Plique à Jour Enamel Ruby Emerald en Tremblant Flower Gold Brooch Matching Ring

Antique black enamel and seed pearl 14k gold pansy brooch that attaches to the bracelet through a tunnel that the pin goes into on the top of the gold clasp. The brooch and the 2 sp...

Adorable Martine 14k yellow gold brooch featuring a girl clown with a head and shoulders that jiggle her smiling face. She is wearing a blue dress with white polka dots with a white collar and ruby tips and green tights...

Whimsical three dimensional walking (strutting) elephant brooch made of 18k yellow gold. Highly stylized so you can see the creases around his legs and the wrinkles in his trunk. - a...

The brooch depicts a sculpted 18k gold squirrel wearing a green and white guilloché enamel sweater and red shorts. The tail is highlighted with over one carat of brilliant diamonds. This piece is marked ITALY ML 18k, but is identical to the one designed by Donald Claflin. This piece is IN THE STYLE of Donald Claflin. Donald Claflin was one of the great innovators in 20th century jewelry. He was a genius at creating designs that were at the same time whimsical and precious. Most of his pieces were executed by the firm of Carven French...

Striking peacock brooch pendant featuring a ruby, sapphire, emerald and cultured pearl colorful design. The chain necklace looks like 'Z' rectangular bars from the side. Both the p...

Dramatic 18k yellow gold filagree bow brooch pendant featuring a leaf and scroll design accented with cabochon emerald and man made faceted rubies. The back has a "c" clasp and a hook so you can wear it as a pendant / enhancer as well. The rubies are synthetic and the emerald cabochons are cracked - I believe this piece was made during World War II and they used family stones and what they could get their hands on. 3.8" across by 2.35" wide This piece is in the Byzantine Style. Below is the history of Byzantine Jewelry from Lang Antiques: Byzantine jewelry was a full continuation of the Roman traditions which were kept alive behind the high walls of the new capital, Constantinople. The Roman techniques and styles continued to form the foundation of Byzantine goldsmith‘s skills who weren’t complete copycats; some innovations such as the use of Christian iconography and further specialisation of new and old techniques occurred. Production in the old jewelry centres of Alexandria and Antioch gave way to an increased production in Constantinople. Byzantine jewelry had a huge influence on the manufacturing of personal decoration in the rest of the Medieval world. The Carolingian (start 742 AD) and the later Ottonian courts (start 962 AD) were linked to the Byzantine empire and adopted their fashion resulting in the northern European Romanesque jewelry style. In the Byzantine Empire jewelry...

A beautiful example of well done plique-ajour enamel. This beautifully crafted piece has been done in 18K yellow gold and centered with an approximately .50ct fancy yellowish green V...

A Moira design orange to yellow plique-a-jour enamel flower brooch, with a pavé set ruby centre, and diamonds set to the outer petal edges, with a millegrain edge. Mounted in gold, w...

A modern plique à jour enamel gem set dragonfly brooch, with trembling wings, with a cabochon-cut emerald set in the thorax, weighing 0.82 carats, with a surrounding cluster of eight...

A unique dragonfly brooch. It features enameled Plique-a-Jour wings, which are enamel without a backing making a “window” allowing light to pass. Adding to that are round brilliant c...

A delightful ‘en Tremblant’ brooch, c1890. Exceptionally hand-fabricated in silver topped gold, this piece centers on a freeform spray of flowers, lined in shimmering rose cut and ol...

A lovely brooch made of enameled plique-à-jour. The happy woman looks onto her darling lily-of-the-valley flowers made of 14K yellow gold. This brooch do...