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Jewelry & Watches For Sale
Style: Rococo
Style: Renaissance
Vintage Karl Lagerfeld Glass and Faux Pearl KL Logo Pendant, 1990s
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Necklace by Karl Lagerfeld featuring cream glass pendant embossed with KL logo in gold-tone setting. Accented with a faux baroque pearl.
Signed.
Period: 1990s
Dimensions:
C...
Category
1990s French Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Antique Multi Gemstone Gold Poison Bracelet
Located in Chicago, IL
Circa 1850 The hollow 14K yellow gold bangle bracelet is embossed with Rococo style scrolls, foliage and shells. The bracelet is set with two bright white (E color) old mine cut diamonds (approximately 0.60 ct total), a blue spinel, a purple garnet, a bluish green tourmaline, a yellow citrine, and an orange red garnet...
Category
1850s Rococo Antique Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Garnet, Spinel, Tourmaline, 14k Gold, Yellow Gol...
Onyx & Diamond Bangle Bracelet 18kt White Gold Chantecler
By Chantecler
Located in Jupiter, FL
Important onyx & diamond bangle bracelet made with custom cut onyx pieces and VS diamonds. The piece is finished in 18KT white gold by the designer Chantecler.
GRAM WEIGHT: 40.82gr...
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Early 19th Century Unknown Renaissance Antique Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Onyx, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Onyx & Diamond Bangle Earrings 18kt White Gold Chantecler Omega
By Chantecler
Located in Jupiter, FL
Exquisite Onyx & Diamond Earrings in 18KT white gold by the designer Chantecler.
GRAM WEIGHT: 14.30gr
GOLD: 18KT white gold
CLOSIRE: OMEGA
NATURAL DIAMOND(S)
Cut: Round Brilliant
C...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Renaissance Antique Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Onyx, 18k Gold, White Gold
Sapphire Crest Signet Ring Sterling Silver Bronze Unisex J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
3 pcs Sapphire Crest Signet Ring Sterling Silver Bronze J Dauphin can be worn by women or men.
Inspired by Queen Mary of Scots ring. Gold signet-ring; engraved; shoulders ornamented...
Category
2010s American Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Sapphire, Bronze, Sterling Silver, Silver
Renaissance C.1580 Gilded Silver Niello Signet Ring
Located in Chicago, IL
This unique, museum quality partially gilded silver and niello Renaissance signet ring is probably Italian, circa 1580.
The engraved signet conceals a double meaning: a grotesque fac...
Category
16th Century Renaissance Antique Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Silver, Niello
Signet Ring 18 K Gold 18 Century Stil
Located in Bad Kissingen, DE
18 k yellow gold
seal out of Quartz crystal
emailliert red on top side
26,69 gram
on top length 25 mm
wide 18 mm
size 70
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Crystal, 18k Gold
1950s Design Joseff Of Hollywood Gold Cherub Earrings
Located in London, GB
This exquisite 1950s design is by costume jeweller to the stars, Joseff of Hollywood. This set of figural earrings features a cherub with a small clear crystal in the hand reaching ...
Category
1950s American Rococo Vintage Jewelry & Watches
Renaissance Cameo Pendant
Located in New Orleans, LA
The cameo at the center of this exceptional pendant is a stunning example of the art of gem engraving during the Renaissance. It likely dates to the early 17th century and features a sacrificial scene inspired by the Greco-Roman era. The central flaming altar is flanked by two figures preparing to sacrifice a ram, while a figure in a lion skin blowing horns stands in the left corner. The carver brilliantly uses the natural layers of the stone to achieve the illusion of shadow and musculature on the figures. A second, smaller cameo is set at the top of the pendant, while a myriad of multi-colored gems, pearls and enamel adorns the 18K gold setting. A large Baroque pearl suspended from an enamel dragon finishes the design, which embodies the opulence and theatricality of jewels from the Renaissance age.
Cameos and intaglios were highly popular amongst wealthy connoisseurs in Renaissance Italy, and owning the finest pieces was the privilege of princes. Although they were often elaborately mounted for display alone, cameos were also frequently worn as pendants, surrounded by enameled and stone-set gold frames. Such pieces were particularly prized by the Medici and Lorraine families, many of which can now be seen at the National Archeological Museum in Florence.
Very few Renaissance cameos...
Category
17th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Pearl, 18k Gold, Enamel
12.00 Carat Citrine 0.24 Carat Ruby Carnelian Yellow Gold Charm Bracelet
Located in Naples, IT
This Bracelet is made of 14K Yellow Gold with 9K Yellow Gold Charms.
This Bracelet has 0.24 Carats of Rubies.
This Bracelet has Carnelian.
This Bracelet has a 12.00 Carats Citrine.
...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Carnelian, Citrine, Ruby, 14k Gold, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
Aquamarine Crest Signet Ring Sterling Silver Bronze J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aquamarine Crest Signet Ring Sterling Silver Bronze J Dauphin can be worn by women or men.
Inspired by Queen Mary of Scots ring. Gold signet-ring; engraved; shoulders ornamented wit...
Category
2010s American Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Aquamarine, Silver, Bronze, Sterling Silver
White Diamond Crest Signet Ring Silver Bronze J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
White Diamond Crest Signet Ring Silver Bronze J Dauphin can be worn by women or men.
Inspired by Queen Mary of Scots ring. Gold signet-ring; engraved; shoulders ornamented with flow...
Category
2010s American Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
White Diamond, Sterling Silver, Bronze
White Diamond Emerald Ruby Sapphire Amethyst Yellow Gold Lever-Back Earrings
Located in Naples, IT
These Lever-Back Earrings are made of 9K Yellow Gold and Sterling Silver.
These Earrings have 0.55 Carats of White Diamonds.
These Earrings have 0.40 Carat of Emeralds.
These Earring...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, White Diamond, Diamond, Amethyst...
Karl Lagerfeld Rococo Louis XV 24k Gold Chair Brooch, 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Karl Lagerfeld 24k gold plated brooch featuring a chair in the style of Louis XV. The brooch is embossed with Lagerfeld’s iconic fan and KL monogram.
Signed.
Period: 1980s...
Category
1980s French Rococo Vintage Jewelry & Watches
Materials
24k Gold, Gold Plate
Diamond Wedding Band 0.34 Carat White Gold Ring
By Tamir
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Wedding band set with a total of 0.34 carat round brilliant diamonds, completely hand engraved in the traditional Florentine style. This wedding ring is crafted by hand in 18K white ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
White Diamond Crest Signet Ring Silver Bronze J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
White Diamond Crest Signet Ring Silver Bronze J Dauphin can be worn by women or men.
Inspired by Queen Mary of Scots ring. Gold signet-ring; engraved; shoulders ornamented with flow...
Category
2010s American Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
White Diamond, Sterling Silver, Bronze
Rare Christian Dior Ruby and Crystal Floral Swag Parure, YSL 1959
Located in New York, NY
Incredibly Rare Christian Dior suite designed by Yves Saint Laurent in 1959. Ruby and Crystal Edwardian inspired Floral swag parure consisting of a five ...
Category
1950s French Rococo Vintage Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Rhodium, Silver Plate, Brass
Chanel Dog Tooth Pearl Flower Brooch
Located in Riverdale, NY
Chanel's sapphire poured glass, paste and dog tooth pearl brooch. The central motif, very classic in the Chanel iconography is mounted atop triangular hand made tooth pearls. Chanel ...
Category
1950s French Renaissance Vintage Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Silver Plate, Bronze, Enamel
Renaissance Tahitian Black Pearl Rubies Tsavorite Diamonds Akoya Pearls Necklace
Located in Oakton, VA
Genuine Tahitian Black Pearl Necklace with Rubies Tsavorites Diamonds Akoya Pearls of Top Quality
Necklace:
18 Karat Rose Gold
16 Black South...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Ruby, Tsavorite, Black Pearl, Natural Pearl, So...
White Diamond Crest Signet Ring Gold
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
White Diamond Crest Signet Ring 14k Yellow and White Gold Unisex J Dauphin
Inspired by Queen Mary of Scots ring. Gold signet-ring; engraved; shoul...
Category
2010s American Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
White Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, White Gold, 14k Gold
Vintage Cufflinks in 18K Yellow Gold by Buccellati
By Buccellati
Located in San Rafael, CA
A pair of vintage, 18K yellow gold cufflinks that manage to balance subtle design with the unmistakable style and unparalleled workmanship of Buccellati.
Displaying two techniques f...
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique 18th Century Rokoko Garnet Earrings Vermeil
Located in Munich, Bavaria
it is very rare indeed to find earrings from the Rokoko period.
This pair of garnet rosettes has kept it's period fitting and is in wonderful condition considering it's age.
Category
1750s Rococo Antique Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Garnet, Vermeil
Virgin Mary Medal Cross Statement Arm Cuff Arm Bronze Silver J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Virgin Mary Medal Cross Statement Arm Cuff Arm Bronze Silver J Dauphin
J DAUPHIN "Imaginary Child" Arm cuff with Virgin Mary Medallions and cros...
Category
2010s American Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Metropolitan Museum of Art MMA 14 Karat Gold & Garnet Renaissance Style Earrings
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderful pair of Renaissance style earrings.
With bezel-set oval garnet cabochons in 14K gold with filigree decoration.
Originally sold...
Category
20th Century Unknown Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Garnet, Gold, 14k Gold
Antique Renaissance Marriage Portrait Cameo in Gold Setting
Located in Chicago, IL
RENAISSANCE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT CAMEO IN MODERN GOLD SETTING
Italy (?), 16th-17th century
White agate, modern gold setting
Weight: 10.8 g.; circumference: 54.4 mm.; size: US 7, UK N ½
Substantial rounded D-section hoop, narrowing at the base supports an oblong collet set with a white agate cameo. The cameo features a female bust behind a male bust in profile facing to the viewer’s left. The man has a curly beard, wears a fillet in his closely cropped hair, and wears a draped toga; the woman is less well defined and wears a palla. Both portraits have flat features. The carving has a metallic quality to its lines which enhances the sheen of the stone. The cameo is in excellent condition; the mount is modern.
The Renaissance welcomed a revival in the ancient art of gem carving and cameos achieved renewed popularity. Important patrons, like the Medici, employed artists and goldsmiths to make dozens of beautiful examples that harkened back to antiquity and displayed current fashions. Double portraits of a man and woman, as with this ring, are called marriage portraits. They take their form from cameos of Roman rulers, mythological lovers, and citizen couples.
Literature
This couple could be a sixteenth-century copy of an ancient gem or it could represent a Renaissnce couple in the guise of a Roman couple. The features do not point to any well-known couples. A double portrait cameo in the Royal Collection (RCIN 65861) provides a nice comparison to this ring and is from the same period. For an ancient example of the double portrait cameo see the Metropolitan Museum’s Germanicus and Agrippina (39.22.18) cameo. Another comparison, see the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (a 17th-century cameo with the double portrait of a couple in a three-layered agate, published in Babelon, 1897, n. 1019). For general information on Renaissance cameos...
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16th Century Renaissance Antique Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Agate, Gold, Yellow Gold
Diamond and Amethys Royalty Ring, Olympus Art Certified 16.64 Carat Lemon Quartz
Located in Istanbul, TR
18K 750 Rose Gold, 0.29 Carat Diamond Round, 16.47 Carat Lemon Quartz, 4.74 Carat Amethys
Egyptians used to wear amethyst to protect themselves from feelings of guilt and fear.
The royal stone was also worn by the ancient Egyptians to ward off the effects of witchcraft. It was found in many of the Egyptian tombs...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Quartz, Amethyst, Rose Gold
Diamond Two-Color Gold Filigree Ring
By Baume
Located in Poitiers, FR
Ring in 18 karat yellow and white gold.
This wide diamond ring features white gold filigree set with 13 small brilliant- cut diamonds edged with yellow gold filigree.
Total diamond...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Gold Renaissance Pinky Ring with Two Dogs
Located in Chicago, IL
Renaissance Ring
Western Europe, likely Italy, mid-16th c.
Gold and traces of black and white enamel
Bezel 15 x 3 x 4 mm.; circumference 42 mm.; weight 2.7 gr.; US size 2 ¼; UK size ...
Category
16th Century Renaissance Antique Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Gold
circa 1980s Georgian Style Heart Opal and Diamond Ring in 14K Gold
Located in Addison, TX
Circa: Circa 1980s
Metal Type: 14 karat yellow gold
Size: US 8.5
Weight: 5.7g
Diamond Details:
Cut: Round
Carat: 1.0 carat total weight
Color: G-H
Clarity: VS-SI
Opal Details:
Cu...
Category
1980s Unknown Renaissance Vintage Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Opal, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Renaissance Style Turquoise, Ruby 18K Filigree Gold Ring, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful antique Renaissance style 18K gold ring featuring a fine large oval natural Persian cabochon turquoise gem exquisitely set in a floral filigree setting composed of eight ye...
Category
19th Century Renaissance Antique Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Ruby, Turquoise, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Crest Signet Ring Sterling Silver Bronze Ruby Unisex J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Ring Sterling Silver Bronze with Ruby gem in the middle of Crest ( can be replaced with Black or White Diamond ) J Dauphin can be worn by women or men.
Inspired by Quee...
Category
2010s American Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Ruby, Silver, Bronze, Sterling Silver
Sapphire Crest Signet Ring Sterling Silver Bronze Unisex J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
3 pcs Sapphire Crest Signet Ring Sterling Silver Bronze J Dauphin can be worn by women or men.
Inspired by Queen Mary of Scots ring. Gold signet-ring; engraved; shoulders ornamented with flowers and leaves. Oval bezel set with silver intaglio depicting achievement of Mary Queen of Scots: shield of Scotland surrounded by collar of thistle, supported by two unicorns; crest: crowned lion...
Category
2010s American Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Sapphire, Bronze, Sterling Silver, Silver
Antique 18th Century Diamond Sequile Pendant/Brooch Yellow Gold Portuguese 1700s
Located in Lisbon, PT
Antique diamond sequile pendant/brooch in 19.2kt yellow gold, Portugal, early 18th century. This Portuguese jewel from the Georgian period of an intr...
Category
Early 18th Century Portuguese Rococo Antique Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Gold and Agate Renaissance Cameo Ring
Located in Chicago, IL
RENAISSANCE CAMEO RING
Italy, cameo: second half of 16th century in a late 18th century ring
Gold, agate , black enamel
Weight 6.3 gr.; bezel 18.8 x 16.9 x 6.5 mm.; circumference 58.4 mm.; US size 8¾; UK size R
Cameo of a nude female bust...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Agate, Gold
The Gigantas Pendant
Located in London, GB
The Gigantas Pendant, an important late 16th century Renaissance baroque pearl, gold and enamelled pendant, with later alterations, depicting one of the Greek gigantes, wearing the i...
Category
16th Century German Renaissance Antique Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Natural Pearl, Ruby, Gold, 14k Gold, 22k Gold, Enamel, Yellow Gold
Crest Signet Ring Sterling Silver Bronze Ruby Unisex J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Ring Sterling Silver Bronze with Ruby gem in the middle of Crest ( can be replaced with Black or White Diamond ) J Dauphin can be worn by women or men.
Inspired by Quee...
Category
2010s American Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Ruby, Silver, Bronze, Sterling Silver
Antique French Metal Trinket Box with Porcelain Sistine Madonna Cherub Plaque
Located in Tustin, CA
Beautiful antique, handcrafted French bronze and brass scalloped hinged jewelry or trinket or vanity box from the 19th century features a round porcelain plaque or disc, bezel set in the lid, exquisitely hand painted with a famous image depicting one of the cherubs from the "Sistine Madonna" by Raphael Sanzio, also known as "Cherubs from the Madonna of San Sisto", which was originally painted between 1513 -1514. This is considered to be one of the most popular angel images...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Jewelry & Watches
Sapphire Crest Signet Ring Sterling Silver Bronze Unisex J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
3 pcs Sapphire Crest Signet Ring Sterling Silver Bronze J Dauphin can be worn by women or men.
Inspired by Queen Mary of Scots ring. Gold signet-ring; engraved; shoulders ornamented...
Category
2010s American Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Sapphire, Bronze, Sterling Silver, Silver
Jill Garber Rococo Winged Archangel Michael Pendant Necklace in Sterling Silver
By Jill Garber
Located in Saginaw, MI
Angels have played an important role in works of art throughout history and have been an especially important subject for both Byzantine and European paintings and sculpture. In Christianity, there are a significant few of the highest-ranking angels, which are known as “archangels.” Coming from the Greek language, meaning “chief angel,” archangels each have a special purpose to fulfil on earth. Archangel Michael, also known as St. Michael, the great defender and protector, is depicted in this lovely, sterling silver pendant.
A figural, halo-adorned St. Michael with outstretched wings, is suspended from a finely-made, sterling silver rolo chain...
Category
2010s American Rococo Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Sterling Silver
White Diamond Crest Signet Ring Sterling Silver Bronze Unisex J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
3 pcs White Diamond Crest Signet Ring Sterling Silver Bronze J Dauphin can be worn by women or men.
Inspired by Queen Mary of Scots ring. Gold signet-ring; engraved; shoulders ornamented with flowers and leaves. Oval bezel set with silver intaglio depicting achievement of Mary Queen of Scots: shield of Scotland surrounded by collar of thistle, supported by two unicorns; crest: crowned lion...
Category
2010s American Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
White Diamond, Bronze, Sterling Silver, Silver
Renaissance Rose Gold Sardonyx Cameo Ring
Located in Chicago, IL
Ring with Renaissance cameo
Probably Northern Italy, cameo late 16th-early 17th century; ring: second half 18th century
Gold, sardonyx cameo (layered...
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Agate, Rose Gold
Vintage French Bronze Tassel Statement Earrings
By Claire Deve
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Vintage oversized bronze double tassel statement clip-on earrings by Claire Deve Paris - circa 1980 accented by large bronze glass faceted rhinestone...
Category
1980s French Rococo Vintage Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Bronze
Carrington & Co. Rococo or George II Style Sterling Silver Cream Pitcher
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very fine sterling silver creamer or milk pitcher.
By Carrington & Co.
With an exuberant neo-Rococo (or George II style) design including etched scroll work and cells to the bod...
Category
Early 20th Century British Rococo Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gold Crown Necklace Pendant Mixed Metals You Are A Princess or Queen
Located in Austin, TX
Queen Crown Pendant - made for a queen! Crown made in 10k mixed metals of 10k yellow gold and 10k white gold. This exquisite 10K yellow and white gold pendant has an ornate crown design that resembles a gorgeous Renaissance crown...
Category
2010s American Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold, White Gold, Mixed Metal
Antique 18th or 19th Century Austrian Silver Mounted Rock Crystal Salt Cellar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Austrian salt cellar or miniature tazza.
Comprising 3 carved and polished rock crystal sections.
Mounted with ornate silver mounts - the top section having 2 dragon ...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Rococo Antique Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Rock Crystal, Silver
Maison Gripoix for Chanel Flowerhead Ear Clips
Located in New York, NY
Signature Hand made Maison Gripoix for Chanel Haute Couture Tudor Rose flower head ear clips. Of ruby and emerald poured glass enamel with handmade nacred baroque teardrop pearls. Un...
Category
1990s French Rococo Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze, Enamel, Gilt Metal
Rhodium Plated Sterling Silver Cherubs with Goose Roman Period Earrings in White
Located in London, GB
Rhodium Plated Ruthenium Finish Sterling Silver and Fine Porcelain
Handmade in Italy
The beauty of the antique is imbued with a contemporary form for a timeless jewel in this collec...
Category
2010s Italian Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Sterling Silver, Rhodium
Renaissance Gemstone Ring with Garnet and Enamel
Located in Chicago, IL
Renaissance Gemstone Ring
Northern Italy, 16th century
Gold, garnet and enamel
Circumference 60 mm.; weight 4 gr.; US size 9; UK size R ½
The ...
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Gold
Diamond Cross Pendant and Chain, 18 Karat Yellow Gold Diamond Cross and Chain
Located in Austin, TX
This gorgeous, intricate diamond cross pendant is a stunning and striking design. The cross pendant is made in 18 karat yellow gold with genuine, natural diamonds. The cross design h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
Antique Gold Italian Renaissance Cameo Ring
Located in Chicago, IL
RENSAISSANCE CAMEO RING
Italy? 16th century in a 20th century setting
Gold and sardonyx
Weight 6.5 gr.; bezel 16.1 x 16.9 x 7.4 mm.; circumference 50.3 mm.; US size 5½; UK size L
In this oblong cameo, the bust of a woman wearing a necklace but otherwise nude stands above a blue ground. While her breast faces forward, her head is rendered in a strict profile and her hands gesture to her right. The minimalist gold setting is modern and dates to the twentieth century.
Cameos depicting nude female figures became popular in the court circles of sixteenth-century Italy, where newly-formed princely collections of ancient gems served as models for contemporary hardstone artists. Following ancient practice, the artist responsible for the current cameo has cut into two layers of the multicolor agate, creating a background of milky blue that contrasts with the white flesh of the woman above. The sharp profile of the woman’s face likewise recalls the art of the ancient Romans, who often used the profile view for portraits on coins, medals, and engraved gems...
Category
16th Century Renaissance Antique Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Gold
White Diamond Crest Signet Ring Sterling Silver Bronze Unisex J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
White Diamond Crest Signet Ring Sterling Silver Bronze J Dauphin can be worn by women or men.
Inspired by Queen Mary of Scots ring. Gold signet-ring; en...
Category
2010s American Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
White Diamond, Sterling Silver, Bronze, Silver
Antique French Rococo Gilt-Bronze and Red Enamel Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Turn-of-the-century French gilt bronze picture frame. Rectangular window in same surround with raised leaf-and-dart, imbricated leaf, and beaded borders. Red guilloche border and app...
Category
Early 20th Century French Rococo Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Rhodium Plated Sterling Silver Cupids Playing Trumpet Necklace in Black
Located in London, GB
Rhodium plated sterling silver and fine porcelain (openwork)
Handmade in Italy
The beauty of the antique is imbued with a contemporary form for a timeless jewel in this collection. ...
Category
2010s Italian Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Rhodium, Sterling Silver
Antique Italian Cameo Hair Pin with Double Portrait of Cosimo I de Medici
Located in Chicago, IL
Cameo with Double Portrait of Cosimo I de Medici and Camella Martelli
Cameo, Northern Italy, late 16th century; mount with pin 18th century and later
Gold, onyx
Weight 3.7 gr.; 14.88 mm.
Two-layered onyx cameo (white on translucent pale brown) with jugate heads facing to the right looking upwards. The male head with short curly hair, beard and moustache wears a tunic draped around his neck and shoulders. The female head in the background has her hair tied back. They are cut in the white layer of the stone with translucent pale brown background. The cameo is convex on the reverse and open-set in a pendant with plain gold collet and rounded edges. A long gold pin is attached to the pendant loop and the opposite end has a section of coiled wire
Literature:
Portraits of Roman Emperors were popular and highly fashionable during the Renaissance period, rulers would often be portrayed like their ancient counterparts, also as a double portrait with spouse, or known as jugate heads. The individual features of the couple portrayed here suggest it could be a double portrait of Cosimo I de Medici (1519-1574) at a slightly older age and his second wife Camilla Martelli, Duchess Consort of Florence (1545-1590) whom he married in 1570. Bust sculptures of Cosimo de Medici in the Galleria Uffizi by Baccio Bandinelli...
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Onyx, Gold
Jill Garber Figural Repousse' Renaissance Cherubim Bolo Tie in Sterling Silver
By Jill Garber
Located in Saginaw, MI
This exquisite, Jill Garber, sterling silver, legacy Bolo represents a child depicted as an angel from five different perspectives. The painting, originally called “A Cherub’s Head i...
Category
2010s American Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Sterling Silver
Maison Gripoix for Chanel Renaissance Cross 1992 Autumn/Winter
Located in New York, NY
Maison Gripoix for Chanel Renaissance cross pendant brooch from 1992 Autumn/Winter. Of ruby and emerald poured glass enamel round and rectangular cabochons. Set in gilded bronze with handmade baroque nacre Maison Gripoix pearls.
Worn in a ruby color way by Linda Evangelista in the CHANEL 1992...
Category
1990s French Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze, Enamel, Gilt Metal
Maison Gripoix for Chanel Renaissance Style Earrings
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Maison Gripoix for Chanel classic Renaissance style earrings with ruby and emerald poured glass enamel and handmade faux baroque pearl. Set...
Category
1990s French Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze, Enamel, Gilt Metal
Diamond Ring 0.41 Carats Florentine Style
By Tamir
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
18K yellow and white gold diamond ring set with a total of 0.41 carats, completely hand engraved in the traditional Florentine s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Diamond Rings, Luxury Watches and Other Antique and Vintage Fine Jewelry and Estate Jewelry on 1stDibs
Our love for diamond rings, luxury watches and other antique and vintage fine jewelry and estate jewelry goes back thousands of years.
Jewelry has long been a symbol of spiritual strength, wealth or power and, of course, a means of personal expression. While materials and processes employed by the world’s most popular jewelry houses — Tiffany & Co., Cartier, BVLGARI and others — have evolved over time, humans still gravitate toward many of the same accessories that our ancestors wore.
Ancient Egyptians were often hard at work designing jewelry and adorning themselves with an array of necklaces, rings and other items, and nearly every Egyptian, rich or poor, was buried with some kind of jewelry. When King Tut’s burial chamber was excavated, it revealed a sense of style that inspired Art Deco jewelry designs.
Brooches and pins remain essentials in our jewelry boxes, although we no longer require them to fasten our garments, as was once their primary use. Rings, which have always been signifiers of eternity, still serve as romantic gifts and tokens of affection. Engagement rings are still widely recognized as symbols of love and commitment — and as it can be difficult to choose the right one, explore our buying guides for a close look at antique engagement rings, Art Deco engagement rings and vintage engagement rings. [Fun fact: It wasn’t until the 14th century that we learned how to effectively cut diamonds, a critical step in revealing the stone’s brilliance.]
Hoop earrings are imbued with symbolism and cultural significance for many, and on view in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Ancient Near Eastern Art Gallery is a pair of simple gold hoops from Mesopotamia dating to between 2600 and 2500 B.C. We’ve even created our own new, sacred symbols — the Cartier Love bracelet, for example, with its distinctive locking mechanism, is an understated and modernist symbol of love’s promise (with its own captivating history to boot). And, crafted by French jeweler Jacques Arpels of Van Cleef & Arpels, the Magic Alhambra necklace channels luck for the wearer with its universally adored design, which is informed by four-leaf clovers, a plant synonymous with good fortune.
Whether it’s our sentimental charm jewelry, costume jewelry, chunky retro bracelets or minimalist earrings created by the likes of contemporary designers WHITE/SPACE and Agmes, luxurious jewels can elevate any outfit, regardless of your personal style.
Find a wide-ranging collection of authentic antique, new and vintage jewelry today on 1stDibs.
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