Seaman Schepps 18k
20th Century American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Clip-on Earrings
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century American Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, Coral, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Link Bracelets
Coral, Diamond, Morganite, Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s Link Bracelets
18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Retro Clip-on Earrings
Aquamarine, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century American Modern Link Bracelets
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Clip-on Earrings
Crystal, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century American Contemporary Beaded Bracelets
Onyx, Turquoise, Cat’s Eye, Carnelian, Coral, Lapis Lazuli, 18k Gold
Vintage 1980s American Brooches
Crystal, Diamond, 18k Gold
20th Century Clip-on Earrings
18k Gold
Late 20th Century American Modern Three-Stone Rings
18k Gold
2010s American Link Necklaces
Lapis Lazuli, Gold, 18k Gold
Vintage 1970s American Brooches
White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1980s American Modern Hoop Earrings
Carnelian, Yellow Gold
2010s Unknown Modern Modern Bracelets
Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
20th Century American Link Bracelets
Amber, Gold
Vintage 1980s American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Crystal, 18k Gold
1990s American Link Bracelets
Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Clip-on Earrings
Crystal, Diamond, 18k Gold
Vintage 1980s American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Tourmaline, Rubelite, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century North American Modernist Cocktail Rings
Citrine, Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century American Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Zircon, Blue Zircon, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Fashion Rings
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Brooches
Diamond, Emerald, Cultured Pearl, Rock Crystal, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold,...
20th Century American Modern Link Bracelets
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Citrine, Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century American Clip-on Earrings
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1970s Brooches
Chalcedony, Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Moonstone, 18k Gold
1990s Cuff Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s American Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Crystal, Diamond, Rock Crystal, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century American Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Rock Crystal, 18k Gold
2010s American Fashion Rings
Moonstone, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s More Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold
2010s American Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Quartz, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1960s American Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Lapis Lazuli, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century American Retro Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Cultured Pearl, Sapphire, Tourmaline, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century American Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Link Bracelets
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s American Clip-on Earrings
Crystal, Rock Crystal, 18k Gold
Vintage 1960s American Brooches
Diamond, Turquoise, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s American Clip-on Earrings
Peridot, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century American Contemporary Brooches
Carnelian, Sapphire, 18k Gold
1990s North American Contemporary Brooches
Carnelian, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Turquoise, 18k Gold
20th Century Beaded Necklaces
Beryl, Diamond, Green Beryl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century American Modernist Cocktail Rings
Aventurine, Citrine, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
20th Century North American Artist Pendant Necklaces
Aquamarine, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1980s Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Carnelian, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s American Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s American Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Spinel, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s American Modernist Brooches
Carnelian, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s American Contemporary Brooches
Citrine, Diamond, Cultured Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s American Retro Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1950s American Modernist Cocktail Rings
Amber, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s Modernist Link Bracelets
Pearl, Coral, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Link Necklaces
18k Gold
Vintage 1980s American Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Quartz, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Cufflinks
Onyx, Pearl, 18k Gold, Enamel
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Seaman Schepps 18k For Sale on 1stDibs
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Seaman Schepps for sale on 1stDibs
A scrappy, self-made artist who transformed turbo shells into decadent earrings and crystal chessmen into bold bracelets, Seaman Schepps (1881–1972) tirelessly worked his way up from the tenements of New York’s Lower East Side to become “America’s Court Jeweler.”
Born to immigrant parents who named him for the Seamen’s Bank for Savings that his mother could see from the hospital — or so the legend goes — Schepps dropped out of school at the age of 14 and never had any formal jewelry training. He later moved to California, where he opened his first jewelry shop in 1904. In 1921, he returned to New York to build on the success he’d begun to enjoy as a jeweler on the West Coast, but it wasn’t long before his Manhattan house, which counted Broadway stars and theater patrons among its clientele, was hit hard by the stock market crash of 1929. Schepps used this disruption to rethink his approach to jewelry, debuting a new store in 1934 on Madison Avenue, where he would make his mark in playful custom adornments.
While many high-end jewelers of his era focused on the purest and most valuable gemstones, Schepps chose his materials for their color and shape, elevating flawed stones others disregarded in collage-like formations involving unconventional materials such as fine wood, coral, seashells and flea-market finds. Passersby of his New York City shop could find a frog-shaped brooch carved from rosewood, a vintage snuff bottle broken into links for a bracelet and loose-drilled pearls plugged with diamonds. Schepps’s whimsical pieces found fans in fashion icons who appreciated his unique statements, including Doris Duke, Andy Warhol and the Duchess of Windsor.
Following Schepps’s death in 1972, his daughter, jewelry designer Patricia S. Vaill, ran the jewelry house for two decades before it was taken over by Jay Bauer and Anthony Hopenhajm of Trianon jewelry. Following the closure of the company’s Park Avenue store in November 2020, sales for Seaman Schepps is now based in its boutique location out of Palm Beach, Florida, where the legendary brand carries forth its founder’s spirited designs.
On 1stDibs, find a distinctive collection of vintage Seaman Schepps jewelry, including brooches, bracelets and other accessories.