Art Nouveau Angel Skin Natural Coral Carved Yellow Gold Cameo Brooch
Located in New York, NY
This ornate cameo lady portrait brooch was made in circa 1900-1910. It is crafted out of 14k yellow gold and features a carved angel skin cameo portrait of a lady encircled by two ro...
Coral, Pearl, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Seed Pearl Infinity Pendant Locket
Located in New York, NY
Dating from the 1880s, this antique Victorian pendant locket with seed pearls and enamel is set in bloomed 18K gold. Suspended from a tapering bail, the hinged oval locket is surmoun...
Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Etruscan gold with lapis ball Roma Brooch, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Etruscan revival brooch in 14K gold with lapis ball drops. Revivalist jewelers from the mid to late 19th Century looked to ancient models and techniques to replicate in the modern Vi...
Lapis Lazuli, 14k Gold
Antique French Pagoda Birdcage, Painted Wood and Iron, Late 19th Century
Located in Glasgow, GB
Small coloured glass panels enrich the upper section, accompanied by decorative turned bead finials and suspended bead drops at each corner, all beneath a hand-turned wooden finial t...
Iron, Wire
$3,080Sale Price|20% Off
8 Strand Pearl and .50ct Diamond Bracelet Platinum AAA Quality VS F-G Color
Located in Laguna Hills, CA
8 Strand Pearl and Diamond Bracelet This spectacular platinum and diamond pearl bracelet is made with the finest AAA pearls and diamonds Eight strands of perfectly matched pearls m...
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum
Antique 14K Gold Multi-Strand Mourning Necklace, Circa 1874-1923
Located in Rotterdam, NL
A remarkable antique Dutch mourning necklace, composed of three strands of deep black jet beads and an exceptional 14K gold clasp of regional significance. The necklace is formed of...
Other, 14k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique 19th Century Red Brown Sardonyx Natural Pearls Cameo Brooch Yellow Gold
Located in Lisbon, PT
Antique 19th Century Sardonyx Cameo Brooch with Natural Pearls in Yellow Gold. A distinguished 19th-century cameo brooch featuring the intricately carved bust of a nobleman, executed...
Agate, Chalcedony, Natural Pearl, Gold, Yellow Gold
Etruscan Coral Cab Necklace
Located in New York, NY
Unusual Victorian necklace of gilt silver with etruscan applied wire work with cabochons of button coral. Every other link is decorated with wirework as is the clasp. Very high quali...
Coral, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver
Antique Yellow Gold Pearl and Crystal Halo Hair Locket Ring
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
Antique Yellow Gold Pearl and Crystal Halo Hair Locket Ring delightful pearl halo ring with beautiful spilt shoulders The item comes without the box in the photos but will be prese...
Crystal, Pearl, Yellow Gold
Antique Dutch Coral Necklace, 18K Gold Clasp, Circa 1850-1880
Located in Rotterdam, NL
An beautiful antique Dutch coral necklace dating to the mid-to-late 19th century, composed of six strands of natural Mediterranean red coral (Corallium rubrum). The necklace is strun...
Coral, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique 19th Century Dutch Coral Necklace with 18 Karat Gold Filigree Clasp
Located in Rotterdam, NL
This beautiful 19th-century necklace is composed of six strands of natural red coral (Corallium Rubrum), featuring barrel-shaped beads strung on red thread. The coral is of fine qual...
Coral, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Pair of Stickpins 18 Karat Gold Green Guilloché Enamel Natural Pearls
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This graceful pair of stickpins was created in 1845 ca out of 18 karat gold. Each pin features a Flower with bright green enamelled flowers highlighted by 1 larger and four smaller ...
Natural Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
Antique Seed Pearl and 14 Carat Yellow and Rose Gold Crescent Brooch
Located in London, GB
This gorgeous seed pearl set crescent brooch is simply precious. Dating to around the turn of the century, we believe this piece is late Victorian or early Edwardian. The brooch is ...
Pearl, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
14 Karat Gold Double Headed Turquoise Snake Wedding Band Ring
Located in Wallkill, NY
What a wonderful 14K gold Double headed serpent ring. Turquoise set in the head of each snake. The Ring is a size 7.25 and can be size up or down by us or your jeweler. Please check ...
Turquoise, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
Whoopi Goldberg Estate Pegasus Cameo Earrings Sapphire Ruby Peridot 14K Gold 4"
Located in New York, NY
From the estate of Whoopi Goldberg, we are thrilled to offer her fabulous pair of Pegasus, the winged horse, cameo earrings in 14 Karat Gold with Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Topaz, Peridot,...
Pearl, Peridot, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Topaz, Fire Opal, 14k Gold, Yellow ...
Antique 19th Century Agate Natural Pearls Cameo Brooch Yellow Rose Gold French
Located in Lisbon, PT
19th Century Agate Cameo Brooch with Natural Pearls in Yellow and Rose Gold, France. A finely crafted 19th-century cameo brooch featuring a female bust delicately carved in white-ove...
Agate, Chalcedony, Natural Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
$6,159Sale Price|20% Off
English Sterling Silver Charm Neckless Long Antique Neck Chain, 1860s
Located in Wembley, GB
An open curb link charm necklace which had hung various charms, including a fire engine, motorcycle, trolley bus, doctor’s bag, dunce hat, barrel organ, and an engagement ring with a...
Metal, Sterling Silver, Silver
19th Century Danish Pine Household Cabinet with Turned Spindle Doors
Located in Middleburg, VA
A breathtaking and generously scaled 19th-century Danish household cabinet, crafted in glowing honey-toned pine and richly detailed with architectural and artisanal flourishes. Made ...
Metal, Steel
Antique 14K Yellow Gold Opal Half-Hoop Ring, Late 20th Century
Located in Sewickley, PA
The mounting features intricate Victorian-inspired detailing, including small bead accents and subtle scroll like elements that add texture and depth.
Opal, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
14k Gold Signature Galaxy Moon and Stars Pendant with Diamond and Enamel
Located in Venice, CA
The star is carved in Victorian style, with the diamond bead set so that each bead is placed within an arm of the star.
Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
19th C. Estate Sterling Silver Bright Cut Napkin Rings, a pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Most likely presented as a wedding gift for ‘Anna and Johnny’, the names engraved inside a bright-cut Victorian era cartouche. Ornate with beaded rims and a raised panel featuring t...
Sterling Silver
Jill Garber Nineteenth Century Mother of Pearl Cuff Bracelet with Angels
By Jill Garber
Located in Saginaw, MI
• Antique nineteenth century Mother of Pearl Dome • Original engraved gold vermeil Victorian gallery mounting • Bold silver beaded outer frame • Pair of Figural Angels with outs...
Gold-filled, Sterling Silver
Mid-Victorian Coral Bead and Diamond Cross
Located in London, GB
A Victorian coral and diamond cross pendant, consisting of twelve round coral beads, each set to the centre with a rose-cut diamond all mounted in gold frame and suspended from a cor...
Coral, Diamond, Yellow Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
Early Victorian Blue Enamel and Pearl Locket
Located in London, GB
An early Victorian blue enamel pendant with pearl star motif and locket back, the pendant oval, approximately 42x26mm front decorated with blue enamel with central star motif set wit...
Pearl, Enamel
Antique Gorham American Victorian Classical Gallery Tray, 1895
By Gorham Manufacturing Company, Spaulding-Gorham, Spaulding & Company
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Classical sterling silver gallery tray. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1895.
Sterling Silver
Antique Tiffany Victorian Classical Sterling Silver Water Pitcher
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Classical sterling silver water pitcher.
Sterling Silver
English Victorian Classical Sterling Silver Baby Cup, 1893
By James Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheeler
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian Classical sterling silver baby cup, 1893.
Sterling Silver
Gorham American Victorian Classical Sterling Silver Baby Cup
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Classical sterling silver baby cup. Made by Gorham in Providence, ca 1910.
Sterling Silver
$876Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Gorham Victorian Classical Coin Silver Baby Cup
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Classical coin silver baby cup. Made by Gorham in Providence, ca 1860.
Silver
$1,400Sale Price|20% Off
Gorham Victorian Sterling Silver & Brilliant-Cut Glass Decanter, 1892
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in New York, NY
Victorian brilliant-cut glass decanter with sterling silver mounts. Made by Gorham in Providence, in 1892. Globular bowl with fluted neck and faceted c-scroll handle. Fern and diaper...
Sterling Silver
$1,920Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of 4 Gorham Sterling Silver Open Salts in Classical Aurora Pattern, 1873-74
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in New York, NY
Set of 4 Aurora sterling silver open salts. Made by Gorham in Providence, 1873-74. Each: Each oval with straight sides; four leafing-scroll supports. Cast frieze depicting galloping ...
Sterling Silver
A Pair Of Archaeological Revival Lapis And Gold Earrings
Located in London, GB
Unmarked, tested as 18ct gold. These classical Victorian earrings come from the collection of Bentley & Skinner, the London jewellers by appointment to both Her Majesty the Queen an...
Lapis Lazuli, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Giuliano Enamel Pearl Gold Fringe Necklace
By Carlo Giuliano
Located in London, GB
An important gold, enamel and pearl Giuliano fringe necklace, the necklace in Indian-style, the collar of blue and white enamelled beads with gold fringes in two alternating designs,...
Pearl, Yellow Gold
The reign of Queen Victoria encapsulates a quickly evolving period of history — and jewelry styles were no exception. No single period has seen such a diverse group of jewelry attributed to it than the Victorian era. Today, there is a vast collection of authentic antique Victorian jewelry and watches on 1stDibs.
Victorian jewelry is named after Queen Victoria, whose reign lasted from 1837 to 1901, making her the second longest-ruling monarch. (She was surpassed by Queen Elizabeth II in 2015.) During this time, different styles of fashion and jewelry came and went. Thanks to our fascination with royalty and swoon-worthy melodramas like Netflix’s The Crown — which is rife with evocative fashion, jewelry and interiors — and the 2017 feature film Victoria & Abdul, we are all familiar with her story. After the death of Victoria’s father and three childless uncles, she ascended to the throne at age 18. In 1840, Queen Victoria married the love of her life, her first cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Queen Victoria loved serpentine jewels, and she had even more power to shape trends than Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle do today. The British monarch’s best-known piece in this mold is the gold coiled-snake engagement ring she received from Prince Albert — the sinuous reptile was considered a symbol of everlasting love.
The Queen's 63-year reign has been divided by historians into the Romantic period, the early happy years, circa 1837–60; the Grand period, marked by the deaths of the Queen’s mother and husband, circa 1860–80; and the late Victorian or Aesthetic period, which lasted from about 1880 until 1901 and ushered in the Belle Époque. Queen Victoria wore her heart on her sleeve, and her fashion and jewelry reflected her emotions.
Romantic period jewelry, which featured common decorative motifs and was embellished with seed pearls, coral and turquoise, was a celebration of the young monarch’s love. Everything changed with the death of Prince Albert, and the Grand period is most often associated with mourning jewelry. Jewelry was smaller, lighter and more dainty during the late Victorian period. During this era, diamonds came into fashion, and semiprecious gems such as amethysts and opals became prevalent, too. Using gemstones for their natural beauty and not their worth was something that jewelers of the era felt passionate about, and this ideology would really become relevant in Art Nouveau jewelry.
Find a collection of authentic antique Victorian jewelry — from rings, necklaces and brooches to a range of other accessories — on 1stDibs.
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