Antique Beaded Jewelry

Twenty-three ancient garnet beads alternating with granulated silver beads composed of forty-four silver granules fused together in five layers to form a rectangular solid with two o...

Fifty-nine carnelian beads alternating with fifty-eight round 20k gold beads. Of the carnelian beads, twenty-nine are artificially patterned round beads, (called “etched”), and thirt...

Forty-seven ancient corner-less cube lapis lazuli beads alternating with two layer granulated silver ring beads. The beads graduate in size from the front to the back of the necklace...

Forty-six ancient corner-less cube lapis lazuli beads alternating with two layer granulated silver ring beads. The beads graduate in size from the front to the back of the necklace. ...

A necklace of ninety banded black and white agate beads, seventeen of which are barrel shaped and seventy-three of which are round. The barrel shaped beads are each faced with granul...

Ancient garnet beads paired with handmade fine silver "mulberry" beads and a matching silver clasp and beading tips. The beads come from the Swat Valley area in what is now northern ...

The frog has been used as an amulet of protection since very early times. Frogs inhabit both the watery (under) world and the land and they undergo a transition from tadpole to frog....

These beads come from the Swat Valley in what is now northern Pakistan and are most likely over two thousand years old. The necklace consists of fifty-four round carnelian beads with...

Two hundred fifty six-ball granulated ring spacers, four tabular carnelian beads and a tabular agate ”eye” bead. The eye bead is 2.3 cm in diameter and 5.9 mm in thickness. The diame...

Forty-five barrel shaped lapis lazuli beads with nine carnelian beads, each faced with a granulated silver ring bead. Three of the nine carnelian beads are tabular, the remaining six...

Thirty-one tabular carnelian beads alternating with thirty-two barrel shaped lapis lazuli beads. There are sixty-two silver ring beads in the necklace; they occupy the spaces between...

Two hundred twenty-seven ancient turquoise beads with twenty orange colored ancient glass disc beads evenly spaced throughout the necklace. There are one hundred sixty-six very small...

One hundred seventy-five ancient turquoise beads spaced with eighty-two granulated 20k gold ring beads. There are forty-one turquoise cylinder and flattened cylinder shaped beads and...

An ensemble of two necklaces consisting of many ancient and some modern agate beads with handmade granulated fine silver beads. The inner necklace is of thirty-eight black and white ...

A necklace of six long carnelian tube beads, a round tabular carnelian “eye” bead, and four carnelian truncated bi cone beads. The carnelian tube beads alternate with six 20k gold be...

Seventeen long agate barrel beads alternating with gold beads made by granulation, a process of joining together high carat gold without the use of solder. The agates are biconical w...

Seventeen Bronze Age agate beads alternating with sixteen Fine silver beads. Ten of the silver beads are spherical with granulated collars, six of the beads are composed entirely of ...

Ancient gold and agate beads from the period of the reign of Sennacherib, the king of ancient Assyria (704-681 B.C.). There are fourteen agate barrel beads, five agate bow beads, two...

Thirteen Bronze Age agate beads alternating with 20k collared spherical gold beads. Six of them are long barrel shaped agate beads, seven are tabular agate beads: two are diamond sha...

Seven long tapered carnelian beads with gold capped ends alternating with large gold granulated beads of five layers. The necklace is completed by gold beading tips and a hook and ey...

Thirty-three cylindrical, bi-conical and tapered barrel shaped carnelian beads alternating with thirty-four bi-conical disc shaped lapis lazuli beads. Each of the lapis lazuli beads ...

Thirteen medium sized flat agate beads of rhomboid and flattened oval shapes alternating with twelve quadruple spiral motif gold beads. A small lapis bead faces each of the quadruple...

Twenty-five ancient agate barrel beads alternating with twenty-four fine silver beads made of twenty-five granules. There are silver beading tips and a hook and eye clasp, also decor...

Thirty-nine barrel shaped agate beads, alternating long thin tapered tubes with shorter barrel shapes (two round agate beads to either side of center), all spaced with short cylindri...

Twenty-three ancient stone beads alternating with twenty-two tabular 20k gold beads. There are forty-six gold tube beads; each stone bead is faced with a pair of tube beads. The ston...

Fifteen tapered agate barrel beads alternating with spherical gold beads decorated with lines of granules separated by bands of gold wire. A set of gold beading tips and a hook and e...

Thirty-five lapis lazuli beads spaced with 24k gold double layer granulated ring beads with a tabular sardonyx bead at the center. Gold beading tips and a hook and eye clasp complet...

Thirty-five rhomboid tabular sardonyx/agate beads alternating with pairs of granulated gold ring beads. Gold beading tips and a hook and eye clasp complete the necklace. The gold is ...

Ninety lapis lazuli beads, with a white milky quartz barrel shaped bead at the center. The center bead is faced with two silver beads made of two layers of six grains in a hexagonal ...

A short necklace featuring a gold capped long carnelian barrel bead strung with two hundred fifty granulated gold ring beads. Two small carnelian beads face the gold capped center be...

The beads come from the Swat Valley in what is present day northern Pakistan. Two thousand years ago, this was on the northern end of the Kushan Empire that included most of north In...

A massive necklace of nine large flat agate beads and ten tapered agate barrel beads alternating with round collared gold beads. The collars are encircled with fine granulation. The ...

Thirty agate barrel beads with a rhombus agate bead at the center. The beads are all banded with transparent quartz and opaque white quartz. The center bead is striking with bands th...

The idea of alternating gold beads with an equal number of barrel-shaped beads made of a variety of colored stones comes from our appreciation of the jewelry of Susa in the Achaemeni...

Nineteen tapered agate barrel beads alternating with collared 22k gold beads made of granules stacked in five rings of increasing and decreasing size to form biconical granulated bea...

Twenty-one agate beads, nine of which are “bow” beads and twelve are round, thirteen small etched carnelian beads and forty-two lapis lazuli beads. Each of the agate beads are faced ...

Fifteen barrel shaped agate beads, predominantly carnelian with opaque white and transparent quartz banding. The agate beads alternate with fourteen round collared gold beads. Each o...

Twenty-seven quartz rhomboid tabular beads alternating with 20k gold “winged“ disc tabular beads. Gold beading tips and a hook and eye clasp complete the necklace. The winged discs a...

Vintage red natural coral multi strand bead necklace Art Deco style In very good condition Tribal necklace Approx 60 cm long 12 stands White metal beads and clasp (not silver )

An Antique Victorian c.1880s hand knotted natural Red Salmon Coral Opera length beads necklace on gold color metal bolt clasp. English origin. Length of the necklace including clasp ...

Small ancient agate beads alternating with gold spacer beads with a black agate bow bead at the center. There are thirty-six round beads and thirty six barrels. Each round bead is fa...

Long Haliotis /Abalone and Glass beads Statement Necklace. The exceptional high quality Abalone beads with black Horn ends were produced during French Deco period.In this necklace t...

Thirty agate barrel beads and twenty-seven agate pendant beads alternating with vermeil (gilt silver) granulated beads. The barrel beads and pendants graduate in size from the front ...

Ninety-six 20k gold tube beads, fourteen carnelian barrel beads, and a carved carnelian fish amulet faced on each side with a pair of spherical 20k gold beads. Gold beading tips and ...

Vintage Ceremonial Beads Circa 500-1000 18kt Yellow Gold Beads and Clasp 26 inches long Bead measure 0.5-1.0 inches wide Los Angeles-based jewelry designer Sylva Yepremian has over ...

Twenty-four large agate beads of flattened shapes from the Bronze Age (approximately four thousand years ago). The dimensions of the beads are as follows (clockwise from the top): 1....

Eight agate barrel-shaped beads with a crescent shaped center bead, alternating with 22k gold beads. The center bead is 4.35 cm in length (from tip to tip), 2.22 cm in width at the c...

Own a piece of history, with these beads dating back to the early first millenium. 18kt Yellow Gold Beads and Clasp 34 inches long Bead measure 0.5-1.0 inches wide Los Angeles-ba...

Seventy- five lapis lazuli beads with a center pendant bead. There are thirty-six barrel shaped beads and thirty-eight round beads each spaced by a silver ring bead. There are sevent...

Twenty-three carnelian shells faced with cylindrical gold tube beads alternating with small carnelian beads. A set of gold beading tips and a hook and eye clasp complete the necklace.

Twenty-three amethyst beads carved in the form of Crown flowers with five ridged lobes that flare on one end. There are four beveled triangular amethyst beads, two at the back of the...

This Antique Amber Beads Necklace features a row of graduated yellow Amber beads with a cushion shape. The necklace is adorned with a 9k Rose Gold clasp, altogether necklace weighing...

Plants, flowers and insects such as the dung beetle were also used as ornaments in ancient times and the Egyptians made permanent versions of these perishable ornaments in stone and ...

Fleur de Lis Design beaded bib necklace, strung of seed beads and bone.

Fifteen long cylindrical lapis lazuli beads and fourteen somewhat shorter carnelian cylindrical beads alternating, all of which have a band of 22k gold encircling the bead at the cen...

Twenty-three agate barrel beads alternating with twenty-four round carnelian beads. Each of these carnelian beads is faced with two gold granulated ring beads, forty-eight in total. ...

19th century Buddhist carving of Guanyin, shown standing with flowing robes on a rocky outcrop, mounted on a lobed wooden base. She holds a bottle in one hand and a basket of fruit i...

A Small Chinese Carved Timber Polychrome Figure, Ming Dynasty Provenance: Private Old Australian Collection Acquired in Beijing Market in 1980s. Description: The cavity in the back...

An attractive carved wood figure of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, known as Guanyin in China, late Ming Dynasty, early 17th century, China. Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion,...

A Pre Columbian Jalisco seated figure Jalisco West Mexico circa B.C. 100-300 A.D, A Male pottery figure with red slip with elongated head and linear delineated hair wearing ear an...

A powerful Chinese figure of the Taoist diety Zhenwu (Xuanwu), carved and lacquered wood with applied lacquer details, Qing Dynasty, 19th century or earlier, China. Zhenwu, also kno...

This terracotta figure is a mid-20th century Mexican folk art piece, made in the pre-Columbian revival style associated with Maya and Toltec imagery. The seated figure wears a tall, ...

A Chinese carved wood standing figure of Guanyin in the Ming dynasty style, with polychrome application, the hair tied back into an elaborate high chignon, with her left hand raised,...

Originating in medieval Madhya Pradesh or Rajasthan, this is a superb example of classical Indian temple sculpture. A lively and dynamic composition, this red sandstone relief shows...

A monumental Moorish mid-Victorian wrought iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure, a unique masterpiece in High Victorian Ironwork design. Our research confirms it is French, da...

A fine Ashanti maternity figure by the master carver Osei Bonsu. The mother figure is seated on a simple backless chair. An infant lays calmly in her lap, one arm reaching towards a ...

Amazing brand new with tags Oscar de la Renta silk one shoulder dress! Detailed for $3,200! Featured in the Resort 2009 Oscar Runway Collection (see pictures). One shoulder can be wo...

Diamond tennis bracelet featuring 41 round brilliants weighing 10 carats, in 14 karat white gold. Color: G-H Clarity: SI

Hermes head sculpture. Greek Bust representing Hermes. Hermes is an Olympian deity, the God of Speed, in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Sculpted white marble with a metal base...

This outstanding fossilised skeleton is that of the ancestral crocodile species Steneosaurus bollensis that lived during the early Jurassic period. The skeleton, complete with armour...

This painted limestone relief is an exquisite example of New Kingdom relief carving from the apogee of Egyptian artistic production. Carved in raised relief - a labour-intensive tech...

Pear Shaped Diamond Drop Necklace in Platinum Platinum Drop Diamond Statement Necklace features 100.00 Carats of pear, marquise and round diamonds, the diamonds are fine quality. ...

Act fast to claim this exquisite piece of natural history, as our fossils will no longer be available through 1stDibs after October 31. This sculptural stone specimen features an ex...

An Imperial Japanese Meiji Shibayama Tea Ceremony Cabinet by The Tokugawa Samurai Clan. This extraordinary Meiji-period shibayama cabinet, attributed to the Tokugawa samurai clan, s...

This famous 'Tucroma' bed design, as seen in the Lenny Kravitz Architectural Digest magazine photoshoot, was designed by Guido Faleschini in the 1970s and produced by i4Mariani (Ital...

Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)