Antique Turtle Doves Grand Tour Roman Micromosaic Gold Brooch Love Token Locket

This is a rare example of an 18th century vinaigrette ring, the pierced lid opens to house a little sponge that has been soaked in perfume. The lid i...

This charming pin has been created to be presented to a loved one as a token of love and passion. The beautifully chisselled frame is decorated with flower buds. On pidgeon blue ena...

This unusual brooch features a typical Greek Grand Tour image, that of the Acropolis and the Parthenon. In an oval frame we see the cut out silver gilt image of parts of the Acropol...

This fine size Greek revival brooch with articulated pendant was made around 1870 out of red and yellow 18 karat gold. The Jewel is decorated with 9 natural pearls. The pendant, in the shape of a stylized heart, can be worn seperately, it is fitted with a hinged locket...

This wonderful Georgian gold lyre brooch is set with amethysts and has a little locket with a hinged lid. The lyre is the instrument of Apollo. In Greek an...

This exeptional link bracelet has been hand crafted in an Italien workshop in the first quarter of the nineteenth centuy. The exquisitely carved lava cameos depict motives from excav...

An antique Grand Tour 14K Gold and hand carved multi gemstones intaglio brooch. The brooch has five oval shaped medallions. Each medallion is adorned with a hand carved scene, decorated with a relief engraved border with a swirl motif. Circa: early 20th century. Weight 9.8 grams. Antique and Vintage European Gold and Hand Carved Gemstones Jewelry...

Victorian silver plate love token brooch of two tethered finely detailed turtle doves. For the Victorians there was a close association between true lovers...

Micromosaic brooch depicting a landscape, with a river flowing through trees and around rocks, a mountain in the far distance, on rectangular black glass plaque. Rome, Circa 1830.

This exquisite, one-of-a-kind antique love token brooch is a stunning example of 19th-century romantic jewelry. This is a wonderful piece dating to ...

Rare Pair of Georgian REGARD Turtle Dove Brooches, ca. 1820s A symbolic and museum-collectable example of acrostic jewels, featuring two doves, mounted with various gemstones, where the gems spell out "regard" - (R)uby (E)merald (G)arnet (A)methyst (R)uby (D)iamond. The pieces are further accentuated with fine cannetille gold work throughout. About Acrostic Jewellery and Turtle Doves In acrostic jewels the first letter of each gemstone spells out a word. Typical examples are words of endearment like "adore", "dearest" and "regard". The utterly romantic trend of acrostic jewels began in the Georgian era and flourished throughout the Victorian period. It is believed that acrostic jewelry was first created by Jean-Baptiste Mellerio of the House of Mellerio, who started designing jewels with gems that spelled out “j’adore.” Napoleon Bonaparte admired Mellario’s acrostic designs and commissioned acrostic jewels for both Empress Josephine and his second wife, Empress Marie Louise. Secret messages of love encoded in gems went perfectly with the Georgian and Victorian love of romance and symbolic meanings. These sentimental jewels would have been gifted to lovers, family members, or even treasured friends. Further to being acrostic jewels, these doves also represent love and faithfulness, because they mate for life, work together to build nests and raise their young together. They are immortalized in literary and poetic works, such as the Old Testament, and artists like Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser...

Castellani Micromosaic Brooch from the late 19th Century. Incredibly minute tesserae are hand placed to create the ornate pattern in this wonderful ...