Ancient Carnelian

A necklace of fifty-two carnelian “spars” alternating with groups of three turquoise disc beads. The carnelian beads graduate slightly in size from the front of the necklace to the b...

A necklace of fifteen carnelian beads, nine of which are long tapered beads and six of which are shorter barrel shaped carnelian tubes. There are fifty lapis beads in the necklace wh...

Twenty-eight round gold beads with ten carnelian beads, two of which are cylindrical tubes and eight flattened spheres, and a jasper effigy of a man, presumably a chief. The stone pi...

Nineteen agate bird pendants each faced with carnelian round beads said to be from the Tairona people of Colombia, South America. These groups are all spaced with rock crystal barrel...

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 ...

A necklace of fifty-five carnelian beads alternating with fifty-four 22k gold tube beads. Fifty-three of the carnelian beads are of an unusual form being long spar shapes pointed on ...

Twelve gold tube beads faced with small turquoise disc beads alternating with lapis lazuli and carnelian barrel beads, each faced with a pair of granulated gold ring beads, fifty-two...

Although one end was broken, large caps have restored the beauty of this ancient masterpiece of lapidary work. When illuminated from behind, the layers in the carnelian are clearly v...

Eleven ancient carnelian beads and ten gold beads, all shaped to resemble cowrie shells.

This very heavy - 13.4 grams - antique intaglio ring feels nice and substantial when worn. Set with an ancient carnelian (orange agate) oval intaglio, this ring is crafted in solid 1...

This very heavy - 13.4 grams - antique intaglio ring feels nice and substantial when worn. Set with an ancient carnelian (orange agate) oval intaglio, this ring is crafted in solid 1...

Forty-six ancient Egyptian carnelian beads with one hundred thirty-eight 20k gold beads and a black stone depiction of Bastet, the cat goddess of Bubastis.

Much of the jewellery in Ancient Greece, the Hellenistic Period specifically (c. 323 BCE–31 BCE), was made of gold.

Sixty-two 22k gold tube beads with six cylindrical carnelian beads and a carnelian frog bead suspended from the apex of the necklace. The frog is 1.8 cm in length and 7.2 mm in width...

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.

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...

In this necklace, instead of caps, the beads have been outfitted with belts. In the ancient Near East, the combination of carnelian, lapis lazuli, and gold was very prevalent.

A superb and rare ancient Indus Valley etched carnelian bead ring. The conical shaped carnelian gemstone in the centre dates from the middle of the third millennium BC.

They also imported the lapis lazuli beads. The ancient Mesopotamian people, the Sumerians, the Akkadians, and later the Babylonians and the Assyrians all highly valued lapis lazuli a...

Fifty four garnet beads alternating with fifty eight 20k gold tube beads with two carnelian bi cone barrel beads midway back on each side of the necklace; a faience pendant depicting...

Thirty-six carnelian beads, twelve of cylindrical form and twenty-four round beads and twelve round gold beads and a carnelian effigy of a man (presumably a chief) pendant. The stone...

The stone beads of the necklace are over two thousand years years old, but unlike the carnelian scarab, they were not produced in ancient Egypt, but rather are from the Near East.

The spoon pendants are each faced with a carnelian disc bead. There are fifty-six of these carnelian disc beads in the necklace.

Victoria Strigini (b. 1991) An arresting pair of contemporary 18k yellow gold hoop earrings, with a single charm featuring an ancient Roman intaglio from the 2nd – 3rd century AD, ...

Victoria Strigini (b. 1991) A handcrafted contemporary 18k yellow gold necklace with a thick domed cabochon nestling an ancient Roman intaglio, in carnelian, dating from the 2nd- 3...

The combination of lapis lazuli and carnelian was especially prized in ancient Mesopotamia and we have utilized the alternation of the two colors in the design of the necklace.

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...

Carnelian, turquoise and lapis lazuli beads with fourteen poppy seed pod pendants and a carnelian heart amulet pendant.

Sixteen large round, collared gold beads, ten smaller round gold beads, eighteen round carnelian beads and a large jasper figure of a man with hand clasped in front of his chest. The...

The necklace contains the four colors that were favored in ancient Egyptian jewelry for their amuletic properties: light blue turquoise (the sky), dark blue lapis lazuli (water), red...

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.

Twenty-six round gold beads with sixteen round carnelian beads and a carved jasper figure of a man pendant. The man, presumably a chief, holds his hands touching in front of his ches...

Victoria Strigini (b. 1991) A contemporary 18k yellow gold ring featuring an orange ancient Roman carnelian intaglio depicting a female’s bust in profile, with carefully dressed ha...

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. ...

Thirty ancient Egyptian carnelian poppy seed pods pendant beads, faced with gold granulated ring beads, and alternating with round carnelian beads also faced with gold granulated rin...

Fourteen round gold beads with sixteen carnelian beads and a jasper effigy of a man pendant. The stone beads and pendant are said to be from the Tairona people of Colombia, South Ame...

Eight ancient agate barrel beads faced with sixteen flared 20k gold tubes and alternating with eight lapis lazuli short bicone beads faced with pairs of two layer gold granulated rin...

A choker style necklace of two connected strands of twenty cylindrical carnelian tube beads faced with turquoise disc beads, eighteen gold tube beads faced with lapis lazuli beads, a...

Twelve jasper amulets, three carnelian amulets and two carnelian cylinder beads spaced between 20k gold granulated ring beads and plain gold tube beads.

The lapis lazuli and carnelian beads are also over two thousand years old, but they come from what is now Pakistan and were not made in ancient Egypt.

Twenty-seven carnelian beads, nine of which are patterned (commonly called “etched” carnelians), alternating with twenty-eight lapis lazuli beads.

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...

Twenty-four round gold beads with twenty-four round carnelian beads and a pair of cylindrical carnelian tubes. There are three bird pendants, two of red jasper and one of orange carn...

The combination of lapis lazuli, carnelian and gold was popular in ancient Mesopotamia since four thousand years ago.

Eighty-six carnelian beads alternating with eighty-three lapis lazuli beads strung in three cascading strands: the stone beads are all alternating with 20k gold granulated ring beads.

Lapis lazuli cylinder beads alternating with carnelian and turquoise disc beads and faced with granulated 20k gold ring beads.

Twenty-eight round gold beads; (eight are large with collars) and eight round carnelian beads and two carnelian cylindrical beads with a carved jasper bean shaped pendant in the form...

Five carnelian amulets in the form of larva or grubs, inter-spaced with fourteen carnelian beads, both round and cylindrical, alternating with sixteen large round collared spherical ...

The beads are contemporaneous with the New Kingdom, and beads very similar to these were used in Egypt at that time. Carnelian beads made by the Sumerians have also been found in anc...

Thirty-four round gold beads with twelve round carnelian beads and a red jasper bird pendant. The stone pieces are said to be from the Tairona people of Colombia, South America. They...

Thirty-three diamond shaped double-drilled lapis lazuli beads each of which is separated by two groups of four small carnelian beads with a lapis lazuli bead in the center. The diamo...

Very small agate, carnelian, turquoise, and lapis lazuli beads, alternating with seventy 22k gold cylinder beads with a triangular carnelian bead pendant at the center of the necklace.

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...

Period: 2nd century Dimensions: 1,3 x 1,0 cm Size: 7 1/4  Weight: 5.44gr. This delightful 2nd century Roman cameo is made of lapislazuli and is inserted in a 18 carat contemporary ...

A fabulous 18 x 25 mm pear shaped cabochon Brazilian indicolite tourmaline is set within a one of kind Steven Battelle design. Indicolite blue tourmaline is the rarest and most soug...

A clear and crisply struck image of an eagle carrying a snake in its talons is depicted on an authentic ancient Greek silver "drachm" coin struck in the seaport city of Chalkis on th...

Exotic oyster silk embroidered gown from India for Bonwit Teller c 1970 The elegant vintage silk gown is embellished with elaborate floral embroidery that circles the hemline The i...

Ancient Roman engraved ring featuring Victory. The central domed plaque engraved with a detailed winged figure of Victory, flanked by trumpeting smoothly integrated shoulders which ...

A unique, museum quality ancient Greek gold ring, circa 4th century BC, likely a wedding ring. The ring is engraved with two wrestling Erotes. When Aphrodite (Greek goddess of love,...

'La Robe Broderie À Ramages' PIERRE BALMAIN PARIS Made In France, ca.1955 Majestic evening gown in silk and cream satin with the most astonishing embroiderery by PIERRE BALMAIN Haut...

Elsa Schiaparelli surrealist lady bug cuff bracelet. Of gilt plate metal the bombayed hinged cuffs inset with red, orange molded pate de verre glass lady bugs, partially painted in b...

2004 Vintage Alexander McQueen Black Silk and Leather Corset Top 100% Silk, 100% Leather IT Size 40 - US 4 Inner corset New, in excellent condition

This remarkable antique pendant beautifully embodies the fascination with ancient Egypt that swept across Europe during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Expertly hand-carved in fai...

Exceptional Victorian Etruscan Revival bracelet. This is a beautiful elegant bracelet created in England during the Victorian Era (1837-1901), back the 1880. The fabulous bangle bra...

This mid-eighteenth century ring is set with flat cut rubies. The ring head in the shape of a rosette is set with eight small and one large ruby. The larger center stone in a dome sh...