Seaman Schepps Pearl
20th Century Brooches
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum
Mid-20th Century American Retro Brooches
Diamond, Pearl, 14k Gold
20th Century American Modern Dangle Earrings
Amethyst, Diamond, Pearl, 14k Gold
20th Century American More Necklaces
Pearl
21st Century and Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Citrine, Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s Brooches
Chalcedony, Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century American Modern Brooches
Pearl, Diamond, Platinum
20th Century American Retro Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Cultured Pearl, Sapphire, Tourmaline, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century American Beaded Bracelets
Pearl, Cultured Pearl, Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Brooches
Diamond, Emerald, Cultured Pearl, Rock Crystal, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold,...
21st Century and Contemporary Link Bracelets
Coral, Diamond, Morganite, Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century North American Artist Pendant Necklaces
Aquamarine, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century American Clip-on Earrings
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s Modernist Link Bracelets
Pearl, Coral, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Gold
1990s American Contemporary Brooches
Citrine, Diamond, Cultured Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s American Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Quartz, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Cufflinks
Onyx, Pearl, 18k Gold, Enamel
Vintage 1950s American Post-War Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Natural Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gol...
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Cuff Bracelets
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold
People Also Browsed
Vintage 1960s Unknown Brooches
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1960s Brooches
Diamond, Opal, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1960s Unknown Brooches
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Drop Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold
20th Century Wrist Watches
Lapis Lazuli, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1960s Unknown Brooches
Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Link Bracelets
Aquamarine, Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1960s American Brooches
Emerald, 18k Gold
Vintage 1960s Unknown Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum, Enamel
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque More Jewelry
Diamond, Platinum
20th Century French Retro Brooches
Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Enamel
2010s American Contemporary Beaded Necklaces
Turquoise, Gold, 18k Gold
Vintage 1960s Lebanese Brooches
Diamond, Gold
Vintage 1980s American Modern Choker Necklaces
Pearl, Oriental Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold
Vintage 1950s Choker Necklaces
Sapphire, White Gold
20th Century Italian Beaded Necklaces
Citrine, Diamond, Pearl, Topaz, Tourmaline, Yellow Gold
Recent Sales
1990s American Clip-on Earrings
Citrine, Cultured Pearl, Diamond, 18k Gold
Vintage 1980s American Clip-on Earrings
Cultured Pearl, Peridot, Tourmaline, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century American More Bracelets
Aquamarine, Diamond, Pearl, Gold
Late 20th Century North American Link Necklaces
Crystal, Diamond, Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold
20th Century American More Earrings
Diamond, Iolite, Pearl, Sapphire, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Clip-on Earrings
Pearl, Topaz, Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Bracelets
Aquamarine, Diamond, Pearl, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Earrings
Tourmaline, Diamond, Pearl, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Moonstone, Pearl, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Brooches
Citrine, Diamond, Pearl, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1970s American Clip-on Earrings
Cultured Pearl, Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Earrings
Crystal, Diamond, Pearl, Ruby, Gold
American More Earrings
Diamond, White Gold
Vintage 1940s Brooches
Cultured Pearl, Diamond, Emerald, Peridot, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Earrings
Crystal, Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
20th Century American Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Rock Crystal, Sapphire, White Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow ...
Vintage 1960s American Cocktail Rings
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Cultured Pearl, Diamond, White Gold, 14k Gold
1990s Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Earrings
Coral, Diamond, Pearl, Gold
20th Century American Brooches
Coral, Pearl, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Earrings
Aquamarine, Pearl, Peridot, Yellow Sapphire, Tourmaline, 18k Gold
1990s American Dangle Earrings
1990s American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Pearl, 18k Gold
2010s American More Necklaces
Natural Pearl, Ruby, Jade, 18k Gold
American Brooches
Cultured Pearl, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Beaded Necklaces
Jade, Pearl, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Beaded Necklaces
Jade, Pearl, Ruby, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
2010s American Modern Dangle Earrings
Cultured Pearl, Freshwater Pearl, Turquoise, Lapis Lazuli, Pearl, 18k Go...
Vintage 1980s American Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century American Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Natural Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Cultured Pearl, South Sea Pearl,...
Diamond, Cultured Pearl, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Clip-on Earrings
Pearl, Diamond, Emerald, Cultured Pearl, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k ...
American Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Cultured Pearl, Turquoise, 18k Gold
Vintage 1960s American Brooches
Diamond, Cultured Pearl, Ruby, 18k Gold
2010s American Clip-on Earrings
Jade, Natural Pearl, Ruby, 18k Gold
2010s American Drop Earrings
Jade, Pearl, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Brooches
Diamond, Cultured Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold
20th Century American Artist Retro Bracelets
Coral, Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Choker Necklaces
Chrysophrase, Lapis Lazuli, Freshwater Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Beaded Necklaces
Diamond, Freshwater Pearl, Rock Crystal, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1980s American Brooches
Citrine, 18k Gold
Vintage 1960s American Brooches
2010s American More Necklaces
Natural Pearl, Topaz, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Cultured Pearl, Rock Crystal, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Brooches
Black Pearl, Coral, Diamond, Turquoise, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Pearl, Rock Crystal, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Clip-on Earrings
Coral, Diamond, Natural Pearl, Turquoise, Yellow Gold
20th Century American Multi-Strand Necklaces
Amethyst, Diamond, Kunzite, Pearl, Topaz, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Modern Clip-on Earrings
Pearl, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s American Brooches
Coral, 14k Gold
Vintage 1970s American Wrist Watches
Chrysophrase, Citrine, Lapis Lazuli, Pearl, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Beaded Necklaces
Chalcedony, Cultured Pearl, Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Lever-Back Earrings
Pearl, Yellow Gold
2010s Modern Chain Necklaces
Amethyst, Beryl, Citrine, Multi-gemstone, Natural Pearl, Quartz, Topaz, ...
2010s Modern Clip-on Earrings
South Sea Pearl, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1990s Stud Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1980s American Brooches
Blue Sapphire, Cultured Pearl, Diamond, Rock Crystal, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1950s American Brooches
Pearl, Yellow Gold
Seaman Schepps Pearl 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.