Art Nouveau Grasshopper Brooch

A vintage gold mounted grasshopper brooch, the body set with a mabe pearl and the head set with diamonds with ruby eye, all to a realistically carve...

An Art Nouveau diamond scroll brooch, the brooch comprising three old brilliant-cut diamonds, within a flowing openwork diamond-set scroll surrou...

An Art Nouveau enamel wreath brooch, consisting of seven enamelled mulberry tree leaves, with seed pearls set in-between, all mounted in yellow gold, tes...

An Art Nouveau enamel, pearl and diamond brooch, with opalescent shaded enamel sinuous curling leaves in pale pink, green and gold, set on the top with an old-cut diamond estimated ...

A fine Art-Nouveau enamel and pearl brooch and earrings set in the form of cherry blossom, the shaded pink and white enamelled flower heads with natural pearl centre and yellow gold ...

An Art Nouveau gold stick pin, depicting a dragon holding one round seed pearl in its jaws and another seed pearl in its claws, circa 1890, the jewelled part measuring approximately ...

Volute Art Nouveau silver and 18K gold pendant brooch. Old-cut and rose-cut diamonds. Small old-cut diamond tassel. 1900s Art Nouveau Total estimated diamond weight : 0.50 carat Two hoops on the back allow to wear it as a pendant Dimensions : 43 x 35 mm Gross weight : 7.90g _____________________________ Pendentif formant broche Art Nouveau...

Art Nouveau sterling high relief brooch of a maiden with head wrap. Whiplash ribbons of silver form the frame capped in tiny lily of the valley buds. Highly unusual subject matter. M...

An exceptional Art Nouveau era brooch pendant presented in its original velvet box. The central brooch pendant is crafted from 18 karat yellow gold which has been silver topper and s...

Art Nouveau Enamel Violet Brooch from the turn of the 20th Century. Lovely, realistically rendered handmade brooch with vibrant green and pearl wh...

Scandanavian Art Nouveau Moonstone Skonvirke Pendant Brooch from the turn of the 20th Century. Hand raised floriform patterning and set with 5...

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...