Antique Edwardian Diamond Large and Impressive Brooch/Pendant, circa 1900

Antique brooch or pendant . Mr. cute little burro is vertically .89 inches (to the top of his bale), or 22.61 mm., and horizontally .994 inches or 25.25 mm. Pave with rose cut diamo...

Antique heart shaped, buff-topped natural amethysts are suspended from a platinum and rose cut diamond garland. The natural 3 amethysts are prong ...

Antique platinum and diamond brooch. This well made platinum pin possesses 62 well cut and well matched diamonds amounting to appr...

Antique Victorian demantoid garnet and diamond salamander brooch. Remarkable for a number of reasons, this salamander brooch survives today ...

Antique brooch of a horse and jockey. Well made by the English firm A&W (best know for equestrian motif enamel jewelry), this antique piece is enameled with fine detail on all sid...

Large and Exquisite Etruscan Revival pale pink hand carved conch shell cameo of Medusa, American, 1875. Set in 14K yellow gold with an acid finish or "bloom" so that the gold color is a rich but soft finish (not highly polished) which appears to be a high, 20 or 22, karat gold. This brooch/pendant is a vertical oval (denoting the 2nd half of the 19th century) measures 3-1/16 inches tall, by 2-1/8th inches wide without the 5/8 inch long pendant bale. Though unsigned or hallmarked the craftsmanship associated with the gold work in the Etruscan Revival style is nothing short of exceptional from the stylized wing and snake motifs to the perfectly shaped and spaced tiny spherical gold granulation. And, as for the carving of the pink shell cameo...

An Edwardian pearl and diamond brooch, the brooch with a diamond-set ribbon bow surmount, set to the centre with a pearl within a graduatin...

An Edwardian emerald and diamond pendant/brooch, the pear-shaped emerald, weighing approximately 2.20 carats, accompanied by GCS ...

Antique Edwardian Circa 1900 Constructed of a combination of Platinum & 18 Karat Yellow Gold (Platinum with an 18KT underbase layer) Doubling as a Pin/Brooch or a Pendant with a 17" Antique Pearl...

This amazing antique Edwardian era brooch (and pendant) contains a center round faceted, cornflower blue color natural sapphire from Sri Lanka, approximately 0.94 CTS and bezel set. ...

An Edwardian diamond openwork brooch/pendant, to the centre an old mine-cut diamond estimated to weigh 0.7 carats, within a cluster formed by fourteen ...

18ct gold & silver set Art Nouveau Diamond Opal Pendant/Brooch dated circa 1900 Five round opals with an articulated pear shaped opal drop, very well matched with lively play of colours and iridescence in reds, greens, blues and gold. Set in 18 carat yellow gold claw collets Two main transitional cut (old mine) diamonds 0.70ct. Mix of old mine and rose cut diamonds in an 18 carat yellow gold with “silver Set” channel setting , approx 1 ct total. G/H/I, VS2-SI2. Total diamond weight: approx 1.7carats Setting diamonds in gold with a thin layer of silver, “silver set”, was a technique used in the Georgian/Victorian/Art Nouveau period as white coloured gold and platinum were not yet available. A very thin layer of silver was applied to the gold, on which the diamonds were set, to show them off to their best advantage (as the yellow would reflect and distort the white colour of the diamonds). The Art Nouveau period was a short lived but worldwide movement which reached its peak at the end of the 19th Century and the first decade of the 20th Century. It had its roots in the Pre Raphaelite and Arts and Crafts movements in Britain in the 1860’s. Artists, such as William Morris, took their inspiration from the flora and fauna of nature and rejected the mass industrialisation and mechanisation of the Victorian age. Art Nouveau continued with this theme and has a distinctive appearance with soft, curved shapes and lines and often depicted natural designs such as flowers, birds and the female form. Before the Art Nouveau period, the emphasis had been to design pieces with an emphasis on gem stones, diamonds, rubies emeralds etc. However, during the Art Nouveau period, jewellers adopted the idea of using other semi–precious stones “from nature” such as agate, garnet opal, moonstone, aquamarine and experimented with a wide variety of new techniques e.g. enamelling. The “New Art” style became a worldwide movement encompassing all disciplines of the arts, and world class artists as far afield as Gaudi with his “modernisme” architecture in Spain, Louis Comfort Tiffany in New York with objects, Galle Glass in France and the Liberty & Co Archibald Knox designs in Britain, Jugendstil in Northern Europe and Faberge in Russia. The movement flared brightly but briefly and by 1910 it was already going out of style to be replaced by Art Deco. In fitted period box. Detachable 18ct brooch...