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2.5 Carat Pavé Diamond Frog Pendant in White Gold on Chrome Diopside Bead Chain
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This is a custom design made in 1998 by San Diego jeweler Lawrence Poon. When he hopped into our lives, this frog was a pin, but The Boss felt he would make a cool pendant...
Category
1990s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
"Caviar Time" Pendant in Yellow Gold w Mechanical Watch Movement & Spinel Chain
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Mechanical watch movements are amazing. Every jeweler has a zillion of them, since the cases are frequently melted for their metal value. Eytan Brandes has always appreciated these tiny marvels and has made a few of them into pendants, but he likes them to be a bit stealthy -- not scream, "HEY! I'm watch guts!"
His latest pendant, in 14 karat yellow gold, is a perfect example -- with the border of raised dots -- Eytan's "caviar" pattern -- blends interestingly into the busy landscape of a mechanical watch movement, with its red jewels and steel wheels. This particular movement isn't very old -- it was probably made in the 1990s or thereabouts by Gotham Watch...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Spinel, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
"Teddy Garnet" 18 Karat Gold Bear with Diamond Eyes on Double Hessonite Strands
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This charm came to us as melt-for-trade, but what kind of sadistic weirdo melts an adorable little fellow like this guy? Look at him! He's got his arms out! Waiting for a hug!
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Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Garnet, Hessonite, Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, Yel...
Two Gold Eternity Stacker Bands with Channel-Set Square Cut Orange Sapphires
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Eytan Brandes presents a versatile and intensely colorful pair of orange sapphire eternity rings.
Instead of round stones, Eytan chose squares with a cut similar to diamond princess...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Band Rings
Materials
Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
GIA-Certified 2.29 Carat Yellow Sapphire Ring with Tiny Sapphires in 18K Gold
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This new ring by Eytan Brandes is a design he made for one of our long-time customers in platinum with diamonds as an engagement ring. He made an extra copy in 18 karat gold because he wanted a nice setting for a yellow sapphire he's had for several years.
Prior to setting the stone, we had it certified by GIA, which confirmed the weight and dimensions, as well as the origin (Sri Lanka). Most important, the report confirms the stone hasn't been subjected to beryllium diffusion, which is the current scourge of the sapphire and ruby trade. The stone has been heated, which is customary and creates permanent improvement in the stone's color, but it has not been filled, chemically altered, or otherwise augmented in any way.
The sapphire's intense golden yellow really sparkles thanks to a nice mixed cut (brilliant cut faceting on the crown and step cut faceting on the pavilion). The tiny blue sapphires (totaling less than 0.06 carats), set in little "leaves" on the sides, present some nice unexpected contrast.
The band is slender and carinated (i.e., knife-edged), so it's actually thicker (1.8mm) than it is wide (1.6mm).
A very striking, comfortable ring, in rich 18 karat yellow gold. The total ring weight is 3.9 grams.
Currently a size 5.25, Eytan will resize at no charge for full-price buyers.
If you would like this as your engagement ring, Eytan can design matching wedding rings...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Solitaire Rings
Materials
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Book Chain Bracelet in 18 Karat Yellow Gold with Chrysoprase Box Clasp
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This unusual chain is a segment from an 18 karat gold 40" long necklace that one of our customers inherited from a great-great-great-blah-blah aunt. We know it's European, because her people immigrated from Poland, and we know it's at least a hundred years old (by the number of "greats" in front of the distant aunt) but that's about it. The mark on the original clasp just says "18K," with no tasty hallmarks to help with identification.
We've never seen a chain like this. It resembles a book chain, but the construction is different. Basically, it's two lengths of rolo-style cable chain connected to each other by horizontal oval loops with links on each end. It's got great, loose-snaky movement, and every other center loop has been stamped with a bubbly pattern, just to give it a little more visual oomph.
We're going to cut this chain down for various projects because it doesn't really work as a necklace. (It's the kind of thing you'd wear with your metals of office, which you don't have, and neither does anyone else.)
Project numero uno is this one-of-a-kind, absolutely unique bracelet, which combines the chain with a fantastic vintage 14 karat box clasp, salvaged from an ugly bead bracelet, that's been sitting around the shop just waiting for this chain to come along. It's a big oval box clasp set with a chewy chrysoprase cabochon, nicely cut, great color, and about 15 carats.
The clasp is stamped "585" and "14" on the back, along with the maker's mark (MG) for Manchu Gems, which was a Hong Kong jeweler that produced a lot of distinctively "oriental" jade, coral and chrysoprase jewelry...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Chain Bracelets
Materials
Chrysophrase, Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Abstract Studio Ring in 18 Karat Yellow Gold with 3.5 Carat Ruby Cabochon
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
We think whoever made this unsigned studio ring was probably inspired by the work of Bob Winston, the eccentric mid-century Northern California modern jewe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Contemporary Band Rings
Materials
Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
"Bug on a Rock" Gold Insect on Agate; Ruby, Sapphire Accents & Chalcedony Chain
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This fabulous and absolutely one-of-a-kind pendant is an assembled piece showcasing some sort of winged insect (a mayfly?) in 14 karat rose gold with bright ruby eyes and white gold wings set with six very old diamonds.
Eytan set this glamorous pest on a faceted but entirely asymmetric piece of blue lace agate. For the bale, he used a gorgeous columnar hinged rose gold bale from an old pocket watch...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Agate, Chalcedony, Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire...
Fox Medallion with Diamond Eye Accent in Yellow Gold Scrollwork Ring
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This 14 karat gold medallion featuring the profile of a fox is newly cast from an antique brass button.
Eytan Brandes set the medallion in an old coin ring...
Category
2010s Unknown Contemporary Fashion Rings
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
"Halfsies II" Rose Gold & Diamond Hamsa Pendant on Raw Diamond & Garnet Chain
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Eytan's latest hamsa is a redo of an earlier design. We call this design his Melee Muncher because it's the perfect platform for recycled diamonds -- stones extracted from jewelry that customers have brought in for melt value. These diamonds range in color and clarity and are generally fairly pedestrian -- in the SI range with a couple of VS2's -- but they're perfect for this pendant because, with the black background and the tight pavé, they can't help but pop. We love the idea of putting these stones to good use, and we love the way the mix of clarities and colors looks in such a tight formation.
Two of the diamonds are single cuts and at least two are transitional (high crowns and tiny tables). The rest are full cuts. They range in size from 1mm to 2.5mm; the total carat weight for all 25 diamonds of 0.65 carats.
The pendant is 14 karat rose gold with a satiny finish and a nice big top ring that will accommodate lots of different chain options, but we like our new garnet and rough diamond bead strand.
This chain continues the recycling theme, using up 6...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Garnet, Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
0.25 Carat Pavé Diamond "Jazz Heart" Pendant with Chain, All in White Gold
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Eytan Brandes' sexy, sleek sideways heart pendant in high-polish 14 karat white gold features two panels of extremely small, neatly set natural white (untreated, earth-mined) diamond...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Mid-Century "Cage" Ring Set with 15.7mm Black Tahitian Pearl in Rose Gold
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This ring, probably made in the 1960's or earlier, came to us set with a big blue topaz and an 18 karat yellow gold overlay. Eytan Brandes polished off all the yellow (tiresome!) except on the inside, where time and abrasion will do the job. Then he replaced the blue topaz with an absolutely beautiful, very large (almost 16mm!) and very clean, near-round black Tahitian pearl.
This pearl is from George Hajjar of Seven Seas Pearls in downtown Los Angeles. There isn't much George doesn't know about Tahitian and South Sea pearls; some of the most exquisite and expensive jewelry...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Materials
Pearl, Black Pearl, Cultured Pearl, South Sea Pearl, Gold, 14k Gold, Ros...
"Baby Boom" Necklace with Eleven Gold Antique American Baby Rings on Black Chain
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Baby rings were popular sentimental jewelry items in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Babies wore them for their christenings, or for photos, or (ickily) for their funerals, or mot...
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Blue Diamond, Emerald, Garnet, Lapis Lazuli, Pearl, Ruby, Blue Sapphire,...
One Carat "Bumps" Contemporary Eternity Band in Platinum with Eight Diamonds
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Eytan Brandes has been making this ring for a number of years, using gold or platinum. It's an eternity band because the stones are set all around the ring, but it's a little more c...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Band Rings
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum
"Beehive Medusa" Sterling Silver Thimble Fob with Zoisite & 14K Gold Fittings
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Eytan Brandes used an old sterling silver thimble as the basis for this cool, one-of-a-kind fob.
The thimble's age and maker are unknown; we...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Other, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Steel, Sterling Silver
Freeform "Lava Pool" Ring with 1.16 Carats Yellow Spectrum Diamonds in 18K Gold
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Many of our customers bring us their old jewelry to be melted down so that we can apply the scrap gold credit to the price of their new custom pieces by Eytan Brandes. During this process, Eytan plucks out the precious stones and sorts them according to a system nobody but he understands.
This ring was fashioned by Eytan specifically to use up his pile of extracted yellow diamonds, all taken from various pre-owned pieces over a period of around 25 years. They're in various shades ranging from pale yellow to fancy yellow to golden yellow-brown. (And there's two small champagne-colored diamonds thrown in the mix, just to keep everyone on their toes.)
This is a mish-mash of round stones -- all different sizes, colors and clarities. Most are full (i.e., brilliant) cut, but a few are mixed cuts. They're pavé-set on an oxidized (black) landscape over the slightly concave front of a naturalistic and freeform 18 karat yellow gold ring. Eytan calls it his Lava Pool ring...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Materials
Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Brown Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
"Marquee" Ring with Raw Ruby Cabochon Between Rows of Faceted Rubies in 18K Gold
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This delicious ring by Eytan Brandes was actually completed back in 2019, but it was originally set with an opaque green stone. We liked the way it looked, but the stone was problematic since we weren't sure if it was green agate, jadeite or nephrite and once it was set, we couldn't test it (oops). After a lot of backy forthy, Eytan decided it was too weird to be listing a ring with an unidentified "green stone," so he popped it out* and decided it would be fun to contrast the top quality, sparkling pink rubies with their cousin from the wrong side of the tracks: a rough ruby.
This kind of ruby is completely natural and completely loaded with every flaw under the sun: silk, uneven color, spider veins, milky streaks, fissures, fractures, you name it.
We love rough rubies (and rough sapphires too). Yes, they can be hard to cut (our gemcutter does NOT love them) because you have to find enough material that isn't threatened by internal fractures, but once they're successfully cut into cabochons, they polish up beautifully and, like all rubies, they are reliably durable. Even though they're effectively opaque (because they're so chock full o'flaws), they have a lustrous depth and character that you just won't find with either naturally opaque OR transparent stones.
So, having said all that, we reintroduce the Marquee Ring...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Band Rings
Materials
Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
"Circovette" Three Diamond Solitaires (2.70 Carats TDW) in 18K Gold Stacker Set
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Versatile and fun to wear, individually or stacked together, this vivid set of earth-mined diamond solitaires by Eytan Brandes features three very different stones.
The big marqui...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Solitaire Rings
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Brown Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
"Branch Manager" Enamel Frog Fixed Pendant Necklace in 18 Karat Gold
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This one-of-a-kind necklace features an enamel frog pin, probably made in the early 1980s. Eytan Brandes converted it to a necklace, stringing pearls and a chain from either end of Mister Frog's branch.
The pearls are small dyed freshwater baroques-- nothing special but we just loved the color -- golden river rocks to match our golden frog...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Cultured Pearl, Freshwater Pearl, Gold, 1...
Diamond "Dragonfly" Pendant with 0.35 Carats Mixed Old Cut Diamonds in Platinum
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This pendant was originally the top of an elaborate locket brooch -- a typical piece of sentimental Late Victorian or Early Edwardian "chatelaine" jewelry, where some functionality ...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Edwardian Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum
2.5 Carat Diamond Ballerina Ring with 1.78 Carat Ruby in 18 Karat White Gold
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This classic ballerina ring -- with baguettes of various sizes forming a "skirt" at different elevations -- was originally set with a diamond, but we decided to set it with something...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Retro Cocktail Rings
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
"Partial Hopper" Men's 0.32 Carat Diamond Wedding Band in 18 Karat Yellow Gold
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This ring was made for a customer who decided, after seeing it, that he wanted the "windows" all around the ring. Trying to retrofit this ring with four additional windows would ha...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Wedding Rings
Materials
White Diamond, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
Carved Amethyst Teardrop Earrings in 18 Karat Gold with Diamond Accents
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Eytan Brandes bought a trio of carved amethysts (cut for earrings and a pendant) at a trade show several years ago. Originally, he intended them as a matched set with a lot of diamonds, but he never got around to it and eventually put the project aside. Coming across the stones earlier this year, he decided he didn't want to create a matching set, opting instead for something more casual (although "casual" is relative when you're talking about a 30 carat amethyst...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Materials
Amethyst, Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
"Open Halfsies" Hamsa with 0.78cts Diamonds in 18K Gold on Carnelian Necklace
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This hamsa is one of Eytan Brandes' older designs, but he has realized it in many different iterations over the years, always keeping it fresh.
In shimmery, satin-finished 18 karat yellow gold, this latest version is the first time he's tried opening up one side.
The other side is pavé-set with 25 diamonds. In keeping with tradition, he used all different size stones because this design is one of Eytan's favorite ways of using diamonds from Eytan's Big Box o' Recycled Diamonds! These are stones, mostly of average or below average clarity -- pulled from the thousands of pieces of jewelry that have come through the store over the years on their way to be melted and made by Eytan into something better.
The stones used for this pendant range in size from 0.8mm to 2.2mm for a total diamond weight of 0.78 carats. Eytan used diamonds that would be considered "slightly included," avoiding the ones that would be classified as "included." (In other words, he used SI1-2's and avoided the I's, with the exception of the stone at the very top, which is a straight I2.)
Most of the stones are full cut, but since a lot of these diamonds came from older jewelry, there are a few single cuts as well.
Meticulously set, everybody gets their job done, especially set against yellow gold, which can't help but elevate their color.
All stones are earth-mined, natural and untreated.
We love putting these stones to good use, and we love the way a bit of careful sorting can bring stones from 25 different pieces of uninspired jewelry together to act as a unified team in something new, beautiful and wearable. Go team!
The bale* is teardrop-shaped and decent-sized (8.5mm x 6.5mm), allowing for many chain options, but we like our bright red carnelian bead necklace...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Carnelian, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Abstract 1970's Leaf Pendant in Yellow Gold with White, Yellow & Brown Diamonds
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This groovy pendant was originally a groovy brooch. To convert it, Eytan Brandes removed all of the pin hardware except for the hinge and enough pin to...
Category
Late 20th Century Israeli Modern Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Brown Diamond, Tourmaline, Zirco...
Matinee Length Fancy Fetter Watch or Guard Chain in Yellow Gold with Swivel Clip
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This is an old watch chain that long ago got separated from its watch. We added a dog (aka swivel) clip and now it's just as moderne and versatile as can be at 21" long and 3.5mm wide.
This link style - a twisted oval girding a decorative ridged barrel -- was popular in the early 1900s, but it's impossible to nail down a date because we don't have a maker's mark. The end loop is stamped -- you can just make out the "14K" -- but the maker's mark is worn down.
The swivel clip...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Chain Necklaces
Materials
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Lion Head Stud Earrings with Sapphire Eyes & Hinged Omega Posts in Yellow Gold
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Eytan Brandes cast these ferocious lobe lions from one of our old sterling silver charm molds. They look fabulous in shimmery 18 karat gold, and Eytan went over the surfaces by hand...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Stud Earrings
Materials
Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
"Quarter Pipe" Ring in 18K Yellow Gold Scattered with 0.38 Carats of Diamonds
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Eytan Brandes' Quarter Pipe ring combines a chaotic splash of flush-set diamonds and an orderly row of channel-set diamonds on a modernist, eye-catching ring in satiny 18 karat yell...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Cluster Rings
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Wavy Strand Band in Platinum Set with 0.625 Carats Earth-Mined White Diamonds
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This ring resembles the wave rings popularized by Tiffany and others, but Eytan Brandes designed it here in our shop as a variation on his "branch" design. Usually his branch rings ...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Band Rings
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum
150 Carat Custom-Cut Golden Quartz & Diamond Pendant in White Gold
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Story time! About ten years ago, one of Eytan Brandes' customers bought this enormous quartz at a gem show and asked Eytan to make her a diamond pendant to show it off. Eytan made the pendant, set the diamonds, added a fixed chain, then, well, he dropped the quartz.
It didn't break, but it suffered an internal (not surface-reaching) fracture that is more or less visible depending on the angle of the pendant. You can see it in the photos for yourself. Eytan told the client, went back to the original gem dealer, and ordered up another enormous custom-cut quartz. Since the measurements of the new stone were different, he made an entirely new pendant for the new stone and the customer went away happy. Phew.
That left Eytan with a big flawed quartz and a big gold pendant. Fast forward to 2022: after years of languishing in the back of the safe, Eytan decided that it would be a shame to deny these two outlandish baubles a chance. He made some changes, though. First, he dipped the pendant in rhodium, turning it white. Then he removed the chain, which oriented the pendant horizontally, and he added a new bale (fashioned from a 1950s white gold wedding band!) so that the pendant now hangs vertically.
The 82 diamonds on the halo are all tiny but good quality (G-H color and VS clarity) natural, untreated earth-mined and full cut diamonds with a total weight of 0.40 carats. The four diamonds on the bale are of lower quality (probably more like J-K color and SI clarity), with an estimated total weight of about 0.04 carats.
The quartz is a 150 carat...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Quartz, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Two-Piece 18K Gold & 14mm Baroque Tahitian Pearl Pendant on Apatite/Iolite Chain
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Our favorite type of pearl in one of our favorite pendant designs.
This is a gorgeous, drop-shaped Tahitian cultured pearl measuring 14mm wide (and over 18mm long), purchased from...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, Black Pearl, Cultured Pearl, Iolite, Apatite, Gold, 18k Gold, Yel...
Mismatched Leaf Dangle Earrings in Yellow Gold with Diamond Accents
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
These lightweight, light-loving earrings are cast from actual leaves and, as such, they are whisper thin and bear the same natural texture. They are 14K yellow gold, but have been f...
Category
Late 20th Century American Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
"Double Slice" Sapphire Drop Pendant with Brown Diamond Accent & Gemstone Chain
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
We love rough sapphires and use them frequently; their deep color, inclusions, streaks and other irregularities create beautiful and distinctive natura...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Brown Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Zircon, Gold, 14k Gold,...
11 Carat Diamond Swag Pendant in Platinum on White Gold Omega Chain, Circa 1980
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This gorgeous, unapologetically large pendant was originally a gorgeous, unapologetically large brooch, custom-made by a New York jeweler in the mid-1980s.
Eytan Brandes converted...
Category
Late 20th Century American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold, Platinum
"MOMMY" Fixed Pendant Nameplate Necklace on Cable Chain in Yellow Gold
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
A chunky, cheerful nameplate necklace by Eytan Brandes starring a name shared and cherished by so many.
Length: 16"
Closure: Lobster clasp
Chain style: 1.3mm cable link
Plate m...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Link Necklaces
Materials
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
"Caviar Heart" Freeform Heart Pendant or Fob by Eytan Brandes in 18K Yellow Gold
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This freeform heart -- a great pendant to wear alone or as part of a charm stack -- features Eytan's "caviar" dots on an oxidized black background.
Nicely proportioned at 1-1/8" l...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Cherub Figural Solitaire Ring with Rose Cut Sapphire in 18 Karat Yellow Gold
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
We think this large ring is probably an upsized reproduction of an Art Nouveau or late Victorian ring. It features two children (we call them cherubs but they seem a little old for ...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Solitaire Rings
Materials
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
"Gidi" Spiral Earrings in 18 Karat Gold & 0.65 Carats of Natural White Diamonds
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Eytan Brandes' brother Gidi, an artist based in Israel, suggested this spiral design and, good brother that he is, Eytan hauled right off and translated Gidi's idea into luscious 18 ...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Stud Earrings
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
"Little Cookie" Pinky Ring w/ 0.80 Carat Pavé Diamonds in 18 Karat Yellow Gold
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This plump little treat is the smallest of Eytan Brandes' cookie rings, but it's packed solid with 37 tasty, bright-white diamonds -- like a white chocolat...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Cluster Rings
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Openwork Foliate Cuff with 1.50 Carats of Diamonds in Yellow & White Gold
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This beautifully made, 18 karat yellow gold cuff came to us with a dreary smoky quartz set in the center. Eytan Brandes jettisoned the questionable quartz then fashioned a 14 karat white gold plate to fit the center, then set it with a beautiful mess...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Contemporary Cuff Bracelets
Materials
Brown Diamond, Yellow Diamond, White Diamond, Diamond, Yellow Gold, Whit...
"Skybox" Ring with 1.2 Carats of Natural Diamonds & Rubies in 18 Karat Gold
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This cool, architectural ring by Eytan Brandes features two rows of channel-set diamonds sweeping in opposing arcs above and below a straight channel of rubies.
Lots of color, con...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Materials
White Diamond, Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
"Triple Turban" Yellow Gold Ring with 0.5 Carat Natural Diamond & Ruby Cabochons
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This modern turban ring in polished 14 karat yellow gold by Eytan Brandes is chubby and cheerful, with a clean, bright white half-carat diamond plus two rosy ruby cabochons.
The t...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Band Rings
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
"Quatrefoil" Leverback Drop Earrings in White Gold with 0.60cts Diamonds
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
These snappy leverback earrings by Eytan Brandes have the look of Edwardian drops, but they're set with bright-white modern cut diamonds, so they're much sparklier than anything from...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Drop Earrings
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Second Etruscan Revival Figural Ram Ring in 18 Karat Yellow Gold with Ruby Eyes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This striking figural ring is sort of a modified ouroboros -- the ancient round symbol of a snake eating its own tail -- only here the snake has the head of a ram. This whimsical ma...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Etruscan Revival Fashion Rings
Materials
Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
"Clown Strike North" Baroque South Sea Pearl Pendant with Chain in Yellow Gold
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
We found the perfect cap for this adorably dimpled baroque south sea pearl: the top of a vintage articulated clown pendant!
We had this pendant for a while, but it's frankly sort of creepy...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, Cultured Pearl, South Sea Pearl, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Flower Pendant in Yellow Gold with Nine Carats of Tourmaline, Garnet & Citrine
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This cool, colorful pendant came to us as a pin, but it had no identifying hallmarks, so we're not too sure about its origins. In the 1950s and 1960s, Brazilian jewelers made pieces...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Retro Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Citrine, Garnet, Tourmaline, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Platinum & Gold Engagement Ring with GIA 0.73ct Bezel-Set Diamond Rated E-VS1
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Eytan Brandes presents for you this bright and clean 0.73 carat GIA-certified brilliant cut diamond with exceptionally high color (in GIA's "colorless" range). The stone is tidily set in an open-backed platinum bezel over a 14 karat white gold half-eternity band set with 0.18 carats of tiny bright diamonds.
The ring comes with a 2019 GIA report (#6203761142) certifying the following:
Weight: 0.73 carats
Size: 5.85mm x 5.94mm x 3.5mm
Color: E
Clarity: VS1
Cut: Good
Polish: Very good
Symmetry: Fair
Fluorescence: None
The diamonds on the band are all earth-mined, high-quality full-cuts, about 0.01 carats each, rated by our supplier at G-H color and VS clarity. Eytan set them with his favorite contemporary line setting...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Engagement Rings
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold, Platinum
11mm Tahitian Black Pearl and Diamond Shepherds Hook Earrings in White Gold
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
These simple, elegant wire drop earrings by Eytan Brandes feature two Tahitian pearls that Eytan purchased in Tahiti several years ago. They are absolutely beautiful, very dark, very rich green shimmering with blue and purple undertones. The surfaces show only a few small pits, as shown in our video.
Hand-picked by Eytan from hundreds of different options, this pair is a good, but not cookie-cutter perfect, match. One pearl is slightly larger and slightly darker than the other.
The shepherds hooks...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Drop Earrings
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Black Pearl, Cultured Pearl, Gold, 14k Go...
0.70 Carat Diamond Button Earrings in Platinum & Black Enamel
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
These evocative earrings are skillful reproductions of late Victorian ear drops that would have hung from wires, hooked at the back. This updated version attaches directly to the ea...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Late Victorian Stud Earrings
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold, Platinum, Enamel
Emerald "Green O'Clock" White Gold Watch Conversion Pendant with Emerald Chain
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Eytan Brandes used the case from a very old (probably 1920 or thereabouts) ladies wristwatch to make this one-of-a-kind pendant.
The case is 14 karat white gold with sharp engraving...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Openwork Disc Earrings on Long Wires w Diamond Accents in 18 Karat Yellow Gold
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Several years ago, Eytan Brandes cast these discs from a pair of very old (1900 or thereabouts) 14 karat rose gold cufflinks. He's been using them for earrings and pendants ever sin...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
23 Carat Undyed Jadeite Jade Cocktail Ring with Amethysts in 18 Karat Gold
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Eytan Brandes ensures a huge pale lavender jadeite cabochon is sitting pretty, centered between two dark purple amethysts in a bold and substantial high-polish 18 karat gold cocktail...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Materials
Amethyst, Jade, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
"Mr. Big Snake" Pendant with Diamond Eye in Solid 14K Textured Yellow Gold
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Eytan Brandes' big snake pendant, heavily modified from a mid-century costume jewelry brooch, is a nice bit of drama for your neckline -- ever...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Diamond Pendant with 1.5 Carat Chrysoberyl on Omega Chain in White & Yellow Gold
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
This gorgeous, sexy and modern pendant by Eytan Brandes features a 1.58 carat chrysoberyl floating in a navette-shaped frame of diamonds.
The Madagascar chrysoberyl, in a rich shade...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Chrysoberyl, Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold, Yellow ...
Aries or Ram Plaque Pendant in 18 Karat Gold on Yellow Gold Cable Wire Chain
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Eytan Brandes modeled this pendant from an old sterling silver bracelet link. It looks oodles better as a pendant and in 18 karat yellow gold. It's perfect for an Aries, or for som...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Green Tourmaline Omega Clip Post Earrings with White Diamonds in 18 Karat Gold
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
These fabulous, substantial and scrupulously crafted earrings were probably made in the 1980s, and they seem to have originally been clip-ons (ouch!). They've been converted to omeg...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Contemporary Drop Earrings
Materials
Tourmaline, White Diamond, Diamond, Yellow Gold, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
"Big Cookie" 0.36 Carat Pavé Diamond Slab Ring in Textured Rose Gold
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Every cookie is different and delicious, and so are Eytan's Cookie rings! This one is a gorgeous shade of rose and is faced entirely with tiny beads, whic...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Cluster Rings
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
"Rose Drop" Pendant with Sapphires & Old Cut Diamonds on Chain in Mixed Gold
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Eytan Brandes assembled this graceful, sexy little pendant from three different pieces:
The 18 karat yellow gold "rose" came off of a frankly hideous 1940s brooch. (The sum of its parts has proved greater than the whole; we're still using bits torn off this monster, and the pieces -- little petals and flowers and leaves and stems -- always look great when they're separated from the mother ship, but when combined in one brooch: a garish mess!)
The "stem" was actually a link from a very old (pre-1900), very fabulous but very fussy (and very prongy) diamond bracelet which Eytan resized for a customer, keeping a link as payment. The bottom diamond was badly damaged so rather than trying to match the top diamonds, Eytan replaced it with a nice sapphire.
The little 14 karat white gold tri-tipped top piece was the bale from a 1960s birthstone pendant, which Eytan scored and trimmed to match the stem.
Finally, Eytan added the perfect delivery system: a choker-length Boston link...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gol...
"Bracket" Ring w 2.2 Carat Blue-Green Tourmaline in Yellow and White Gold
By Eytan Brandes
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Eytan Brandes designed this ring based on a popular 1970s sterling silver ring. Instead of a center gemstone, the silver ring had a weird, elevated and textured center, which Eytan...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Solitaire Rings
Materials
Tourmaline, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Freeform & Rose Cut Black Spinel in 18 Karat Yellow Gold & Ruby Cocktail Ring
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Eytan Brandes made this amazing ring to show off a little trove of clean, vibrant pink rubies, but he didn't want to put them on the face of the ring. Instead, he used a flat-backed...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Materials
Ruby, Spinel, Black Spinel, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
