Couture 1939-50 SchiaparelliSchlumbergerStyle GlassBeads ProngSetCrystal 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...

With the Coro signature "script-no-angle" since 1919 and "PAT.PEND.", this Art Deco vermeil lady-bug beetle brooch features a red enameled face and mixed-cut bezel-set red and blue c...

This amuletic centuries-old French copper alloy or bronze pendant cages a dozen 7mm-round rose-cut rock crystals with wide uncut girdles and deep 12-facet pavilions, which are tightly set within a transparent four-ring metal frame overlap at the same angle in a sparkling single row. As a perk of its antique 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 mid-century modern sterling silver openwork stylized-leaves set of brooch and screw-back earrings was handcrafted by metalsmith Otto Robert Bade (1921-2019), whose distinct work...

In the 1940s, Trifari's French-born artistic director Alfred Philippe, who had created fine jewelry for Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels in the 1920s, designed this patent-pending flor...

This early 16th-Century Renaissance silver repousse round medallion pendant features in high relief a romantic cheek-to-cheek and hand-in-hand encounter in a rural flower-field between a standing man and smiling woman wearing European-nobility fashion, including a men's feathered hat, tights and sword. A silversmith was commissioned by this unknown man to make the pendant as a hat-badge to promote an aspect of his character. In this case, the mutual attraction of a blissful adult couple. As there is a church in the distant landscape, this may have been his wedding-engagement announcement. It's worth noting that romantic love via marriage was a rarity before the 18th Century. The tragic romantic Italian legend of Romeo and Juliet was first translated into English for publication in 1562--several decades before Shakespeare turned it into a famous play about a deadly consequence of separating lovers. The pendant medallion is framed with a filigree-like inward-curving bezel and a flat metal backplate, while its bail is wide enough to be strung with a ring-clasp necklace or pin to be worn as a brooch. A perfect engagement or wedding-shower gift for a man or woman who loves antique...

A Cartier signed Diamond Brooch, circa 1938, approx. 10ct of Diamonds; Bigger Diamond estimated circa 1,20ct, total Weight 28,17gr, Length: 5cm, Width: 4cm.

Gemolithos, Jade, Coral, enamel and diamond brooch, ca. 1900s L: 6.8cm, weight: 33.27gr

GEMOLITHOS Ladybird Coral, Onyx & Diamond Brooch 18K Gold.

A chic 1960’s Harry Winston 'Rose of England' brooch in platinum; designed as a stylized rose blossom with three layers of curved diamond petals and a central cluster of variously si...

Coral cabochons, circular-cut amethysts, and diamonds signed Van Cleef & Arpels. Brooch approx. 7.0 cm and ear clips approx. 3.4 cm circa 1970s French marks

Cartier London Vintage 1950s Pair Of Diamond Emerald cut emerald floral Pins measures approx. 1.75" in length by 1.5" in width Stamped " Cartier" & "London"