Sold|$959
Ruby and Diamond Clover Ring
Located in Derby, NY
This clover ring is stunning in ruby, diamonds and 18 kt white gold.
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, White Gold
14 Karat Ruby Trevol Clover Pin/Brooch
Located in Palm Desert, CA
14 Karat Ruby Trevol Clover Pin/Brooch. The four-prong set Ruby is 3.5mm for a carat weight of 0.24ct.
Ruby, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Sold|$3,800
Cartier ruby, emerald, diamond clover pin
By Paloma Picasso for Tiffany & Co.
Located in Austin, TX
18k gold, turquoise, diamond, ruby ring, 1960's
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Victorian 15 Karat Gold Peridot Ruby Three Leaf Clover Bar Brooch
Located in Vilnius, Vilniaus apskr.
This is a playful Victorian three leaf clover bar brooch crafted in 15K yellow gold. The piece features 3 heart cut peridots and 1 round cut ruby (0.16ct, stpR 4/4, SI).
Peridot, Ruby, Gold, 15k Gold
Victorian 18 Karat Gold Sapphire Ruby and Diamond Clover Antique Ring
Located in Banbury, GB
Hooray for the red (ruby), white (natural pearl) & blue (sapphire). The colorful and gemmy trio is arrayed in a lucky shamrock motif hand fabricated in 18K gold with diamond set shou...
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Clover Brooch with Rubies & Diamonds in 18 Karat White Gold by Meister
Located in Lucerne, CH
Each of the four petals of the clover is adorned with four pear-shaped rubies, totaling 1.00 carat.
Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Van Cleef & Arpels 4 Leaf Clover Genuine Ruby Diamond Yellow Gold Ring
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in New York, NY
This gorgeous Van Cleef & Arpels ring features the lucky four-leaf clover design crafted in 18k yellow gold and set with a genuine round red ruby of an estimated 0.78 carats surround...
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Tiffany & Co. Diamond Ruby 14 Karat Yellow Gold Clover Brooch Set of 2
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A rare vintage find from the 1950’s, this matching pair of Tiffany & Co. clover brooches is a true collector’s treasure. Each brooch, measuring an impressive 35mm in diameter, is cra...
Diamond, Ruby, Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique 18 Karat Ruby Diamond Curb Link Gold Necklace Bracelets Clover Trefoil
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This elegant hollow curb link necklace is made out of 18k gold. It can be taken apart to transform into two bracelets. The front of the necklace is decorated with three ruby and diam...
18k Gold
Vintage YSL Yves Saint Laurent Heart Clover Resin Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YSL Yves Saint Laurent Heart Clover Resin Earrings Measurements: Height: 1 4/8 inches (3.81 cm) Width: 1 4/8 inches (3.81 cm) Features: - 100% Authentic YVES SAINT LAURENT....
Gold Beaded Victorian Revival Bracelet With Clover & Heart Motif, 1960s
Located in McKinney, TX
- Vintage item - 7.25" length - Gold plated - Faux seed pearl, faux amethyst, faux ruby & faux jade accents - Leaf, clover, heart and hamsa motif - Fold over clasp closure - In...
Victorian 15 Karat Yellow Gold Ruby and Diamond Shamrock Bangle
Located in NEWARK, GB
To the front there is a scrolling wavy setting making the entrance for the beautifully presented Ruby and Diamond shamrocks or clovers with three leaves.
Diamond, Ruby, Yellow Gold
Antique Opal and Ruby Shamrock Brooch, 15k Yellow Gold, Boxed
Located in NEWARK, GB
The centre features a stunning shamrock or clover with three heart shaped opal cabochons making up the leaves and a ruby centre.
Opal, Ruby, 15k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Belle Époque Toi et Moi Ring Ruby Diamond 18 Karat Gold Platinum
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This elegant so called 'Toi et Moi' ring is designed as two entwined stylised three leaf clovers, one set with diamonds and one with rubies.
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Platinum
A Victorian Multi-colour Gem And Diamond Clover Leaf Brooch
Located in London, GB
The diamond outline of the clover enhances the brilliant colours of the emerald, ruby and sapphire set leaves.
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
Large 1880s Russian Gold Ruby Diamond Trefoil Cufflinks, Moscow
Located in St. Catharines, ON
A pair of rare Romanov-era cufflinks, period of Tsar Alexander III, designed as rose gold squares with rounded edges, each inset with a rose diamond and ruby clover, symbol of the Ho...
Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Gold
Sold|$25,000
Antique Diamond Ruby and Sapphire Clover Pin
Located in Greenwich, CT
Antique diamond, ruby, and sapphire clover pin, each heart-shaped leaf set with a colored sapphire (blue, pink and yellow) center with a diamond and ruby alternate surround, mounted ...
Sapphire, Diamond, Ruby
Late Victorian Ruby Sapphire Diamond Clover Pendant
Located in Edinburgh, GB
An antique 18ct gold pendant, circa 1890, claw set with an old mine cut diamond, ruby and sapphire forming a clover. The diamond is approximately 0.25cts.
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Imperial Russian Sapphire Ruby Diamond Clover Bangle
Located in Sale, Cheshire
An exquisite antique bangle featuring a clover / trefoil centrepiece. The hallmarks indicate it's date and origin: St Petersburg in Imperial Russia, circa 1890.
White Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Silver
Retro Ruby Peridot Clover Flower Gold Pendant Charm
Located in Lambertville, NJ
14k yellow gold clover flower pendant, adorned with rubies and peridot.
Peridot, Ruby, Gold
Pasquale Bruni 4Love Ruby Gold Clover Pendant Necklace
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Pasquale Bruni 18k rose gold necklace with clover pendant from 4Love collection. Necklace is 27" long, pendant measures 29mm x 30mm. Marked Love,Pasquale Bruni,750. Weight - 41.5 gra...
Ruby, 18k Gold
Antique Victorian Diamond Ruby Emerald Clover Gold Ring
Located in Sale, Cheshire
This lovely antique ring is set with a trio of natural gemstones: a diamond, a ruby, and an emerald. They are arranged in a clover formation - set flush against the 18ct gold band.
White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Imperial Russian Sapphire Ruby Diamond Clover Bangle
Located in Sale, Cheshire
An exquisite antique bangle featuring a clover / trefoil centrepiece. The hallmarks indicate it's date and origin: St Petersburg in Imperial Russia, circa 1890.
White Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Silver
Crivelli Four-Leaf Clover White Gold Brilliant and Rubies Earrings
By Crivelli
Located in Bari, IT
These lovely earrings made from Crivelli are a nice four-leaf clover earrings. They feature 1.31 carat white brilliant cut Diamonds and 0.63 carat Rubies.
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, White Gold
Antique Victorian Gold Sapphire Ruby Diamond Crescent Clover Stars Bar Brooch
Located in Boston, Lincolnshire
A Beautiful Victorian c.1890s Gold and Silver bar brooch with a Ruby, Diamond and Sapphire clover motive inside of Diamond Crescent and Diamond Stars on the ends.
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 9k Gold
Van Cleef & Arpels, A Pair of Ruby and Diamond Four Leaf Clover Ear Clips
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in New York, NY
Van Cleef & Arpels, A Pair of Ruby and Diamond Four Leaf Clover Ear Clips, designed with pave-set diamond petals, to the circular-cut ruby center, signed Van Cleef & Arpels, with Fre...
Diamond, Ruby
Art Nouveau 15ct Rose Gold, Enamel Diamond And Ruby Four Leaf Clover Locket
Located in NEW TOWN, AU
Designed as a symbolic four leaf Clover opening locket with a simple and easy to use ’slide to open’ mechanism and crafted from 15ct rose gold which has been superbly enamelled in pa...
Diamond, Ruby, Rose Gold, Enamel
Sold|$3,600
Gemset 4-Leaf Clover Pendant/Charm
Located in New York, NY
Large figural "four-leaf clover" charm/pendant. Set with faceted rubies, aquamarines, sapphires, cabochon turquoise. 14K yellow gold. 1 1/2" in diameter.
Aquamarine, Ruby, Sapphire, Turquoise, 14k Gold
Sold|$2,800
Gemset Large 4-Leaf Clover Gold Charm
Located in New York, NY
Charming charm, a large figural 4-leaf clover. All-over finely retriculated pattern. In 14K yellow gold; set with faceted rubies, sapphires and a center diamond. 1 1/4"x 1 1/4".
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Sold|$3,800
Cartier "Dear " Four-Leaf Clover Large Charm
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
Figural four leaf clover charm, 18k gold, signed and numbered by Cartier.
Diamond, Amethyst, Emerald, Ruby, 18k Gold
Edwardian Diamond Double Four Leaf Clover Flower Brooch
Located in London, GB
A gem-set double flower brooch, French, designed as a spray of two flowers composed of petals of pear-cut diamonds with fringes, respectively, of calibré-cut rubies or emeralds, with...
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, 18k Gold, Platinum
Antique Victorian Acrostic Dear Lucky Clover Locket Pendant
Located in Sale, Cheshire
A sweet Victorian lucky four leaf clover locket with an acrostic message spelled out by the stones.
Diamond, Emerald, Natural Pearl, Ruby, 15k Gold
Retro Gold Tiffany & Co. 4-Leaf Clover Earrings
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Figural "four-leaf clover" earrings. Made and signed by TIFFANY & CO. 14K yellow and rose gold.
Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 1800s French Art Nouveau Bumble Bee & 4 Leaf Clover 18k Gold Diamond Brooch
By Buccellati
Located in New york, NY
The present piece is a very unique extremely well designed for the late 1800s French Art Nouveau 18kt Yellow Gold Brooch designed as a Bumble Bee sitting atop a four leaf clover with...
Diamond, Ruby, Tiger's Eye, 18k Gold
Late 1800s French Art Nouveau Bumble Bee & 4 Leaf Clover 18K Gold Diamond Brooch
Located in New york, NY
The present piece is a very unique extremely well designed for the late 1800s French Art Nouveau 18kt Yellow Gold Brooch designed as a Bumble Bee sitting atop a four leaf clover with...
Diamond, Ruby, Tiger's Eye, 18k Gold
Sold|$1,500
1900s Russian Ruby Gold Easter Egg Pendant
Located in St. Catharines, ON
A rare Russian miniature gold egg pendant from the Romanov era, period of Nicholas II set with rubies in a 3 leaf clover motif on a textured gold base, attached to a gold suspension ...
Ruby, 14k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
Small Invisibly-Set Ruby Diamond Gold Clover Earrings
Located in Greenwich, CT
Clover stud earrings, designed as an invisibly-set calibre-cut ruby clover centering a round brilliant-cut diamond, mounted in 18k white gold.
Diamond, Ruby, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Sold|$3,600
Antique Gold Four-Leaf Clover Pill Box
Located in New York, NY
Elegant antique hinged pill box. Figural four-leaf clover pattern, set with four rose cut diamonds and a bright faceted ruby; four smaller rose cuts form the stem. 14K yellow gold....
Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold
1950s 14k Gold Ruby Four Leaf Clover Love Heart Photo Locket Pendant Large 18+G
Located in Lauderdale by the Sea, FL
Each heart is decorated with five real Ruby gemstones (20 in total) they are arranged in the shape of a flower - the center clear stone is white sapphire not a diamond.
14k Gold
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.
Find a stunning collection of vintage and antique gold jewelry on 1stDibs.
This deep red gem is the color of heat and passion — vintage and antique ruby jewelry is perfect for those born in the middle of summer.
Rubies are one of the few gemstones that can give diamonds a run for their money. Just consider the Van Cleef & Arpels “scarf” necklace the Duke of Windsor presented to the Duchess on her 40th birthday, in 1936 — set with diamonds and dripping with rubies, a testament to the deep-red gemstone’s power — or the slippers encrusted with 4,600 rubies that Harry Winston made to commemorate The Wizard of Oz’s golden anniversary. July babies have permission to adorn themselves with this beautiful red stone even when it’s not their birthday.
Rubies are considered precious stones — along with diamonds, sapphires and emeralds — and have a hardness of 9.0 on the Mohs Scale, surpassed only by Moissanite and diamonds. They are composed of corundum, a colorless mineral that is also the basic material of sapphires. In the July birthstone, the red of the gemstone — and the various hues seen in sapphires — are produced by the presence of trace elements. In the case of a ruby, this element is chromium. Rubies range in color from vermilion to a violet red. They are also pleochroic, which means that a stone’s hue can vary depending on the direction of viewing. The most sought-after color is pigeon’s blood: pure red with a hint of blue.
Rubies that are hosted in dolomite marble are the most prized: Because the marble is low in iron, so are the rubies, resulting in a more intense color. Rubies found in basalt, which has a higher iron content, are generally darker and less intense.
When shopping for antique and vintage ruby jewelry, remember that the 4Cs of selecting the perfect diamond — color, clarity, cut and carat — also apply to rubies.
According to the Gemological Institute of America, the color of the July birthstone should be a vibrant to slightly purplish red, and the stone should be clear and inclusion-free. Accordingly, the cut should show off its color and clarity. As for the last criterion, fine rubies more than a carat in weight are rare. Often, large rubies are more expensive than diamonds of comparable weights.
Find a collection of ruby necklaces, ruby rings and other accessories on 1stDibs.