Rare 19th Century Carved Cameo in Blue and White

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...

Victorian Solid 10K Pin/Brooch Open Floral Inspired and Set With Seed Pearls and Amethysts. The beautifully detailed and carved gold setting contains 7 round,...

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 ...

Ladies Art Deco 18 Karat White Gold Watch With Enamel Inlay and Carved, Filigreed Case, c1930. Patria Watch Co was a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Bien...

A gold-mounted agate cameo brooch depicting the bust of a young woman wearing a pearl necklace. Openwork gold mounts decorated with pearls and black enamel floral motives. Ancient cl...

Antique cameo on shell. Slightly curved He represents a gentleman, face and bust engraved with precision and delicacy. Height: 4.6 cm, width: 3.6 cm. Work of the second half of the 1...

The agate carved to depict the portrait of a lady in profile, to a beaded surround set with half pearls, brooch length 5.5cm. Weight: 33,22gr.

Cameo on blue-gray agate featuring a young woman looking toward the left. The artist intricately sculpted the white vein of the agate to bring the delicate profile to life. The young...