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Rare Gump's Jade Necklace, Impossibly Translucent Nephrite 16 ¾"
By Gump's San Francisco
Located in Southbury, CT
This is rare Gump's nephrite jade necklace from the Midcentury (circa 1960s) in an exceptionally translucent light chartreuse green. Indeed, the hand-carved and polished beads are so highly translucent they look to be made of glass. In fact, "Glassy" jade is a term usually reserved to describe only the finest jadeite jade -nephrite jade's rarer and more expensive cousin- and the word is only rarely applicable to the nephrite variety of jade, due to its different mineral structure.
The 16 ¾" necklace is composed of 40 9.30mm untreated nephrite beads that are most likely from Siberia. These beads are a fine, evenly-toned chartreuse green, and they display the high translucency of the only finest jadeite. Most Gump's jade necklaces were available in 18" and 24" lengths. This 16" necklace is far less common, and the large size of the beads in combination with the brief length speaks to the scarcity of the beads themselves, their genuine preciousness.
The 14K yellow gold clasp is marked "Hong Kong" and "Gump's." All original Gump's jade jewelry...
Category
Late 20th Century Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 14k Gold
Diamond Tiara / Choker Necklace Art Deco Treasure 8 Carats Bridal, Formal
Located in Southbury, CT
Attention Father of the Bride: This Art Deco 18K white gold and diamond tiara is an exceptionally rare and gorgeous jewel.
Created entirely by hand in the 1930s, this semi-flexible ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Choker Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold
Emerald Green Jade & Diamond Pendant Certified Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
Rich, emerald-green certified natural and untreated Burmese jadeite jade has been whimsically and masterfully carved into a chili pepper with leaves. An adorable, tiny bat clings to ...
Category
Vintage 1980s Chinese Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Jade, 18k Gold
Buccellati Suite Created by Mario Buccellati Himself, $450k Official Evaluation
By Mario Buccellati
Located in Southbury, CT
Free your inner maximalist with this extraordinary one-of-a-kind suit of jewels created by Mario Buccellati's own hands.
Complete parures created by the iconic Italian master goldsm...
Category
Vintage 1950s Renaissance Revival Choker Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold
Jadeite Necklace 25" Green, Red, Spectrum of Tones & Translucency Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
This one-of-a-kind 25" necklace features alternating hand-carved and polished untreated jadeite jade beads. It's a portfolio of greens and reds. Some of the greens are dark and "impe...
Category
2010s Unknown Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 14k Gold
Jade Necklace 28" Fine Nephrite Highly Translucent Beads & Interlocking Rings
Located in Southbury, CT
With a creamy texture and high translucency, this 28" necklace is composed of exquisite, fine nephrite jade beads and hand-carved interlocking rings, all joined together by hand-worked 14K yellow gold wire.
Created by the iconic Hawaiian jeweler, Ming's, in the 1960s or 1970s, this stunning, ethereal, and highly unusual necklace features 30 10mm round beads, and 4 sets of 17-19mm interlocking rings -each carved from a single piece of stone. This interlocked carving is often referred to as "devil...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 14k Gold
Emerald Green Jade Necklace Certified Untreated, Diamond Clasp, 33"
Located in Southbury, CT
This luxurious 33" necklace is composed of 99 fine green certified natural and untreated jadeite jade beads. The beads graduate in size from 6.10 mm near the clasp to 8.51 mm at the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Jade, 18k Gold
Jade, Diamond Pendant Substantial, Eccentric, Spectacular & Certified Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
Featuring an 18.5 x 13.3 x 5.5 double cabochon of highly translucent, bright apple green natural and untreated jadeite jade from Burma, this 14K yellow...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Jade
Finest Glassy Nephrite Donut Pendant
Located in Southbury, CT
This ring-shaped hand-carved pendant features the finest green nephrite jade there is. This Chinese nephrite comes from the North-Western mountains of...
Category
2010s Chinese Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade, Zircon, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Chinese Antique Art Nouveau Coral and Kingfisher Tian-Tsui Necklace
Located in Southbury, CT
This strikingly unique Chinese Antique coral necklace from the Art Nouveau-era is an elegant and impressive example of the Chinese art form known as tian-tsui.
Tian-tsui refers to ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Art Nouveau Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Coral, Silver
Chinese Antique Jade Pi Disk Circa 1820-1850 Certified Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
This exquisite Qing Dynasty period pi disk was carved by hand prior to 1900. The pi disk is simply carved, undecorated, and beautifully proportioned. The earliest Neolithic bi disks ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade
Jade Necklace Double Necklace Certified Untreated Midcentury 9.5mm 20" & 24"
Located in Southbury, CT
Grand, beautiful, and rare, this double-strand jade necklace features 114 approximately 9.5mm hand-carved and polished untreated Burmese jadeite beads. These are substantial, fine, o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 9k Gold
Rich Jadeite Jade Pendant Freeform Carving Certified Untreated, New
Located in Southbury, CT
This is gorgeous, emerald-green mottled untreated Burmese jadeite jade stone has been hand carved in into a freeform triangular form. Though the jade is opaque, it is also highly tra...
Category
2010s Unknown Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 14k Gold
Lavender Jade Pendant: Wait Until You See the Other Side, Certified Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
This circa 1950s natural and untreated jadeite pendant is a showcase of lapidary skill and artistry. The pale violet and light green stone has been c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 14k Gold
Jade Pendant, Vivid Green, Impeccable Carving, Certified Untreated Chromium Jade
Located in Southbury, CT
The jade carving you see here is no ordinary jade carving. It is a variety of jade known as kosmochlor jade. What, you ask, is kosmochlor jade? Well, it is also known as chromium jadeite. And chromium is the chemical element that gives jadeite its legendary emerald-green coloring. Chromium also gives South American emeralds their legendary emerald green coloring. Chromium jadeite is like jade with an extra helping of green. It's intensely colored jade that is also intensely beautiful.
The jade carving has been certified by Stone Group Labs to be untreated kosmochlor jade from Burma. As the lab certificate explains, "Jadeite, Omphacite and Kosmochlor are distinct yet closely related minerals, commonly intergrown. Western countries refer to all as jade and by their more specific names when identification is possible. In Asia, they may all be collectively referred to as Fei Cui. Kosmochlor may also be referred to as chromium jadeite."
The 14K yellow gold pendant dates to the 1940s and the hand-carved jade depicts flowers, a coin, and what I believe is fungi. Prosperity, longevity; these themes are found repeatedly in Chinese jade carvings...
Category
Vintage 1940s Modern Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 14k Gold
Art Deco Jade Pendant Certified Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
This astonishing Art Deco (circa 1930) jade pendant is the color of homemade caramel. In fact, it's the color of the caramel just after you have melted the sugar to a golden syrup an...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 14k Gold
Imperial Jade Pendant with Diamonds Certified Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
This delightful and one-of-a-kind pendant is rather like a tassel made of 18K white gold and imperial jade; the elongated free-form cabochons of glassy green jade dangle freely, as d...
Category
2010s Singaporean Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Jade, 18k Gold, Platinum
Chinese Antique Jade Necklace Near Colorless Certified Untreated, Restrung
Located in Southbury, CT
Created by hand between 1910-1920, this 21" strand of natural, untreated, Burmese jadeite jade possesses an ethereal, luminous beauty. Though they have been classified as "pale green...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Art Nouveau Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, Silver
Imperial Jade Pendant, Diamonds, Platinum, Art Deco, GIA Certified Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
Created in the 1920s, this magnificent pendant features the very rarest of the rare: a GIA-certified natural and untreated jadeite jade that displays a rich, emerald green color and ...
Category
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Jade, Platinum
Diamond, Uncultured Pearl, Fine Jade, Platinum Necklace, Art Deco GIA Certified
Located in Southbury, CT
This Art Deco pendant necklace —ablaze in old diamonds— features two of the rarest and most precious gems on earth: natural pearl and natural, untreated jadeite jade. The sleek and permanently stylish platinum Art Deco jewel is composed of two double-strands of platinum chain studded with 49 tiny natural saltwater pearls. The two chains meet at the corners of the rectangular platinum pendant, which is set with fifty-four bright white Old European cut diamonds that total approximately 2.25 carats. Despite so many blazing diamonds, the focal point here is really the GIA-certified natural (uncultured) 6.15mm saltwater pearl. This rare and magnificently luminous pearl is cream with pink overtone.
Suspended from the pendant is a translucent, rich emerald-green GIA-certified jadeite jade carving that is significantly older than the necklace as a whole. This jade amulet...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Jade, Natural Pearl, Pearl, Platinum
Antique Carved Black Nephrite Jade Tablet Qing Dynasty Period Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
This exquisite and rare black jade tablet dates to the Qing period.
The Qing Dynasty period spanned the years 1636 -1912. Precisely dating jade artifacts...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade, Silver
Antique Chinese Jade & Tourmaline Gilt Necklace Art Nouveau
Located in Southbury, CT
Created just after the turn of the century (circa 1917), this gilt silver jadeite and tourmaline drop necklace was created in China for the export market. Intricately detailed wirewo...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Nouveau Drop Necklaces
Materials
Jade, Tourmaline, Silver, Gilt Metal
Antique Chinese Mutton Fat White Nephrite Jade Pendant Certified
Located in Southbury, CT
Note the smooth surface of the white nephrite jade (Mutton Fat), and how light drapes over the curves. Look closely: the lapidary artist who created this ma...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Art Nouveau Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 18k Gold
Antique Chinese White Nephrite Pendant Necklace Circa 1920 Certified Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
This is a rare and wholly original carved & pierced nephrite necklace from the 1920s. Still strung on its original silk and embellished with knots, rock crystal quartz, and natural blue agate. This flapper-era treasure is a creation of spectacular beauty. The cool blue agate beads and the watery rock crystal perfectly compliment the waxy sheen of the light green nephrite carving...
Category
Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Drop Necklaces
Materials
Agate, Jade, Rock Crystal
Antique Jade Necklace Seemingly Made from Fog Certified Untreated 23"
Located in Southbury, CT
Created by hand between 1910-1920, this 23" strand of natural, untreated, Burmese jadeite jade beads may perhaps seem unremarkable to the uninitiated. But for those of you who know and love jade, this the nearly colorless beads look as if they are made from San Francisco fog...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Art Nouveau Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, Silver
Jade Necklace Translucent Greenish-Blue Certified Untreated, New, 25"
Located in Southbury, CT
This jadeite jade necklace is new and unworn. The beads are as translucent as glass, and with a color that is most unique -a greenish-blue that almost seems metallic in nature, excep...
Category
2010s American Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 14k Gold
Jade Necklace Translucent Salt & Pepper, New, Certified Untreated 28"
Located in Southbury, CT
I've never seen jade that looks like this: highly translucent, a metallic smoky platinum color with black flecks suspended within. It reminds me of what we now call "salt and pepper ...
Category
2010s American Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 14k Gold
Chinese Antique Jade Necklace, Nephrite, Certified Untreated, 33"
Located in Southbury, CT
This opera-length (33") nephrite jade necklace is exactly like the one your Chinese great-grandmother wore or maybe still does wear. Those of us without a Chinese great-grandmother must make do with whatever treasures we can find. And this is one of those found treasures.
A proper old-school Chinese nephrite beaded necklace...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Art Nouveau Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 14k Gold
Chinese Antique Qing Carved "Mutton Fat" Nephrite Plaque Pendant Certified
Located in Southbury, CT
Elegant, rare, and dating to the late Qing period (circa 1890s), this hand-carved nearly colorless white nephrite plaque has been etched on both sides. One one, the Chinese mythological figure known as Zhang Guo Lao is depicted riding a mule. On the opposite side, a magpie sits on a branch of cherry blossoms. The magpie is associated with intelligence. The carving is breathlessly simple and excellent; the work executed -of course- without the aid of electricity or modern tools.
Measuring 42.54mm x 29.92mm, the plaque has a hole drilled through the center, which is original to the piece. A silver bail is threaded through the hole and a pair of beads -black jade and coral- reside at the bottom. The jade plaque hands from a 1920s silver chain that is 32" in length.
Prior to the discovery of and appreciation for the very fine green jadeite from Burma, colorless, opaque, pure white nephrite jade from the Northern mountains of China was the most revered jade; the original "imperial jade, as only members of the royal court could wear or even touch it. Most of what is commercially sold today as "mutton fat...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade, Silver
Jade Necklace Muted Tones Midcentury Certified Untreated 27"
Located in Southbury, CT
This approximately 27" necklace is composed of alternating 8.3mm natural and untreated jadeite jade beads from Burma and small 14K yellow gold beads. No clasp, just luminous, etherea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade
Georgian Pinchbeck Chain English 41" English
Located in Southbury, CT
This is a rare 41" original Pinchbeck chain from England. It was created near 1820 and is in excellent condition, with no damaged links, stains, or damage of any kind. The original c...
Category
Antique 1830s English Victorian Link Necklaces
Materials
Pinchbeck
Jade Necklace Multicolor High Translucency Midcentury Certified Untreated 25"
Located in Southbury, CT
91 luminous, translucent multicolor jadeite jade beads create this stunning Midcentury necklace. The beads here are highly translucent and range ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 14k Gold
Lapis Lazuli and Gold Bead Necklace 31"
Located in Southbury, CT
This gorgeous circa 1970s necklace is composed of ninety-two 8mm natural hand-carved and hand-polished Lapis Lazuli beads, punctuated with a dozen fluted 14K yellow gold beads. A 14k...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Gold, 14k Gold
Nephrite Jade Necklace Hand Crafted Certified Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
This is a brand new, handmade necklace created from very fine, highly translucent green nephrite jade beads, ranging in size from 9.4mm -9.7mm. The forrest-green color is evenly dist...
Category
2010s Chinese Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade
Opal Pendant with Chain, Boulder Opal, Circa 1940s
Located in Southbury, CT
This large Retro-era (circa 1940s) boulder opal and 14K yellow and white gold pendant was entirely hand crafted by a master jeweler to suggest an acorn and is a one-of-a-kind treasur...
Category
Vintage 1940s North American Retro Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Opal, 14k Gold
Jade Necklace Rare Nephrite Colors, High Translucency Certified Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
This gorgeous handmade necklace looks to be a strand of fine jadeite jade; the high translucency of the beads, the rich and varied coloring; all traits we associate with jadeite. But these beads are natural and untreated nephrite jade. Typically, we think of nephrite jade as being green, black or white (mutton fat...
Category
2010s Chinese Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade
Fine Nephrite Jade Necklace Hand Crafted Certified Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
This is a brand new, handmade necklace created from very fine, highly translucent nephrite jade beads. Featuring a unique "button hole" clasp and a central focal-point bead, the neph...
Category
2010s Chinese Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade
Jade Necklace Midcentury Muted Multicolor 35" Certified Untreated, Italian
Located in Southbury, CT
This sophisticated jade necklace features 76 9mm hand-carved round Burmese jadeite jade beads in a range of muted tones (the black beads are not jade).
The 35" necklace -still on i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modernist Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 18k Gold
Spinel Necklace with Zircon and Diamond Clasp Certified No-Heat
Located in Southbury, CT
A stunning and entirely unique unworn necklace made with 49 natural and certified unheated spinel beads in soft shades of pink, lavender-gray, light purple, soft copper, and raspberr...
Category
2010s American Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Spinel, Zircon, 14k Gold
Coral Necklace Art Deco 22" Natural Tomato Red
Located in Southbury, CT
This 22" natural and undyed coral bead necklace features 101 tomato-red coral beads strung on silk and individually hand-knotted between each bead. The beads graduate in size from f...
Category
Vintage 1930s Unknown Art Deco Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Coral, Silver
Double Strand Cultured Pearl Necklace with Diamond Clasp, French Art Deco; GIA
Located in Southbury, CT
Dating to approximately 1940, this luxurious strand of luminous, gleaming nearly-antique cultured pearls is so fine in quality it rivals -and in some ways surpasses- that of natural,...
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Choker Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Cultured Pearl, 18k Gold
Golden Baroque South Sea Pearl Necklace New
Located in Southbury, CT
Thirty-one luminous and golden baroque South Sea pearls compose a new and unworn 17" necklace of supreme beauty and luxury.
The gleaming, sumptuous pearls range in size from approx...
Category
2010s North American Artisan Choker Necklaces
Materials
South Sea Pearl, 14k Gold
Aquamarine & Diamond Pendant "Bridgerton Period" Regency Era Circa 1811
Located in Southbury, CT
This ravishing antique aquamarine necklace dates to the Regency period (1811-1820). This crowning jewel from the era features an exquisite ...
Category
Antique 1810s Unknown Regency Drop Necklaces
Materials
Aquamarine, Diamond, 18k Gold, Silver
Akoya Pearl Necklace, Circa 1970s
Located in Southbury, CT
This triple-strand cultured Akoya pearl necklace hails from the glamorous early 1970s. Think: Lauren Hutton, Halston, Studio 54.
The necklace is entirely original and in pristine c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Artisan Multi-Strand Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, 14k Gold
Carved Jade Pendant Lavender & Green Cabbage Certified Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
Intricately carved by a master lapidary artist, this natural and untreated Burmese jadeite jade carved pendant depicts a cabbage; long symbolic for purity.
This gorgeous carving was...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 22k Gold
Double Strand Akoya Pearl Necklace, Germany
Located in Southbury, CT
A double strand of huge, luxurious warm-toned cultured Akoya pearls -what a treasure!
The most classic, timeless necklace there is: a double strand of large and fine cultured Akoya pearls in golden cream with a soft pink overtone. Akoya cultured pearls 8mm in diameter and larger are uncommon, which is why 8mm represents the dividing line between ordinary Akoya pearls and "luxury-sized" Akoya pearls.
This vintage necklace features 87 pearls in two strands and the pearls measure between approximately 8.35mm to 8.93mm. The length of the inner strand is 15" while the outer strand is about an inch longer. So it wears like a 15 ½ necklace, sitting right over the hollow of your neck. The 9K yellow gold clasp is marked for J. Köhle, a German jewelry manufacturer in business since 1872. This is a weighty necklace, tipping the scales at just over 80 grams. That's a lot of weight for a 15 ½ inch necklace...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Modern Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, 9k Gold
Jade Pendant Pipa '琵琶' Stringed Instrument Kunlun Jade Certified Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
This wonderful and exceedingly rare contemporary, (new) pendant depicts a pipa, which is a Chinese stringed instrument similar to a lute. The pipa...
Category
2010s Chinese Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade
Gump's Jade Necklace Midcentury
By Gump's San Francisco
Located in Southbury, CT
This gorgeous, ethereal Midcentury jadeite jade necklace was created by the iconic San Francisco retailer, Gump's, circa 1970.
The luminous, translucent fog-toned jade beads measure approximately 8.83mm and are on their original silk string. The necklace is finished with the classic Gump's 14k yellow gold clasp, that features both the metal fitness mark and the Gump's logo. Gump's never used treated jade in any of their jewelry; all authentic Gump's jewelry is natural and untreated "A" jade. These extraordinary beads are in soothing tones of soft, soft violet and the palest yellow. The palate here may be neutral but the impact certainly is not. The beads are so light-filled they seem to float, hovering over the fabric upon which they are draped.
Vintage Gump...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 14k Gold
Modernist Necklace 18K Midcentury Studio Piece Arte Suizo Caracas
Located in Southbury, CT
This luxurious solid (and very heavy) 18K yellow gold modernist necklace was created in the 1960s entirely by hand in South America by an unknown maker. Though the clasp is marked fo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Venezuelan Modernist Link Necklaces
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold
Zircon Pendant circa 1940s Original Box 4 Carats Pristine
Located in Southbury, CT
This natural earth-mined zircon gem pendant was created from sumptuous yellow gold in the 1940s. And I must tell you, it looks like it has existed within a time capsule since the day...
Category
Vintage 1940s North American Retro Drop Necklaces
Materials
Zircon, 14k Gold
Black Jade Pendant with Onyx and Diamonds Art Deco Style
Located in Southbury, CT
A dramatic hand-carved and highly detailed black nephrite jade drop that measures approximately 35mm x 11mm is suspended from an Art Deco style bail in ...
Category
Vintage 1980s Unknown Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Jade, Onyx, Black Jade
Jade Necklace with Pearl & Imperial Jade Clasp Certified Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
This gorgeous certified natural and untreated Burmese jadeite jade necklace is composed of 45 10mm hand-carved and polished light lavender jade bead...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, Pearl, 14k Gold
Jade Pendant Apple Green Certified Untreated Midcentury
Located in Southbury, CT
A stunning jade pendant featuring an apple-green cylinder of certified natural and untreated jadeite jade, wrapped in a slender platinum band and set with several tiny white diamonds. A sugarloaf cabochon sapphire is set neatly in the center. A hoop of 14K gold encloses the jade cylinder...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Platinum
Jade & 22k Gold Pendant Certified Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
This simple, classic, fully modern pendant features a simple solid 22K wire along which are strung 9 jade beads that range in size from 8.02mm to 19.92mm. These are the nephrite vari...
Category
2010s Chinese Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 24k Gold
Turquoise & Silver Pendant, Pete Sierra, Navajo
Located in Southbury, CT
This signed, handmade pendant was created in sterling silver, turquoise, bone, and coral by noted Navajo artist, Pete Sierra. Sierra, who studied under Hop...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Turquoise, Silver
Pearl & Brass "Biker Necklace" by Augusten Burroughs
By Augusten Burroughs
Located in Southbury, CT
THis beautiful and rambunctious one-of-a-kind necklace was handmade by artist Augusten Burroughs. The 26" necklace features 42 high-quality cultured Chinese freshwater pearls strung ...
Category
2010s American Artisan Chain Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, Brass
Silver & Gold Choker Necklace Vintage, Italian
Located in Southbury, CT
This bold solid sterling silver and 18K yellow gold double-twist choker necklace was created by hand in Italy circa 1990s.
Composed of two 5.5mm thick 16" lengths of twisted sterlin...
Category
1990s Italian Artisan Choker Necklaces
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Silver
Tiara & Necklace Diamonds, Diamond Briolettes for Wedding or Gala 8 TCW Art Deco
Located in Southbury, CT
This Art Deco 18K white gold and diamond tiara is an exceptionally rare and gorgeous jewel.
Created entirely by hand in the 1930s, this semi-flexible 15" tiara is composed of thirty 9mm long by 3.15 rectangular segments of 18k white gold, each of which is channel-set with four tiny brilliant round diamonds. Each rectangular segment is joined to the other by a bezel-set round brilliant. Beginning three-quarters of the way forward on the tiara are nine upside-down "U" shaped mountings, each of which is set with two round brilliant diamonds on the interior and then three additional diamonds atop the rounded portion of the "U." The diamonds are close-backed, so a perfectly accurate weight cannot be obtained, but using a geological mathematical formula, I estimate the total diamond weight on the frame of the tiara to be approximately 3.8 carats.
Not counting the freely-dangling diamond briolettes. There are nine, and they are magnificent, fire-filled, and faceted tears of joy. Each measures approximately 5.45mm x 3.44mm x 2.89mm which, again, by formula, suggests a diamond weight of between .51 -.57 carats. So we will go with the lower number, as we always do here, and this gives us a diamond weight for the briolettes alone of 4.59 carats.
Altogether, this simultaneously subtle and spectacular tiara has a total -approximate- diamond carat weight of 8.39 carats.
The tiara has a length of approximately 12". This is a tiara that can be worn in several ways. It can "surround" the base of a bun atop the head, or could be similarly positioned lower toward the nape to adorn a chignon, or it could be pinned to the very top of the head where it could secure a wedding veil into position. So this is not a tiara like the Princess of Wales's favorite tiara, The Lover's Knot; but then is a tiara of that scale ever appropriate for one who is not a duchess, a princess of a reigning monarch? This is an absolutely perfect wedding tiara...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Choker Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold
Jade Bead Necklace Translucent Bluish Green Certified
Located in Southbury, CT
An absolutely stunning jade bead necklace of translucent bluish-green certified natural and untreated jadeite jade beads. These extraordinarily translucent beads are a most uncommon ...
Category
2010s American Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 22k Gold
Midcentury Pearl Necklace with Jade Clasp Luxury Cultured Akoya Pearls
Located in Southbury, CT
This pearl necklace features a certified jade clasp that has been certified natural and untreated. The creamy-white -almost golden- pearls average a luxurio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, Pearl, 14k Gold