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Peggy Guiness Gold Bead Multi-Gemstone Necklace
Peggy Guiness Gold Bead Multi-Gemstone Necklace

Peggy Guiness Gold Bead Multi-Gemstone Necklace

By Peggy Stephaich Guinness

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Peggy Stephaich Guinness bead collar necklace, designed with ten free-form hammered beads in 24k yellow gold accented by three silver beads bezel-set with a mixture of colored gemsto...

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2010s Brazilian Beaded Necklaces

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Citrine, Emerald, Garnet, Multi-gemstone, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold,...

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Peggy Stephaich Guinness Amethyst Apatite Gold Cluster Earrings
Peggy Stephaich Guinness Amethyst Apatite Gold Cluster Earrings

Peggy Stephaich Guinness Amethyst Apatite Gold Cluster Earrings

By Peggy Stephaich Guinness

Located in Greenwich, CT

Omega-style clip backs (posts may be added upon request). Designed by Peggy Stephaich Guinness. 1.2" long and 1" wide at widest point.

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21st Century and Contemporary American Clip-on Earrings

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Peggy Stephaich Guinness Gemstone Gold Hungarian Earclips
Peggy Stephaich Guinness Gemstone Gold Hungarian Earclips

Peggy Stephaich Guinness Gemstone Gold Hungarian Earclips

By Peggy S. Guinness

Located in Greenwich, CT

Hungarian-style earclips, set with sapphires weighing 2.31 total carats, rubies weighing 0.47 total carats and emeralds weighing 0.63 total carats, mounted in textured 18k yellow gol...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Clip-on Earrings

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Blue Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

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Peggy Stephaich Guinness Mabe Pearl and Sapphire "Coco" Earrings

Peggy Stephaich Guinness Mabe Pearl and Sapphire "Coco" Earrings

By Peggy Stephaich Guinness

Located in Greenwich, CT

"Coco" earrings, featuring mabe pearls atop a cluster of circular-cut blue sapphires, in 18k yellow gold. Clips backs (posts may be added upon customer request). Sapphires weighing a...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Clip-on Earrings

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Pearl, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Peggy Guinness 22 Karat Yellow Gold and Sapphire "Cowboy" Ring
Peggy Guinness 22 Karat Yellow Gold and Sapphire "Cowboy" Ring

Peggy Guinness 22 Karat Yellow Gold and Sapphire "Cowboy" Ring

By Peggy Stephaich Guinness

Located in Greenwich, CT

Oval-shaped, cabochon-cut sapphires weighing 5.16 total carats Designed by Peggy Stephaich Guinness Size 5.5

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21st Century and Contemporary More Rings

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Tourmaline, Amethyst & Rubelite Drop Earrings

Tourmaline, Amethyst & Rubelite Drop Earrings

By Peggy Stephaich Guinness

Located in Greenwich, CT

Omega-style clip backs (posts may be added upon request) Designed by Peggy Stephaich Guinness

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21st Century and Contemporary Drop Earrings

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Peggy Stephaich Guinness Blue Topaz Diamond Tile Earrings
Peggy Stephaich Guinness Blue Topaz Diamond Tile Earrings

Peggy Stephaich Guinness Blue Topaz Diamond Tile Earrings

By Peggy Stephaich Guinness

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Drop earrings in 18k white gold, each featuring four square-cut blue topaz separated by rows of round-cut diamonds. Clip backs (posts may be added upon customer request). 2.25" lon...

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2010s Drop Earrings

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Diamond, Topaz, Blue Topaz, 18k Gold, White Gold

Peggy Guinness 18k Yellow Gold Turquoise Tanzanite Drop Earrings
Peggy Guinness 18k Yellow Gold Turquoise Tanzanite Drop Earrings

Peggy Guinness 18k Yellow Gold Turquoise Tanzanite Drop Earrings

By Peggy Stephaich Guinness

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Signed with a stylized 'S' mark for Peggy Stephaich Guinness. 2.25" long.

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2010s American Modern Drop Earrings

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Peggy Guinness 22k Yellow Gold Sapphire Saddle Ring
Peggy Guinness 22k Yellow Gold Sapphire Saddle Ring

Peggy Guinness 22k Yellow Gold Sapphire Saddle Ring

By Peggy S. Guinness

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Blue sapphire "Saddle" wide band ring in heavyweight 22k yellow gold, designed by Peggy Stephaich Guinness. Bezel-set with six oval-shaped, cabochon-cut, natural blue sapphires weig...

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2010s Unknown Modern Band Rings

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Sapphire, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold

Peggy Stephaich Guinness Amethyst Turquoise Gold Mumus Ring

Peggy Stephaich Guinness Amethyst Turquoise Gold Mumus Ring

Located in Greenwich, CT

"Mumus" ring, showcasing a cushion-shaped amethyst weighing 25.86 carats flanked by cabochon-cut turquoise beads, mounted in 22k yellow gold. Designed by Peggy Guinness.

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21st Century and Contemporary American Cocktail Rings

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Amethyst, Turquoise, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold

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Why Gold Shines in Jewelry Craftsmanship

Gold is the feel-good metal, the serotonin of jewelry. Wear vintage and antique gold necklaces, watches, gold bracelets or gold rings and you feel happy, you feel dressed, you feel, well, yourself. 

Gold, especially yellow gold, with its rich patina and ancient pedigree going back thousands of years, is the steady standby, the well-mannered metal of choice. Any discussion of this lustrous metal comes down to a basic truth: Gold is elementary, my dear. Gold jewelry that couples the mystique of the metal with superb design and craftsmanship achieves the status of an enduring classic. Many luxury houses have given us some of our most treasured and lasting examples of gold jewelry over the years.

Since its founding, in 1837, Tiffany & Co. has built its reputation on its company jewelry as well as its coterie of boutique designers, which has included Jean Schlumberger, Donald Claflin, Angela Cummings and Elsa Peretti. There are numerous gold Tiffany classics worth citing. Some are accented with gemstones, but all stand out for their design and the workmanship displayed.

For the woman who prefers a minimalist look, the Tiffany & Co. twist bangle (thin, slightly ovoid) is stylishly simple. For Cummings devotees, signature pieces feature hard stone inlay, such as her pairs of gold ear clips inlaid with black jade (a play on the classic Chanel black and tan), or bangles whose design recalls ocean waves, with undulating lines of lapis lazuli and mother-of-pearl. And just about any design by the great Jean Schlumberger is by definition a classic.

Even had he eschewed stones and diamonds, Southern-born David Webb would be hailed for the vast arsenal of heavy gold jewelry he designed. Gold, usually hammered or textured in some manner, defines great David Webb jewelry. The self-taught jeweler made very au courant pieces while drawing inspiration from ancient and out-of-the-way sources — East meets West in the commanding gold necklaces made by Webb in the early 1970s. The same could be said for his endlessly varied gold cuffs.

In Europe, many houses have given us gold jewelry that sets the highest standard for excellence, pieces that were highly sought after when they were made and continue to be so. 

Numerous designs from Cartier are homages to gold. There are the classic Trinity rings, necklaces and bracelets — trifectas of yellow, white and rose gold. As a testament to the power of love, consider the endurance of the Cartier Love bracelet.

Aldo Cipullo, Cartier’s top in-house designer from the late 1960s into the early ’70s, made history in 1969 with the Love bracelet. Cipullo frequently said that the Love bracelet was born of a sleepless night contemplating a love affair gone wrong and his realization that “the only remnants he possessed of the romance were memories.” He distilled the urge to keep a loved one close into a slim 18-karat gold bangle. 

BVLGARI and its coin jewelry, gemme nummarie, hit the jackpot when the line launched in the 1960s. The line has been perennially popular. BVLGARI coin jewelry features ancient Greek and Roman coins embedded in striking gold mounts, usually hung on thick link necklaces of varying lengths. In the 1970s, BVLGARI introduced the Tubogas line, most often made in yellow gold. The Tubogas watches are classics, and then there is the Serpenti, the house's outstanding snake-themed watches and bracelets.

A collection called Monete that incorporated the gold coins is one of several iconic BVLGARI lines that debuted in the 1970s and ’80s, catering to a new generation of empowered women. Just as designers like Halston and Yves Saint Laurent were popularizing fuss-free ready-to-wear fashion for women on the go, BVLGARI offered jewels to be lived in. 

Since Van Cleef & Arpels opened its Place Vendôme doors in 1906, collection after collection of jewelry classics have enchanted the public. As predominantly expressed in a honeycomb of gold, there is the Ludo watch and accessories, circa the 1920s, and the golden Zip necklace, 1951, whose ingenious transformation of the traditional zipper was originally proposed by the Duchess of Windsor. Van Cleef's Alhambra, with its Moroccan motif, was introduced in 1968 and from the start its popularity pivoted on royalty and celebrity status. It remains one of VCA’s most popular and collected styles.

Mention must be made of Buccellati, whose name is synonymous with gold so finely spun that it suggests tapestry. The house’s many gold bracelets, typically embellished with a few or many diamonds, signified taste and distinction and are always in favor on the secondary market. Other important mid-20th-century houses known for their gold-themed jewelry include Hermès and Ilias Lalaounis.

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