Antique Scottish Agate Gold Bracelet, circa 1875

Pair of Antique 14K Pietra Dura Earrings, C.1875. Each of oval form, bezel set oval pietra dura floral white, green orange inlay colours, the surr...

Gold Pietra Dura Brooch Pin, Italy C.1875. The elongated shape, fine pietra dura floral white and green flower inlay colors, the surround gold rope ...

Vivianna Torun Bulow Hube for George Jensen, a rare Sterling Silver Necklace with reddish brown banded agate detachable pendant on collar, Denmark, C. 1975, stamped Georg Jensen in a dotted oval, Denmark, Torun, 133 pendant and 160 collar and 925S. Will fit up to 16 inch neck, pendant drop approximately 2.75 inches, width of agate 2 inches. Item Weight: 123 grams. Ref: The Jewellery Box Jens Ingvordsen P.275. Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hube know as Torun, was born 1927 in Malmo, Sweden. Torun was the first woman silversmith in the world to gain international recognition. She studied at Konstfack, the School of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, beginning in 1945 while pregnant with her first child, Pia. Eventually she married the child's father, a Danish journalism student. In 1948, Torun spent the summer in Paris meeting Picasso, Braque, Matisse, and the other great artists of the day. She married a French architect and lived in Stockholm until 1956 having a second child, a son, Claude. As early as 1952, Torun exhibited her jewelry, made both in Stockholm and France (and bearing hallmarks from each country) in Paris. In 1956 she moved to France with her third husband, Walter Coleman. She designed jewelry for among others, Billie Holiday which Holiday wore when she performed. The couple moved to Biot in the south of France. Torun produced many pieces during this period when young Swedish silversmiths would come to work in her studio, introducing her to new techniques. Torun renewed her acquaintance with Picasso who lived in the area and an exhibition of Torun jewelry...

1960’s colorful Gold and Gemstone Ring. The custom made Ring of a rectangular tutti fruti like form set with three old mine cut diamonds and a round brilli...

Scottish talent at agate carving was tradition for hundreds of years but blossomed in the Victorian age with the attachment Queen Victorian and Prince Albert felt to Scottish history...

Bracelet adorned with a curb link retaining three cabochons of green agate surrounded by links paved with rose-cut diamonds. Frame in yellow gold and silver. Safety at the clasp. Fr...

Oval clasp for a bracelet or a necklace with a miniature showing two little girls. The girls have short hair, typical for the post revolutionary fashion. The bigger child is holding ...

An antique woven gold jarretière slide bracelet designed as a buckled garter with cushion-cut ruby and rose-diamond fasteners and a scalloped terminal with black enamel Greek key dec...