Schepps Aquamarine
Mid-20th Century American Retro Brooches
Aquamarine, Diamond, Platinum
Mid-20th Century Retro Clip-on Earrings
Aquamarine, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Drop Necklaces
Aquamarine, Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1970s American Retro Beaded Necklaces
Aquamarine, Ruby, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century North American Artist Pendant Necklaces
Aquamarine, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1960s American Brooches
Diamond, Turquoise, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Cuff Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1960s French Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Mixed Metal
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Brooches
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Antique 1890s European Victorian Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Opal, 18k Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1980s American More Necklaces
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Multi-Strand Necklaces
White Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary French Link Necklaces
18k Gold
2010s American Contemporary Choker Necklaces
Diamond, South Sea Pearl, White Gold
Vintage 1980s American Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Retro Bracelets
Pink Diamond
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Choker Necklaces
White Diamond, Ruby, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century French Art Nouveau Drop Necklaces
Ruby, Diamond, Platinum
Antique Early 19th Century British Early Victorian Drop Earrings
Turquoise, Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1950s Choker Necklaces
Sapphire, White Gold
20th Century American Modern Cocktail Rings
Citrine, Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
2010s Italian Artisan Dangle Earrings
Carnelian, Jade, 18k Gold
Vintage 1960s Unknown Contemporary Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Recent Sales
21st Century and Contemporary American More Earrings
Aquamarine, Chalcedony, Diamond, Moonstone, Gold
Late 20th Century American More Bracelets
Aquamarine, Diamond, Pearl, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Earrings
Aquamarine, Peridot, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Bracelets
Aquamarine, Diamond, Pearl, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Brooches
Aquamarine, Crystal, Iolite, Tourmaline, 18k Gold
20th Century American More Bracelets
Diamond, Gold
Vintage 1960s American More Jewelry
18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Earrings
Aquamarine, Pearl, Peridot, Yellow Sapphire, Tourmaline, 18k Gold
Vintage 1960s American Retro Bracelets
Aquamarine, Tourmaline, 14k Gold
2010s American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Aquamarine, Moonstone, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Modern Beaded Necklaces
Chalcedony, Moonstone, Topaz, Aquamarine, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Aquamarine, 14k Gold
American Cocktail Rings
Aquamarine
2010s American Three-Stone Rings
Aquamarine, Iolite, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1980s Clip-on Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, 18k Gold
2010s American Fashion Rings
Aquamarine, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century American Modern Brooches
Aquamarine, Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Three-Stone Rings
Aquamarine
2010s American Modern Fashion Rings
Topaz, 18k Gold, White Gold
1990s American Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Aquamarine, Iolite, Blue Sapphire, Spinel, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Hoop Earrings
Aquamarine, Chalcedony, Moonstone, Topaz, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Cuff Bracelets
Aquamarine, Chalcedony, Moonstone, Topaz, 18k Gold
2010s American More Necklaces
Topaz, Aquamarine, Beryl, Moonstone, Natural Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century American Brooches
Quartz, Aquamarine, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Link Bracelets
Aquamarine, Citrine, Diamond, Peridot, Quartz, Tourmaline, 18k Gold, Yel...
2010s American Modern Modern Bracelets
Chalcedony, Aquamarine, Diamond, Moonstone, Topaz, Tourmaline, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
Amethyst, Aquamarine, Citrine, Moonstone, Peridot, Topaz, Tourmaline, Wh...
21st Century and Contemporary American Link Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s American Brooches
Blue Sapphire, Cultured Pearl, Diamond, Rock Crystal, 18k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Modern Bracelets
Late 20th Century Modern Bracelets
2010s American Clip-on Earrings
Aquamarine, Brown Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Fashion Rings
Aquamarine, Yellow Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1950s Link Bracelets
Amethyst, Garnet, Citrine, Aquamarine, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Pendant Necklaces
Amethyst, Aquamarine, Diamond, Quartz, Tourmaline, Purple Sapphire, 14k ...
Vintage 1980s American Brooches
Aquamarine, Diamond, Green Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Aquamarine, Moonstone, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Clip-on Earrings
Aquamarine, Blue Sapphire, Moonstone, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1960s American Multi-Strand Necklaces
Cultured Pearl, Emerald, Jade, Ruby, Sapphire, Aquamarine, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Lever-Back Earrings
Aquamarine, White Gold
Late 20th Century Cufflinks
Aquamarine, Ruby, 18k Gold
Vintage 1980s American Clip-on Earrings
Aquamarine, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cuff Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Aquamarine, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Lever-Back Earrings
Aquamarine, Pearl, 18k Gold
2010s American Beaded Necklaces
Aquamarine, Beryl, Moonstone, Pearl, Topaz, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century American Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Peridot, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1960s American Link Bracelets
Amethyst, Aquamarine, Citrine, Garnet, Peridot, Spinel
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Cluster Rings
Aquamarine, Cultured Pearl, Diamond, 18k Gold
20th Century American Clip-on Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Cultured Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Clip-on Earrings
Cultured Pearl, Aquamarine, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Earrings
Moonstone, Sapphire, Aquamarine, Gold
Vintage 1980s American Beaded Necklaces
Aquamarine, Citrine, Diamond, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Clip-on Earrings
Aquamarine, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Necklaces
Aquamarine, Diamond, Pearl, Peridot, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Pearl, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Earrings
Pearl, Topaz, Aquamarine, Moonstone, 18k Gold
American Chain Necklaces
21st Century and Contemporary American More Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, Gold
20th Century American Brooches
Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Schepps Aquamarine For Sale on 1stDibs
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Seaman Schepps for sale on 1stDibs
A scrappy, self-made artist who transformed turbo shells into decadent earrings and crystal chessmen into bold bracelets, Seaman Schepps (1881–1972) tirelessly worked his way up from the tenements of New York’s Lower East Side to become “America’s Court Jeweler.”
Born to immigrant parents who named him for the Seamen’s Bank for Savings that his mother could see from the hospital — or so the legend goes — Schepps dropped out of school at the age of 14 and never had any formal jewelry training. He later moved to California, where he opened his first jewelry shop in 1904. In 1921, he returned to New York to build on the success he’d begun to enjoy as a jeweler on the West Coast, but it wasn’t long before his Manhattan house, which counted Broadway stars and theater patrons among its clientele, was hit hard by the stock market crash of 1929. Schepps used this disruption to rethink his approach to jewelry, debuting a new store in 1934 on Madison Avenue, where he would make his mark in playful custom adornments.
While many high-end jewelers of his era focused on the purest and most valuable gemstones, Schepps chose his materials for their color and shape, elevating flawed stones others disregarded in collage-like formations involving unconventional materials such as fine wood, coral, seashells and flea-market finds. Passersby of his New York City shop could find a frog-shaped brooch carved from rosewood, a vintage snuff bottle broken into links for a bracelet and loose-drilled pearls plugged with diamonds. Schepps’s whimsical pieces found fans in fashion icons who appreciated his unique statements, including Doris Duke, Andy Warhol and the Duchess of Windsor.
Following Schepps’s death in 1972, his daughter, jewelry designer Patricia S. Vaill, ran the jewelry house for two decades before it was taken over by Jay Bauer and Anthony Hopenhajm of Trianon jewelry. Following the closure of the company’s Park Avenue store in November 2020, sales for Seaman Schepps is now based in its boutique location out of Palm Beach, Florida, where the legendary brand carries forth its founder’s spirited designs.
On 1stDibs, find a distinctive collection of vintage Seaman Schepps jewelry, including brooches, bracelets and other accessories.