Victorian Enamel Fancy gold hinged Bracelet

You see these pictured in antique jewelry books and when you see them in person, they are even more beautiful! This has really intricate etchings filled with black enamel vines. This is enameled on all sides too. The hinge and clasp work fine. This is oval shape so it fits well on most wrists.It measures 5" on the inside band and 1" wide. This is gold filled and has a rose gold filled inside. A little wear on the inside ( tiny dings) but the enameling on the outside is very good condition. Considering it is well over 100 years old, it is in very good condition!
Status: For Sale
Reference#: ga33723
Price: $325.00

 

Victorian Layer paste rhinestone hinge bracelet

This is in such beautiful condition and looks as if it is has been really well loved and cared for. The front is even prettier than the photos and it is made in 2 layers with the ornamental part having a single paste bright rhinestone. The inside measures 7” long and is 1” at its widest. The hinge and clasp work perfect and there is no wear to the color. Great old piece that needs a beautiful arm to show it off!!
$275.00
Please use this # when ordering  ga33634

Mourning cameo locket necklace bracelet & ER

What an amazing group of coral color Victorian pieces! This includes the locket necklace, the bangle bracelet and the pair of dangle drop screw on earrings. The locket is large ( 2 1/3" with bale,see photo next to a dime) and opens so you can put photos inside. The outside has this magnificent woman in repousse carved work. The chain is black celluloid and measures 20" long. The bangle has an enamel and sterling center with a gilt ornate back plate. It is 7/8" wide and measures 7 3/4" on the inside. The earrings are 2 1/2" long with beads that match the locket and bangle and sparkling black faceted beads. The  pieces are truly unusual and they all are really beautiful! These are all made of celluloid or possibly bakelite.

Please use this # when ordering ga33636
$950.00
or 3 payments of $316.00

Victorian Gutta percha DROP earrings necklace

This 1800's vulcanite, gutta percha and genuine jet necklace and long drop earrings are something to behold! The vulcanite is  the chain ( see the mottled coloring in the closeup) and the gutta percha and the jet are on the drops. The pendant and earrings would have all been hand cut and carved and each is quite large. Vulcanite is a hard, moldable dark brown or black early plastic sometimes erroneously called "gutta percha". This material was used for memorial pieces in the mid-Victorian period.SInce this piece also has gutta percha (Gutta percha is a resin from the Isonandra Gutta tree. Jewelry was made from gutta percha in the mid-1800's. The Gutta percha company was founded by Dr. Montgomerie in 1845 and was in business until 1930) and jet ( Black fossil coal or wood that can be easily carved into jewelry. Some jet is polished and some has an opaque appearance. Jet became fashionable for mourning jewelry in the nineteenth-century when Queen Victoria went into mourning after the deaths of her husband and mother ) this has quite a unique grouping of some of the materials used only during the victorian period.  Victorian The necklace has a length of 23" ( included the beautifully etched rollo link chain) and the drop  is an additional of 6 1/2". The earrings are both 3" long with a lot of layered detailing using the jet and gutta percha. The pieces are in very good condition with little wear and are even nicer than the photos. Both earrings have the exact same berry shapes on the part that hooks to the ear as well as the center piece. Both have the same huge 3/4" jet ball at the bottom. One wire could stand a little re-bending. Each has a little different shape on the anchor shaped  piece. It is a lovely grouping of sentimental jewelry that is highly collectible and still has a place in this day and age.

Please use this # when  ordering  ga33640
$850.00 or 3 payments of 283.00

BOOKCHAIN Turquoise etruscan fob BRACELET

The fabulous ETCHINGS on this amazing bookchain bracelet are something to BEHOLD! Not only is it on the wide bookchain links but on the 8 shaped link and the large round ring. The Fob on this is sterling and it has bezel set persian turquoise cabs on ALL sides. The etruscan work on it is so detailed that it is a real  work of art. Not to mention how big it is ( 1 1/2" long and 1 1/2" wide). This had a chain on the back that was one continuous piece and you had to slide the bracelet on so we had a sterling double safety clasp put on it to make sure most wrists could get into it. This is 1" wide and measures 6 1/2" on the inside. IT is so much nicer than the photos and it is is in great shape too!! One of the more impressive pieces I have ever offered for sale.
Please use this # when ordering  ga33645
$775.00 or 2 payments of 250.00

 

 

 

 

Antique 18kt GOLD diamond LONG DECO filigree

This antique ring  has some of the prettiest filigree and open grill work I have seen on a white gold ring from this period. Marked 18KT on the inside ( along with the jewelers initials BE)it is a well made piece that is in great shape. The setting is long ( 1") and has a black onyx center with a diamond on one side and a star in gold on the other. ORnate leafs grip this stone on either side and really make is so very elegant. The ring is a size 4 1/2 and has very little wear. Even prettier than the photos!
Please use this # when ordering ga33646
$275.00