Edwardian Hair Pin, Wedding Hair Pin Gilded Bronze, Antique Hair Jewel

Hark back to the days of the Great Gatsby with this luxurious hair pin. Set with approximately 5 Carats of white colorless diamonds and a gem quality green em...

This lovelyantique Edwardian chicken stickpin or lapel pin is beautifully crafted in enamel in a colorful hue of red, blue, grayish and 18 karat gold. The enamel glaze varies in colo...

This stunning Cluster would give any outs that little extra sparkle that it needs! At the centre of the cluster sits an aqua stone measuring 1.5carats and the diamonds around it meas...

Comb topped with a gilded metal and glass paste ornament. No signature, but the piece was manufactured by Gripoix workshop. Additional information: Condition: Good general condition...

Cameo with Double Portrait of Cosimo I de Medici and Camella Martelli Cameo, Northern Italy, late 16th century; mount with pin 18th century and later Gold, onyx Weight 3.7 gr.; 14.88 mm. Two-layered onyx cameo (white on translucent pale brown) with jugate heads facing to the right looking upwards. The male head with short curly hair, beard and moustache wears a tunic draped around his neck and shoulders. The female head in the background has her hair tied back. They are cut in the white layer of the stone with translucent pale brown background. The cameo is convex on the reverse and open-set in a pendant with plain gold collet and rounded edges. A long gold pin is attached to the pendant loop and the opposite end has a section of coiled wire Literature: Portraits of Roman Emperors were popular and highly fashionable during the Renaissance period, rulers would often be portrayed like their ancient counterparts, also as a double portrait with spouse, or known as jugate heads. The individual features of the couple portrayed here suggest it could be a double portrait of Cosimo I de Medici (1519-1574) at a slightly older age and his second wife Camilla Martelli, Duchess Consort of Florence (1545-1590) whom he married in 1570. Bust sculptures of Cosimo de Medici in the Galleria Uffizi by Baccio Bandinelli...

This unusual Georgian cut steel hairpin is designed as an arrow as used by cupid together with an eternity knot.