Pique Jewelry

The circular links and Heart shaped pendant all profusely inlaid with Gold and Silver Pique Work on both sides, making this Bracelet extremely rich looking.. It has a Gold bolt ring...

This antique Victorian tortoiseshell heart-lock bracelet was handcrafted in England around 1880. It’s a chunky bracelet with each link measuring 16.6 x 21.5 x 6 mm and the heart-lock...

Regency Pique drop earrings, diamond embedded in coffee bean sized tops with a longer drop. Tortoiseshell embedded with gold and silver wire.
Gold shepherds crook pierced bac...

It is highly characteristic of tortoiseshell jewellery and is no longer being made.

A delightful pair of Victorian yellow gold and silver inlay pique earrings hand crafted in circa 1870. The tapered obelisk shaped pique drops, beautifully inlaid with stylised geomet...

Antique French Miniature 18K Gold Piqué Tortoiseshell Snuff Box, circa 1790 Rare snuffbox made of tortoiseshell with fine gold piqué decor on all sides. On the lid, a central medall...

Pique jewelry was much sought after during the Victorian era.

Pique jewelry is an example of an art form of the Victorian age.

Pique jewelry blossomed in the late 1800's.

Elegant, lightweight and easy to wear pique jewelry became very popular especially when traveling to the seasons in London and Bath.

A uniquely Victorian craft, pique jewelry is much admired today as a minor art form.

Roughly translated as "pierce" in French, the word pique means dotted, or cracked. Thus describes the beautiful minor art of pique jewelry, made from the tortoiseshell of the hawksbi...

These rare pieces likely influenced the design of pique jewelry of the late 1800's. This work of art butterfly brooch is also featured in Vivienne Becker's book Antique and 20th Ce...

The word Pique means "to pierce". Pique artisans were perfectionists and only used the hawksbill tortoise and a few other varieties in their jewelry and objects.

And this is what gives the technique its name, pique, meaning "to pierce". Pique artisans were perfectionists and only used the hawksbill tortoise and a few other varieties in thei...

Following the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, the French Huguenots were banished from France, whereupon several countries welcomed them for the opportunity to learn their skills i...

Pique jewelry made an appearance in England and France during the English Victorian period, c.1870.

Later specimens, post 1870, were massed produced and lack the three dimensional touch of the man made jewels. The work done in pique jewelry is delicate, yet, the hundred fifty years...

Wonderful and unusual Victorian pique ring. Pique is tortoiseshell inlaid with gold and was used to make jewelry and objects in the Victorian era.

Bold pique expansion bracelet with a large disc inlaid with geometric designs. Pique is tortoiseshell inlaid with gold and silver. The technique was brought to England by Huguenot cr...

Dramatic Victorian triple hoop pique earrings inlaid with gold and silver. The tops have a floral motif while the hoops are geometric. Pique work, tortoiseshell inlaid with gold and...

Bold butterfly brooch of pique, tortoiseshell inlaid with gold and silver, will flatter any neckline or shoulder on a suit or on a sweater. Pique was developed in France and became p...

Elegant pique long drop earrings. Pique is tortoiseshell inlaid with gold and silver, a technique brought to England by the Huguenots when they were expelled from France in the 17th ...

Dramatic pique double hoop earrings with a geometric design topped with a floral and leaf motif. Pique is tortoiseshell inlaid with gold and silver and was developed in France, becom...