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Egyptian Revival Scarab Bracelet by Watherston & Son

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  • Louis Tiffany at Tiffany & Co. Favrile Glass Scarab Brooch
    By Louis Comfort Tiffany
    Located in New York, NY
    This Louis Tiffany brooch dating from circa 1909 is composed of favrile glass scarabs and gold. The oval form is bezel-set with 10 glass scarabs with iridescent blue, indigo and green tones, within a delicate wire mount highlighted by gold spherules. A rare and collectible Louis Tiffany brooch of unusual materials, this brooch represents a classic innovation of the artist in the early to middle period of his work in the medium, when he was most engaged in the creation of experimental jewelry. Product Details: Item #: BO-21184 Artist: Louis Comfort Tiffany for Tiffany & Co. Country: United States Circa: 1909 Dimensions: 1.75" length, 3" width Materials: Favrile Glass; Gold; With signed box Signed: Tiffany & Co., with scratched number, possibly A7820 Literature: Jewelry dating from the period 1909-1914 featuring iridescent glass scarabs is pictured in: Janet Zapata, The Jewelry and Enamels of Louis Comfort Tiffany, p. 103-105 Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes: With their combination of simple naturalism and powerful symbolism of resurrection, favrile glass scarabs represent an important motif and medium in Louis Tiffany's work. In his decades-long career of experimentation in creating precious artistic objects, Tiffany drew inspiration across many cultures and media, with nature as his touchstone. Tiffany had an intense interest in Egyptian art and collected a number of ancient scarabs...
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  • Archaeological Revival Fibula Brooch
    Located in New York, NY
    Composed of 18K gold, this antique archaeological revival brooch in the form of a fibula dates from circa 1870. Elaborately ornamented with appl...
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    Antique Late 19th Century Etruscan Revival Brooches

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  • J.R. Wood & Sons Lapis Cabochon Ring
    Located in New York, NY
    Made by the New York and San Francisco firm J.R. Wood & Sons, this streamlined late Art Deco ring dating from the 1930s is set with a lapis cabochon in bi-color gold. The elongated lapis sugarloaf...
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  • French Renaissance Revival "Holbeinesque" Demi-Parure
    Located in New York, NY
    This extravagant French Renaissance Revival "Holbeinesque" demi-parure dating from circa 1870 consists of a day/night girandole pendant earrings and a brooch, both composed of garnets, emeralds, diamonds, seed pearls, enamel and 18K gold. The day/night girandole earpendants are each designed with a shaped top centering a cabochon garnet, with detachable pendants suspending flexibly-set garnet drops and seed pearls, enhanced throughout with step-cut emeralds, old mine-cut diamonds, and black and white champlevé enamel, mounted in 18K gold. An exquisite pair of "girandoles", paired with a luxe brooch, this rare French suite in Holbeinesque taste captures the artist's vision of bold form, extravagant color and movement. Product Details: Item #: STE-21098 Country: France Circa: 1870 Dimensions: Brooch: 2.25" length x 2.00" width, Earrings: 2.00" length x 0.75" width Materials: 9 cabochon and tear-drop form garnets; 16 step-cut emeralds (approximate total weight 1.40 carats); 16 old mine-cut diamonds (approximate total weight 1.20 carats); 23 seed pearls; 18K Gold; Enamel Signed: French assay mark, unidentified maker's mark Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes: Hans Holbein the Younger, the German Renaissance painter best known for his portraits of royalty...
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    An Austro-Hungarian Etruscan Revival 18 karat gold necklace. The necklace is composed of 20 wire and bead-work embellished cones. Circa 1880's. In Italy, goldsmiths had been reviving the Etruscan Archeological-style jewelry unearthed at Pompeii and the Greek jewelry found in the Museo Bourbonico since the early years of the 19th century. Along with the Italian Etruscan Revival jewelry, archeological revival...
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  • Tiffany & Co. Black Jade "Sea Shell" Bangle Bracelet by Angela Cummings
    By Angela Cummings for Tiffany & Co.
    Located in New York, NY
    Created by Tiffany & Co. in the 1970s, this 18K gold and black jade bracelet was designed by Angela Cummings. The hinged, polished 18K gold bangle is inlaid with irregular spots of b...
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