Early 20th Century Etruscan Revival 14K Gold Cannetille Brooch

An antique 19th century 14 karat gold brooch created with fine filigree and cannetille work. The brooch is beautifully made, it almost gives the impression of lace or fine embroidery. These types of ornaments were part of the Dutch ear iron...

This is an antique 19th century 14 karat gold brooch created with fine cannetille work. The oval-shaped brooch is embellished with cannetille work, stars and a crown on top. The broo...

This is an antique 19th century 14 karat yellow gold tassel brooch created with fine filigree and cannetille work. The brooch is skillfully handcrafted and gives the impression of la...

An early 20th century faceted black jet briolette cannetille pendant. This pendant is created with 14 karat gold cannetille work caps at the top and...

An antique 19th century garnet brooch set in a 14 karat gold frame. The faceted garnet is surrounded by a rope motif and wire work with bead...

A magnificent pair of 14 karat gold cannetille and filigree round openwork cufflinks. These early 20th century gold cufflinks have a beautiful design with an openwork structure, deco...

A gorgeous oval shaped polished agate framed in a 14K gold setting outfitted with straight pin hardware. The agate is in earth tone shades of brown and amber orange. The intricate ...

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...

An antique gold brooch in the Etruscan Revival style comprised of a rectangular-cut amethyst "X" superimposed on a circular ornament inscribed with a doxological phrase in Greek which translates "as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be," in 18k. Ernesto Pierret...

Superb quality antique Etruscan Revival gold and cabochon garnet Greek key motif disk brooch. Centered by a substantial 16mm round deep red cabochon garnet set in a rope twist frame ...

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...

Modernist 14K (stamped 585) yellow & white gold flower brooch - set with one 9 mm creamy white cultured pearl as the flower head - bezel set marquis shaped Amethyst with a 14K white ...