your jeweler could attach a chain so it could be worn as a pendant. … Continue reading “VICTORIAN 9 carat yellow gold agate bar pin”
R. BLACKINTON & Company sterling glasses case and pince nez glasses with the initials “CJM” on the front and an absolutely beautiful design of flowers and scrolls on both the front and the back. It is marked “sterling 2721″ on the inside lower rim, as well as a maker’s mark for R Blackinton & Company, … Continue reading “R. BLACKINTON & Company sterling glasses case & pince nez glasses”
VICTORIAN antique 18 karat 1866 memorial or mourning ring in 18 karat yellow gold with black enameling. It is marked “SH Chamberlaine Ob 23AUG1866” all the way around the outside and engraved inside, size 7-1/2. See “Warman’s Jewelry, 3rd Ed, page 36. Another ring similar to this can be seen in “Jewels & Jewelry” by Clare Phillips on … Continue reading “VICTORIAN antique 18 karat 1866 memorial mourning ring, Chamberlaine”
VICTORIAN 15k yellow gold and banded agate brooch with a double halo of pearls accented by black enamel work all the way around, 2″ by 1-1/2″. And if that isn’t good enough, it comes with it’s own perfectly fitted Victorian box! The brooch has no marks, but it tests 15 karat gold and the pearls … Continue reading “VICTORIAN 15 k banded agate boxed brooch, double halo of pearls”
VICTORIAN “IMO” (IN Memory Of) jet locket circa 1870. With room for two photos inside, but fittings for both but glass for only one, it measures 1-7/8″ by 1-1/2″, and leather thong that it came on is 21″ long. These were often worn on a plain black ribbon, too. There are tiny flea bites on the edges of … Continue reading “VICTORIAN “IMO” (IN Memory Of) jet locket circa 1870″
VICTORIAN antique 14k yellow gold brooch with palette work hair flower bouquet and a black Taille d’ Epergne enamel lover’s knot setting fashioned like bent twigs, circa 1870, 2-1/4″ by 1-1/2″. This is one of the loveliest frames I have ever seen on a piece of hair jewelry and it has a glass covered locket compartment … Continue reading “VICTORIAN antique 14k yellow gold brooch palette flowers”
VICTORIAN molded black vulcanite on glass cameo brooch with beaded edging, signed on the back “W.P.”, circa 1880, 1-5/8″. It is rare to see pieces like these signed and I don’t know who these initials stand for. The lady wears a veil and a double strand of beads, and all around her are scallops, followed by … Continue reading “VICTORIAN vulcanite, glass cameo brooch, signed”
VICTORIAN French jet (black glass) insect or bug pin with flowers and leaves, 1-7/8″. This whimsical combination of dragonfly and lily-of-the-valley flowers is really unusual. French jet is faceted black glass backed with black enameled metal. It is usually more shiny and the pieces much more delicate thanWhitby jet. View #V35883 $198.00