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By Augusten Burroughs
Located in Southbury, CT
I love rare things. Here's why: you can be the wealthiest person in the world, wake up one morning, stretch and ...
Category
2010s American Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 18k Gold
By Mario Buccellati
Located in Southbury, CT
This early -1920-1930 Mario Buccellati parure is a masterpiece. Every hand-engraved, carved, inscribed, or other...
Category
Vintage 1950s Renaissance Revival Choker Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold
By Augusten Burroughs
Located in Southbury, CT
This 30" Jadeite Jade, Pink Spinel & 18K White Gold Endless Necklace is a one-of-a-kind jewel created entirely by hand from 130 natural and untreated, hughly translucent deep green jadeite jade beads from Guatemala, each of which measures just shy of 5mm. 1.89 solid 18K white gold spacer beads that are faceted in four "bands" along each bead. This has the effect of reflecting light into the rich green jadeite beads and increasing their luminosity , but the beads also add diamond-like sparkle between each bead. The necklace has no clasp and is finished with a pair of natural, 5mm Burmese pink spinel beads.
Although I am not offering this necklace with a certificate from a gem lab, it is because I have bought an enormous amount of Guatemalan jadeite from this particular supplier, and I tested his beads for years; all were 100% natural and untreated. I am also a Certified Professional Gemologist, with advanced training in jade.
The finest green jadeite coming out of Guatemala right now is gemologically and microscopically identical to jadeite from Burma. Giving us jade lovers a conflict-free option for imperial and near-imperial jade jewelry...
Category
2010s Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, Spinel, 18k Gold, White Gold
Located in Southbury, CT
Black opals from the Lightning Ridge mines in Australia are the rarest and most valuable opals on earth. And Lightning Ridge black opals that display a vivid red flash are the most valuable opals of all.
This pendant is a perfect example of why these rare, precious opals are so coveted. With a superb cut and gleaming high polish, this solid (not a double or a triplet) Australian black opal from the Lightning Ridge mines has an organic, loosely triangular form and weighs approximately 2.42 carats. The gem flashes brilliant, vivid red, yellow, turquoise, purple and cobalt blue. The natural beauty of the stone has been maximized to its most magnificent potential by a skilled lapidary artist. Set within a custom 18k yellow gold frame -that exposes the rear of the opal, so that you can see with your own eyes that this is a solid black opal- and featuring a bail set with a .03ct VS brilliant round diamond. A 20" .4mm solid 18K Italian gold chain...
Category
2010s American Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Black Opal, 18k Gold
Located in Southbury, CT
If I had a daughter, these are the pearls I would buy her. Well, the first pearls anyway. Why? Because this 20" ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Art Deco Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, Silver
Located in Southbury, CT
This small imperial jade & diamond pendant is simple and simply perfect.
The mid-century (circa 1960s-1970s) pe...
Category
Vintage 1960s Unknown Modern Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 18k Gold
Located in Southbury, CT
This excruciatingly beautiful and spare hand-carved nephrite jade pendant was created during the Qing period...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade
Located in Southbury, CT
This late Art Deco era (circa 1939) double strand of cultured Akoya pearls represents the finest, most luxurious...
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Choker Necklaces
Materials
Cultured Pearl, Pearl, Diamond, 18k Gold
Located in Southbury, CT
This lush and verdant pendant has been skillfully and recently carved with auspicious symbology. The large (63.3...
Category
2010s Chinese Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade
Located in Southbury, CT
This 4.32-carat Colombian emerald necklace was purchased by a small-town jeweler in the 1980s. He then placed it...
Category
Vintage 1980s Colombian Artisan Drop Necklaces
Materials
Emerald, 18k Gold
By Gump's San Francisco
Located in Southbury, CT
What a treasure for the Gump's collector and jade lover! This 1970's jewel from the iconic San Francisco retailer, Gump's, features a hand-carved deep forest green nephrite jade egg...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 18k Gold
Located in Southbury, CT
This succulent highly translucent reddish-orange jade pendant was hand-carved in the middle of the previous cent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade, Gold, 14k Gold
Located in Southbury, CT
This 1930s-era Art Deco necklace features a gorgeous apple green natural Burmese jadeite carved into the form of a star fruit. The 27.40mm x 11.71mm x 11.58mm translucent jade carving is suspended on a silver nail and connected to a large (11mm) round coral bead...
Category
Vintage 1930s Chinese Art Deco Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Coral, Jade, Silver
Located in Southbury, CT
Dragonets are baby dragons, and this white nephrite pi disk features a pair of them. Flawlessly carved by a skilled lapidary artist more than 100 years ago, this white nephrite pi disk is a superior example of a late Ming...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade, Silver
Located in Southbury, CT
This 32" long necklace was handmade in buttery 18K gold intertwined oval links and features seven "stations" com...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, 18k Gold
Located in Southbury, CT
This modernist (circa 1970s) and minimalist pearl and silver segmented choker necklace has been cunningly design...
Category
Vintage 1970s Unknown Modernist Choker Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, Silver
By Augusten Burroughs
Located in Southbury, CT
This one-of-a-kind pendant features a complete raw sapphire crystal that measures 37.37mm x 14.1mm wide x 11.68m...
Category
2010s American Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Sapphire, Silver
Located in Southbury, CT
This beautiful and beautifully simple necklace was handmade in China in the 1920s or into the 1930s during the R...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Coral, Turquoise, Silver
Located in Southbury, CT
Naturally-colored South Sea Keshi, baroque Tahitian, luminous Akoya, and Chinese freshwater pearls are strung to...
Category
2010s American Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Aquamarine, Pearl, Tourmaline, Silver
Located in Southbury, CT
A gorgeous natural and untreated omphacite jade pendant from the midcentury -circa 1950. Created in Hong Kong, t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Modern Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 14k Gold
Located in Southbury, CT
Deep emerald green with a glossy, entirely hand-polished shine, this gorgeous 19th century - early 20th century-...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Jade, 14k Gold
Located in Southbury, CT
So translucent that it's nearly semi-transparent, this early Art Deco era (circa 1920) natural and untreated Bur...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade, Platinum
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
Located in Southbury, CT
This luxurious 33" necklace is composed of 99 fine emerald green certified natural and untreated Burmese jadeite...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Jade, 18k Gold
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Jade
Located in Southbury, CT
This ring-shaped hand-carved pendant features the finest green nephrite jade there is. This Chinese...
Category
2010s Chinese Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade, Zircon, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Located in Southbury, CT
This exquisite Qing Dynasty period pi disk was carved by hand prior to 1900. The pi disk ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade
Located in Southbury, CT
Grand, beautiful, and rare, this double-strand jade necklace features 114 approximately 9.5mm hand-carved and po...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 9k Gold
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 ...
Category
2010s Singaporean Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Jade, 18k Gold, Platinum
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 to near colorless" in the gem lab report, each bead is has its own subtle tone. True, from a distance the beads read as white. But then, step into the shadows and their subtle tones are liberated. The tones are there in the light, too: it's just that sometimes looking isn't enough; you need to look but you also need to see.
I think this is a spectacular strand for the subtlety of the tone and the quality of translucence. I've used low light to shoot them, so that you can see how gorgeous they are i the lowest of light.
The sixty-two 7.3mm 8.5mm beads have been freshly restrung and a new 18K Japanese...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Art Nouveau Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, Silver
Located in Southbury, CT
This exquisite and rare black jade tablet dates to the Qing period.
The Qing Dynast...
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Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade, Silver
Located in Southbury, CT
Created just after the turn of the century (circa 1917), this gilt silver jadeite and tourmaline drop necklace w...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Nouveau Drop Necklaces
Materials
Jade, Tourmaline, Silver, Gilt Metal
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
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 mo...
Category
2010s American Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 14k Gold
Located in Southbury, CT
I've never seen jade that looks like this: highly translucent, a metallic smoky platinum color with black flecks...
Category
2010s American Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 14k Gold
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
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
Located in Southbury, CT
This approximately 27" necklace is composed of alternating 8.3mm natural and untreated jadeite jade beads from B...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade
Located in Southbury, CT
This is a rare 41" original Pinchbeck chain from England. It was created near 1820 and is in excellent condition...
Category
Antique 1830s English Victorian Link Necklaces
Materials
Pinchbeck
Located in Southbury, CT
91 luminous, translucent multicolor jadeite jade beads create this stunning Midcentury necklace...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 14k Gold
Located in Southbury, CT
This is a brand new, handmade necklace created from very fine, highly translucent green nephrite jade beads...
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2010s Chinese Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade
Located in Southbury, CT
This large Retro-era (circa 1940s) boulder opal and 14K yellow and white gold pendant was entirely hand crafted ...
Category
Vintage 1940s North American Retro Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Opal, 14k Gold
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
Located in Southbury, CT
This is a brand new, handmade necklace created from very fine, highly translucent nephrite jade...
Category
2010s Chinese Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade
Located in Southbury, CT
This sophisticated jade necklace features 76 9mm hand-carved round Burmese jadeite jade beads in a range of mute...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modernist Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 18k Gold
Located in Southbury, CT
This ravishing antique aquamarine necklace dates to the Regency perio...
Category
Antique 1810s Unknown Regency Drop Necklaces
Materials
Aquamarine, Diamond, 18k Gold, Silver
Located in Southbury, CT
Intricately carved by a master lapidary artist, this natural and untreated Burmese jadeite jade carved pendant d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 22k Gold
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
Located in Southbury, CT
This wonderful and exceedingly rare contemporary, (new) pendant depicts a pipa, which is a Chinese stringed instrument...
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2010s Chinese Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade
Located in Southbury, CT
A dramatic hand-carved and highly detailed black nephrite jade drop that measures ...
Category
Vintage 1980s Unknown Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Jade, Onyx, Black Jade
Located in Southbury, CT
This gorgeous certified natural and untreated Burmese jadeite jade necklace is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, Pearl, 14k Gold
Located in Southbury, CT
This simple, classic, fully modern pendant features a simple solid 22K wire along which are strung 9 jade beads ...
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2010s Chinese Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 24k Gold
Located in Southbury, CT
This signed, handmade pendant was created in sterling silver, turquoise, bone, and coral by noted Navajo artist, Pete Sierra...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Turquoise, Silver
By Augusten Burroughs
Located in Southbury, CT
THis beautiful and rambunctious one-of-a-kind necklace was handmade by artist Augusten Burroughs. The 26" neckla...
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2010s American Artisan Chain Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, Brass
Located in Southbury, CT
This bold solid sterling silver and 18K yellow gold double-twist choker necklace was created by hand in Italy ci...
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1990s Italian Artisan Choker Necklaces
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Silver
Located in Southbury, CT
An absolutely stunning jade bead necklace of translucent bluish-green certified natural and untreated jadeite ja...
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2010s American Artisan Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 22k Gold
Located in Southbury, CT
This pearl necklace features a certified jade clasp that has been certified natural an...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, Pearl, 14k Gold
Located in Southbury, CT
This is a stunning vintage pearl necklace measuring 18 inches in length and composed of 55 9mm-9.4mm round cultured Akoya pearls and finished with an 18K white gold beaded ball clasp which glitters with a multitude of small full-cut diamonds that total approximately .50 carats. The necklace was purchased in the United Kingdom but bears no hallmarks. It's very well-made and remains on its original silk, which still appears sturdy. I believe the necklace dates to the 1980s.
Cultured Akoya pearls over 8mm in diameter are the most coveted of all Akoya pearls because fine ones are difficult to achieve. The longer a pearl remains inside the oyster the thicker the nacre and larger it grows but the greater the opportunity for any number of variables to come along and spoil the pearl. These large 9-9.4mm pearls are luminous and stunning: they are creamy-white with a soft pink overtone. The pearls possess a nice, sharp shine.
This 18" necklace truly represents the quintessential cultured Akoya pearl necklace...
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20th Century Unknown Modern Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold
Located in Southbury, CT
A spectacular certified natural and untreated jadeite jade necklace in variegated apple green.
107 hand-carved and polished light apple green jade beads...
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20th Century Unknown Modern Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 14k Gold
Located in Southbury, CT
This lavender jade pendant is a cunning, fascinating pendant carved by a master lapidary artist. Carved from a single piece of jade, the translucent, light lavender jadeite jade pendant...
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2010s Chinese Artisan Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Jade
