Early 20th Century Diamond Enamel 18 Karat Yellow Gold Pansy Brooch Pendant

Vintage 14k yellow gold diamond and yellow enamel pansy pin. This charming floral design features a vibrant yellow enamel finish with delicate detailing and a sparkling old European ...

This exquisite vintage leaf brooch by David Webb is crafted from 18-karat yellow gold and platinum, adorned with dazzling diamonds. The diamonds weigh approximately 8.00 carat total ...

Brooch in 18 karat yellow gold, owl hallmark. Of oval shape, it is decorated with an enamel representing the Virgin Mary carrying a child in her arms, accompanied by Christ. The fram...

An early 20th century Egyptian Revival gold brooch, depicting a vulture centred with a faïence scarab, clutching lotus pods and surmounted with a cabochon ruby, polychrome enamel decoration overall and engraved to reverse, 3.5cm wide. One arrow missing. Revival is always happening in the jewelry world. The Indiana Jones inside all of us is always enticed by the buried loot of the ancients. It’s one of the reasons Egyptian Revival jewelry is so alluring. Luckily for jewelry connoisseurs the span of history that have laid way to an aesthetic resurgence and intense interest in all things Egyptian during the last two hundred years. Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign in 1798 ignited the West’s fascination with motifs we have all come to associate with Egyptian Revival—sphinxes, pyramids, palmettes, papyrus leaves. This curiosity was further stimulated by the excitement surrounding the completion of the Suez Canal in 1869, after 10 years of construction, arousing a real revival of the Egyptian style, with jewelers specifically incorporating artifacts that were thousands of years old, faience in the shapes of falcons and scarabs, set into jewels framed by vermilion enamel and lapis lazuli. Some of the highlights in the 19th century timeline of Egyptomania include the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, displays at World’s Fairs and the moment when Cleopatra’s Needle...