Nettie Rosenstein Sterling Sword Brooch Mounted with Faux Pearls & Rhinestones

19thc Etruscan Revival 14k Gold Brooch Set With Carved Coral and Silver Colored Seed Pearls. The pillow shaped concave sided brooch has an open-work gold wire border, the top with granulation and gold wire with filigree engraving on the gold wire in a scrolling design. The border is set with four, floral carved coral blossoms and the four corners are mounted with silver colored natural seed pearls and the sides with tapered free moving bullet shaped gold drops. Centering the brooch is a carved coral, sleeping putti. The warm burnished glow in the deep yellow gold was the result of a technique called bloomed gold. A high carat gold wash (22-24 kt), in this case over 14 kt gold. Bloomed gold is alloy deletion leaving a pure gold surface on a piece. This is a different look than gold plating as it leaves a nice frosted effect. These techniques were developed by the Etruscan's. They were master metal smiths and mined various ores including iron, tin, copper, silver, and gold and became famous for their metalworking. Italians have harvested coral...

Art Deco 3.75 Carat Diamond and Sapphire, Brooch/Pendant, in a Platinum Filigree Setting. The brooch has 16 diamonds, total weight approximately 3.75 ...

Cameo Brooch of a woman wearing a bonnet with a ribbon and a bouquet of white lilies, 1920's. Hanging from her neck is a .15 carat old mine-cut diamond set in a 14k white gold filigr...

Sterling Silver Hinged Bangle Bracelet Signed by John Millward Banks, Birmingham. Initialed "J.M.B" With Date Letter for 1885-6. The firm...

Nettie Rosenstein key brooch circa 1940s of rose gold plated sterling silver, decorated with a rhodium plated sterling Fleur de Lis motif of crys...

Nettie Rosenstein Art Deco articulated pendant clip brooch of rhodium plated sterling silver set with crystal rhinestone pave. The brooch top with a large oval faux jade cabochon whi...

Nettie Rosenstein beautifully large gilded gold vermeil hardware floral brooch detailing a 2-tier layer of petals centered with a large steel-gray "Pearl" surrounded with 16 m...

Nettie Rosenstein rose gold washed sterling silver and crystal pave heraldic badge articulated brooch. Crest is cast in sterling silver in contrast ...