ArtDeco Coro 1919 "PatPend" LadyBug Enamel FauxGem Vermeil Brooch

Made in 1962 by Swedish Rune Tennesmed, this modern minimal sterling silver geometric brooch features a faux ruby poured-glass red cabochon, concave sheet metal, and openwork that forms two corners of the two-tier triangular brooch. This simple abstract design is characteristic of the rounded geometric shapes that framed his silvery pieces, while his early work sometimes included a pop of brightly colored glass. Tennesmed (1929-2011) was a 20th-century studio metalsmith, who changed his given name Carlsson to reflect his craft and his business name, which means "pewtersmith" in Swedish. This unusually elegant and sleek piece was made for Scandinavian Atelie Stigbert, which was recognized for producing modern jewelry designs in sterling silver and gold. The brooch was likely commissioned by the Stigbert workshop founder Stig Engelbert who died in 1962, before his artisan sons evolved the family business to be known as Engelbert. Recognized as one of the most significant and popular Scandinavian artists of the mid-20th century, Tennesmed revived ancient Viking...

Dolce & Gabbana featured silk-rose jewelry like this versatile pale-peach seven-inch-diameter accessory on many of the runway looks from the design-duo's Spring/Summer 2000 collection (see photo). The rose is a signature motif of this pair of Italian designers, while the Dolce & Gabbana brand tag is sewn to the back of this piece that was "Made in Italy" in 1999. The unusual "cufflink" hardware on the back of the faux rose enables it to be secured through a buttonhole or as a pendant for a necklace, neckerchief, or narrow belt...

This antique amuletic copper-or-bronze-alloy framed pendant cages a dozen single-cut rock crystals that each feature a table-cut decagon crown, deep pavilion, 21 facets, uncut girdle, and 7mm diameter. They are tightly set within four linked rings to overlap at the same angle in a sparkling single row. As a perk of its age, the verdigris-speckled frame that surrounds each of the four sections of three crystals enables them to reflect surprising pale-yellow-and-lime light when the pendant is viewed from certain angles. Suggesting French heritage, the Medieval Frankish culture in northern France made jewelry in similar segmented or openwork shapes of wheels or whorls, which were worn as gem-decorated disk-shaped brooches or gold-caged rock...

This modern-art mid-century brooch is a single hand-hammered sterling-silver wire that is shaped into an undulating squiggle that ends in a spiral, which forms a c-clasp for self-closure with its sharpened pin in back. The patina and abstract curvilinear three-dimensional design suggest it was created no later than the 1940s-1950s, when U.S. artists Alexander Calder and Art Smith continued to originate similar biomorphic-shape brooches with minimal like materials and tools. Calder did not sign most of his jewelry, while only early works by Smith are recognized without his signature. A triangular impression on the c-clasp may be the maker's hallmark rather than a tool mark on the 1-2mm wire, while it has not been recognized as a jeweler stamp. The secondary owner based in the Chicago area had acquired this one-of-a-kind brooch without significant provenance. Nevertheless, such vintage studio-jewelry works are increasingly collected by leading museums for their progressive designs or continuing to set auction records. While many contributions to studio-jewelry history by Black and/or gay artists have yet to be recognized, we encourage the buyer to seek authentication from the estate experts of Arthur George Smith (1917-1982). Some of the artist's designs made prior to 1946 for NYC-jeweler Winifred Mason...

This 15th-Century period or older gilt copper-alloy elaborately engraved silver amulet with niello inlay is a three-dimensional brooch and pendant, which demonstrates the epitome of ...

This antique Art-Nouveau period American metalsmithed set features intricately etched, chased, chiseled and pierced curvaceous peacocks on an organic-textured perch in unusual copper...

If your heart is true to the red, white and blue, these American Flag Cuff Links can add a "sparkling" patriotic touch to your attire! The jewels are set in 18k white gold. Represent...

We have a beautiful, elegant 18kt yellow gold Blue Lapiz cuff links set. With a beautiful round Blue Lapiz these cuff links weigh 25.6 grams and are 1" ...

A, pair of beautiful yellow gold cuff link. Crafted, in 18kt yellow gold in a beautiful high polished finish these Art Deco style cufflinks include a beautiful craftsmanship and sett...

From the prestigious Perderzani jewelry family, a beautifully made duck brooch with an oval-shaped carved sapphire body, as well as a coral beak, and feet....

This whimsical set of three mice can be worn separately or together, evoking the much loved children's nursery rhyme. Each 18K white gold mouse is encrusted with brilliant cut diamon...

Natural pearls accented by rose diamonds set in silver and topped with gold, this is an early antique stick pin circa 1860. During the 19th century and early 20th century men routinely wore stickpins in their ties. Today both men ad woman sport...