Van Cleef & Arpels Platinum Floral Cocktail Ring Ruby, Emerald, Sapphires
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Ring Size 5
Vintage 1950s French Cluster Rings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Diamond, Platinum, White Gold
Van Cleef & Arpels Platinum Floral Cocktail Ring Ruby, Emerald, Sapphires
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Ring Size 5
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Diamond, Platinum, White Gold
VCA Signature moonstone carved logo 18K gold ring
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in New York, NY
Van Cleef & Arpels 18K gold ring with VCA logo carved on a moonstone The moonstone measurements: 18.0x15.0x11.4 20.1 g Size: 6 1/4 Hallmark: VCA 750; serial number NY5K918-1
Moonstone, 18k Gold
VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Folie des Pres Broderie Diamond Gold Earrings & Ring Set
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in New York, NY
Measurements: 12mm x 50mm earrings, 12mm x 40mm ring. The ring size is 6 - EU 52. Resizable - $20 for each size up and $15 for each size down.
Diamond, Garnet, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1970s Van Cleef & Arpels Coral Onyx and Diamonds Set
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in New York, NY
Signed by Van Cleef & Arpels Circa 1970s Ring size 3 3/4 Bracelet 6 1/2 inches Earrings 1 x 5/8 inches
Coral, Diamond, Onyx, 18k Gold
$3,920Sale Price|20% Off
Oscar Heyman Platinum 2.5mm Bead Set Diamond Band Ring sz 6
By Oscar Heyman
Located in New York City, NY
This band comes in an Oscar Heyman pouch. Size 6. This ring cannot be re-sized, however, additional sizes, widths, and stone colors are available by special order.
Diamond, Platinum
$11,200Sale Price|20% Off
Oscar Heyman Gold and Platinum Square Ruby Band Ring, sz. 6
By Oscar Heyman
Located in New York City, NY
It is 7mm wide and stamped with the makers mark, 18K PLAT, and serial number M2842. Size 6. It cannot be sized. Additional sizes are available.
Ruby, Gold, Platinum
$11,520Sale Price|20% Off
Oscar Heyman Platinum 3mm Cog Set Baguette Diamond Band Ring sz 6
By Oscar Heyman
Located in New York City, NY
This band comes in an Oscar Heyman pouch. Size 6. This ring cannot be re-sized, however, additional sizes, widths, and stone colors are available by special order.
Diamond, Platinum
French Arfan Ring Citrine MOP Sz 6 18k Yellow Gold Square Cocktail Jewelry
By Arfan
Located in Torrance, CA
Mother of pearl is inlaid into the mount and shoulders. Size & Measurements: The ring is a size 6 (sizable).
Citrine, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
$3,250
Diamond Dome Ring
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Ring weighs 12.26g total and was made to fit a size 6.
Diamond, 14k Gold
Robert Bielka Citrine and Gold Ring
By Robert Bielka
Located in Darnestown, MD
The gold has a very light brushed finish. The ring is size 6 1/2. It can be modified to be made larger or smaller.
Citrine, Gold, 18k Gold
Blue Topaz 14k Yellow & White Gold Halo Ring circa 1970s
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Measurements: ring size 6, weight 2.63g
$12,800Sale Price|20% Off
Oscar Heyman Platinum Tahitian Pearl and Diamond Ring
By Oscar Heyman
Located in New York City, NY
Size 6.5 (can be sized at no charge between a 6-7).
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum
Modern Invisible Setting 2.65 Carat Princess and Brillant Cut Diamond Ring
Located in Poitiers, FR
A truthful illustration of the size of diamonds, this splendid white gold ring is a modern creation.
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Gold, White Gold
MAUBOUSSIN Paris Cocktail Ring In 18Kt Gold With 3.24 Cwt. In Sapphire &
By Mauboussin
Located in Miami, FL
From 1946, the House of Mauboussin joined the greatest names (such as Cartier, Boucheron, Van Cleef & Arpels and Chaumet) by moving to 20 Place Vendôme.
Diamond, Sapphire, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, White Gold, 18k G...
PERY ET FILS Cocktail Ring In 18Kt Gold With 7.22 Ctw In Diamonds & Sapphires
Located in Miami, FL
Note: Pery et Fils was a very famous jewelry makers doing a lots of special orders and custom jobs for Van Cleef & Arpels, Fred, Boucheron And Chaumet.
Diamond, Sapphire, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k ...
Antique Ring Diamonds Blue Enamel solid 18k Gold Ø 6US /5.2gr
Located in SE
and 750 on the other side. The spirit of this Ring reminds early creations of Van Cleef & Arpels in style and design but I'm not familiar with the hallmarking system of early VC&A m...
Diamond, 18k Gold, Enamel
Andre Vassort 1960 France 18Kt Cocktail Ring with 1.02 Ct Diamonds Coral & Onyx
By Andre Vassort
Located in Miami, FL
Note: This model was also produced by Vassort for he houses of Boucheron and Van Cleef & Arpels. This ring is in perfect condition, with outstanding look.
Coral, Diamond, Onyx, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Leon Mege True Antique French cut diamond eternity wedding band with engraving.
By Leon Mege
Located in New York, NY
Leon Mege Art Deco-style eternity band with a French touch. Rare French-cut diamonds are running the full circumference of the millgrained channel. Venerable brands like Boucheron, C...
Diamond, Platinum
$278Sale Price|20% Off
Original Parisian Vintage Jewelry Design Art by Van Cleef & Boucheron Designer
By Paul Touzet
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Elegance of Tied Silver Ring With Blue Emerald Jewelry Design circa mid 20th century by Paul Touzet (French b. 1917) original gouache painting, with pencil on tracing paper, unf...
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
One of the world’s foremost jewelry houses, Van Cleef & Arpels is particularly noted for a focus on technical virtuosity, craftsmanship and artistry, evident since its beginning. Rather than create earrings, bracelets, necklaces and other adornments primarily for the aim of displaying of wealth and opulence, Van Cleef & Arpels sought to produce jewelry that projected the wearer’s taste and style.
The company was formed a year after the 1895 marriage of Alfred Van Cleef, the son of a gem cutter, to Estelle Arpels, daughter of precious-stones dealer Salomon Arpels. Ten years later, Van Cleef & Arpels opened its first boutique on the Place Vendôme in Paris, setting the march on a square now crowded with dealers in bijouterie. (The company still occupies the New York flagship store opened in 1939 at Fifth Avenue and 57th Street.)
Born from a union of expertise in both jewelry making and gem selection, Van Cleef & Arpels distinguished itself with both the consistency of the color and clarity of its stones and the creativity of its designs. In doing so, the house would win a roster of dedicated, fashion-conscious clients that included the Duchess of Windsor, Marlene Dietrich, Barbara Hutton, Jacqueline Onassis and Elizabeth Taylor. In 1933, Van Cleef & Arpels patented its trademark Mystery Setting — a technique by which gems are fitted into an intricate matrix of slots and “drawers” that keep the setting hidden. Another signal innovation was the Zip necklace, introduced in 1951, which can be worn either around the neck or, with the zipper closed, as a bracelet.
But as much as to the firm’s craftsmanship, clients have been drawn by the insouciance and playfulness of Van Cleef & Arpels designers, as well as their attunement to the cultural climate. After the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, the company produced several lavish pieces featuring hieroglyphics and other Egyptian motifs to go along with the geometric Art Deco jewelry of that decade and the next. Following World War II, as symbols of freedom and rebirth, the firm focused on naturalistic forms such as birds, flowers, fruit and flying insects. High society’s 1960s fascination with the Near East and India prompted such pieces as the best-selling Alhambra necklace, popularized by Princess Grace.
Lately, attention among collectors and connoisseurs has centered on Van Cleef & Arpels’s quality of workmanship as much as its glamour. The firm was the subject of a 2012 show at the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, as well as exhibitions at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California, in 2013 and at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 2014.
Find an exquisite collection of Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry on 1stDibs.
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.
Antique and vintage rings have long held a special place in the hearts of fine jewelry lovers all over the world.
No matter their origin or specific characteristics, rings are timeless, versatile accessories. They’ve carried deep meaning since at least the Middle Ages, when diamond rings symbolized strength and other kinds of rings were worn to signify romantic feelings or to denote an affiliation with a religious order. Rings have also forever been emblematic of eternity.
Over time, rings have frequently taken the form of serpents, which have long been associated with eternal life, health and renewal. Italian luxury jewelry house Bulgari has become famous for its widely loved Serpenti motif, for example, and its Serpenti ring, like the other accessories in the collection, began as an homage to jewelry of the Roman and Hellenistic eras. The serpent is now a popular motif in fine jewelry. Jewelry devotees have long pined for rings adorned with reptiles, thanks to antique Victorian rings — well, specifically, Queen Victoria’s illustrious engagement ring, which took the form of a gold snake set with rubies, diamonds and an emerald (her birthstone). Designs for Victorian-era engagement rings often featured repoussé work and chasing, in which patterns are hammered into the metal.
Engagement rings, which are reliably intimidating to shop for, are still widely recognized as symbols of love and commitment. On 1stDibs, a range of buying guides can be found for those in the market for antique engagement rings, vintage engagement rings or Art Deco engagement rings.
The most collectible antique engagement rings and vintage engagement rings are those from the Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco eras. Named for the monarchies of the four King Georges, who in succession ruled England starting in 1714 (plus King William’s reign), antique Georgian rings, be they engagement rings or otherwise, are also coveted by collectors. Pearls, along with colored gemstones like garnets, rubies and sapphires, were widely used in Georgian jewelry. The late-1700s paste jewelry was a predecessor to what we now call fashion or costume jewelry.
The Art Nouveau movement (1880–1910) brought with it rings inspired by the natural world. Antique Art Nouveau rings might feature depictions of winged insects and fauna as well as women, who were simultaneously eroticized and romanticized, frequently with long flowing hair. Art Deco jewelry, on the other hand, which originated during the 1920s and ’30s, is by and large “white jewelry.” White metals, primarily platinum, were favored over yellow gold in the design of antique Art Deco rings and other accessories as well as geometric motifs, with women drawn to the era’s dazzling cocktail rings in particular.
Whether you’re hunting down a chunky classic for a Prohibition-themed cocktail party or seeking a clean contemporary design to complement your casual ensemble, find an exquisite collection of antique, new and vintage rings on 1stDibs.