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14 Karat Ridged Tie Bar. Simple design yet sophisticated piece that will add a nice detail to any tie. The top of the tie bar has a zig-zag design and the enti...

We offer this perfectly beautiful American Art Nouveau locket of 14K gold with edge engraved flowers and flourishes framing a 3-dimensional female image with diamond earring and enam...

Brooch in 18 karat yellow gold, eagle head hallmark. Of rectangular shape, the center of this Art Nouveau brooch is with openwork flowers decoration. At each end, the foliage is enam...

Stunning four piece gold bracelet, ring, bolo and buckle set made by Robert and Burnice Leekya. Navajo four-piece set: bracelet, ring, bolo, and buckle. 14K gold overlay and turquoise nuggets. Signed "RBL". From the Sleeping Beauty Mine. Zuni husband and wife Robert and Bernice Leekya are known for their bold turquoise nugget jewelry. They have been making unique pieces since 1953. Robert was taught by his father, a master Zuni jeweler Leekya Deyuse...

Navajo needlepoint concho belt. Signed LMB, marked sterling. 11 conchos total. Exceptional design on each concho, featuring floral style center with complementary scalloped silverwork and final layer of turquoise framing concho. Old Pawn. Acquired from a Navajo trader. PERIOD: After 1950 ORIGIN: Navajo, Southwest SIZE: Total Belt Length 62 1/2" Leather; conchos 2 1/4"D The word “concho” sometimes spelled “concha”, comes from the Spanish word meaning shell. Some of the first “conchos” were made of melted silver dollars and resembled a shell. Concho belts reportedly began appearing in Navajo country in the late 1860s. Other Native Americans including Zuni and Hopi also made traditional concho belts before long. Concho belts can cost into the thousands of dollars depending upon the craftsmanship, amount of silver, rarity of turquoise and stones used. Belts in the upper end of the price scales are usually made before the turn of the century. Buyers should deal with reputable dealers as many fakes and look-a-likes exist. A well-made belt with age to it will fetch a bigger premium and hold its value better. The earliest concho belts are now referred to as “First Phase” belts. This style of belt was made before Native silversmith had learned much about soldering. The conchos were hammered out from melted coins, cut, and filed into shape, engraved and a diamond shape slot was cut out of the middle of the concho, with a bar left across the center of the diamond shaped slot for the leather loop. Conchos that required no soldering are generally thought to be made from 1860-1880. Second phase conchos were done 1890-1900s in which silversmith began to solder. Third phase conchos is when you start to see the “butterfly” or “bow” appear between conchos and the use of turquoise as an adornment. A butterfly (bow) is a smaller concho in between bigger conchos. A belt with butterflies and sometimes turquoise would be from the early 1900s – 1930s. The timelines may slightly differentiate depending upon who you ask. Natives first had concho belts for personal use only, but around the turn of the last century, tourist demand had kicked in and a new outlet emerged. belts & buckles jewelry silver belts conchos navajo needlepoint southwest turquoise...

Designed as a concave disk depicting a high relief profile of a woman with curling tendrils of long hair that drapes beyond the confines of the circular surround Her face incredibly...

The pendant measures 1.5"x1.3" bail opening measures 6x4mm Unmarked, tested for solid 18K yellow gold Set with 1 old mine cut diamond in the dragons mouth, .15 carat Weighing 9.5g ...

This French pendant is made of 18kt yellow gold and is decorated with enamel. The enamel process has existed since ancient times, it is a crystalline substance which vitrifies during...

llustrated in our book: Beatriz Chadour-Sampson & Sonya Newell-Smith, Tadema Gallery London Jewellery from the 1860s to 1960s, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2021, cat. no. 490 An extremely beautiful unrecorded Diadem by Archibald Knox. The fiery central opal is set amongst gold entrelacs of flowers and foliage enriched with superb plique-à-jour enamel. The reverse is embossed with a butterfly motif. This is a metamorphic jewel being adjustable to both a diadem and a decorative comb...

Art Nouveau Enamel Dragonfly Hat Pin. Lovely detailed enamel work on the wings with ruby glass eyes and a turquoise glass cab on body. Dragonfly is mounted on ...

A necessity during the Victorian Era, hat pins not only balanced precarious hats atop piles of hair but also moonlighted as weapons against overzealous gentlemen. Though teetering ha...

The French artist Jean Painlevé, known primarily for his oceanic-themed films and photographs and whose work is currently exhibited in galleries around t...