Opal Diamond Yellow Gold Sailboat Brooch Pendant

Vintage opal and yellow gold brooch pendant circa 1950. * ABOUT THIS ITEM: #P5004. Scroll down for specifications. This versatile brooch pendant is des...

Victorian blue sapphire seed pearl and yellow gold butterfly brooch pendant with watch hook circa 1890. SPECIFICATIONS: GEMSTONES: one oblong c...

Turquoise and yellow gold handcrafted brooch pendant circa 1970. * ABOUT THIS ITEM: #P-DJ130A. Scroll down for detailed specifications. Here we have a stunning vintage brooch that ...

Tiffany pearl and diamond yellow gold brooch, circa 1970s. ABOUT THIS ITEM: P-CDJ1012. Scroll down for specifications. This Tiffany specia...

Diamond, ruby, and yellow gold turtle brooch circa 1960. Clear and concise information you want to know is listed below. Contact us right away if ...

Diamond black enamel and yellow gold leopard brooch circa 1970. * ABOUT THIS ITEM: a big leopard with emerald eyes and diamond spots, what is there not to like about that? This br...

Beautiful 1960's opal and diamond brooch. 28 varying in size, round bluish green fiery cabochon opals set in a 14k yellow gold grape leaf design that c...

This exquisite opal and diamond brooch absolutely glows. The radiant cabochon opal stone has an incredible play of color, shimmering from every angle wi...

1 Fire Opal - 16.82carats / 135 Fancy Color Diamond - 1.09carats 57 Green Garnet - 0.37carats

A stunning, fine and impressive antique 2.38 carat opal and 0.75 carat diamond, 12 karat yellow gold and silver set pendant/brooch ; part of our antique jewelry and estate jewelry collections. This stunning versatile antique Victorian pendant/brooch has been crafted in 12k yellow gold with a silver setting. This pendant/brooch displays a feature floral composition of six impressive heart shaped cabochon opals with an elevated central round faceted cut diamond. The arched frame is embellished with six claw set diamonds in relief to the medial arrangement, alternating with three-claw set diamonds to each incurve. The outer circumference of this stunning setting is embellished with further six claw-set heart shaped cabochon opals accented with six further Old European cut diamonds, emanating from the aforementioned relief set stones and completing the design. This antique Victorian opal pendant...

Antique Edwardian Australian Lightning Ridge Harlequin Precious Black Opal and White Opal Brooch / Pendant in 18 Karat Yellow Gold, early 190...

18ct gold & silver set Art Nouveau Diamond Opal Pendant/Brooch dated circa 1900 Five round opals with an articulated pear shaped opal drop, very well matched with lively play of colours and iridescence in reds, greens, blues and gold. Set in 18 carat yellow gold claw collets Two main transitional cut (old mine) diamonds 0.70ct. Mix of old mine and rose cut diamonds in an 18 carat yellow gold with “silver Set” channel setting , approx 1 ct total. G/H/I, VS2-SI2. Total diamond weight: approx 1.7carats Setting diamonds in gold with a thin layer of silver, “silver set”, was a technique used in the Georgian/Victorian/Art Nouveau period as white coloured gold and platinum were not yet available. A very thin layer of silver was applied to the gold, on which the diamonds were set, to show them off to their best advantage (as the yellow would reflect and distort the white colour of the diamonds). The Art Nouveau period was a short lived but worldwide movement which reached its peak at the end of the 19th Century and the first decade of the 20th Century. It had its roots in the Pre Raphaelite and Arts and Crafts movements in Britain in the 1860’s. Artists, such as William Morris, took their inspiration from the flora and fauna of nature and rejected the mass industrialisation and mechanisation of the Victorian age. Art Nouveau continued with this theme and has a distinctive appearance with soft, curved shapes and lines and often depicted natural designs such as flowers, birds and the female form. Before the Art Nouveau period, the emphasis had been to design pieces with an emphasis on gem stones, diamonds, rubies emeralds etc. However, during the Art Nouveau period, jewellers adopted the idea of using other semi–precious stones “from nature” such as agate, garnet opal, moonstone, aquamarine and experimented with a wide variety of new techniques e.g. enamelling. The “New Art” style became a worldwide movement encompassing all disciplines of the arts, and world class artists as far afield as Gaudi with his “modernisme” architecture in Spain, Louis Comfort Tiffany in New York with objects, Galle Glass in France and the Liberty & Co Archibald Knox designs in Britain, Jugendstil in Northern Europe and Faberge in Russia. The movement flared brightly but briefly and by 1910 it was already going out of style to be replaced by Art Deco. In fitted period box. Detachable 18ct brooch...