Richard & Becker Gold Art Nouveau Pendant/Brooch

A spectacular 1960s David Webb brooch in platinum and 18K gold formed as a swirl of ribbon with one side ribbed and the other set with sparkling diamonds. Wear on dress or jacket, as...

A charming and elegant figural brooch by the renown Viennese firm of Paltscho. A fine 18K gold representation of a cherub in flight, offering a ruby and diamond set flower in one hand, and a natural red coral heart in the other. Inspired by a Victorian Valentines card...

A large scale 18K gold Art Nouveau ring, of beautifully sculpted draped nudes revealing themselves, and crowned by a lively 10 mm opal, suit...

We offer this perfectly beautiful American Art Nouveau locket of 14K gold with edge engraved flowers and flourishes framing a 3-dimensional female image with diamond earring and enam...

A custom made "Bird of Paradise" brooch of 18kt gold, with cabochon ruby eyes = .10 carats, the head and back set with 80 yellow diamonds = 1.75 carats, the breast paved with 34 bril...

A beautifully hand crafted Victorian pendant/brooch and earring suite in Etruscan style, made of 18K yellow gold and natural Mediterranean coral. Maintained in original state in its ...

Brooch in 18 karat yellow gold, eagle's head hallmark. Superb brooch, Art Nouveau style, it represents a branch of mistletoe, the leaves of which are set with rose- cut diamonds, under which is a young woman, her hair loose and tied by a link set with rose- cut diamonds. The letter "B" is engraved on the front. The clasp of this antique brooch is a pin. The brooch is engraved on the back: "Déposé". From Becker french designer. Diameter: 3 cm, thickness: about 2 mm. Total weight of the jewel: around 14.5 g. Authentic antique jewel - French work from the 1890s. Our opinion: A massive brooch...

Vintage art nouveau circa 1900s Profile of a women brooch pin. Lovely lady in a bonnet. You can attach a chain to the back to wear as a pendant. Crafted i...

Golden Art Nouveau Brooch of most elegant appearance, looking like stylized flower's blossoms attached to framework having three-cornered & reticulated form type. Covered with var...

Stunning necklace made of 18k yellow gold and jade. Measurements: 28 1/2" x 3/4" (72 x 2 cm); pendant/brooch 2 7/8" x 2 1/2" (7.3 x 6.4 cm). Weight 241.7 grams. It comes apart and ca...

A yellow gold and platinum necklace composed of a horizontal openwork oval pendant with a central urn decorated in stripes of green plique-a-jour enamel and bordered with single rows...

18ct gold & silver set Art Nouveau Diamond Opal Pendant/Brooch dated circa 1900 Five round opals with an articulated pear shaped opal drop, very well matched with lively play of colours and iridescence in reds, greens, blues and gold. Set in 18 carat yellow gold claw collets Two main transitional cut (old mine) diamonds 0.70ct. Mix of old mine and rose cut diamonds in an 18 carat yellow gold with “silver Set” channel setting , approx 1 ct total. G/H/I, VS2-SI2. Total diamond weight: approx 1.7carats Setting diamonds in gold with a thin layer of silver, “silver set”, was a technique used in the Georgian/Victorian/Art Nouveau period as white coloured gold and platinum were not yet available. A very thin layer of silver was applied to the gold, on which the diamonds were set, to show them off to their best advantage (as the yellow would reflect and distort the white colour of the diamonds). The Art Nouveau period was a short lived but worldwide movement which reached its peak at the end of the 19th Century and the first decade of the 20th Century. It had its roots in the Pre Raphaelite and Arts and Crafts movements in Britain in the 1860’s. Artists, such as William Morris, took their inspiration from the flora and fauna of nature and rejected the mass industrialisation and mechanisation of the Victorian age. Art Nouveau continued with this theme and has a distinctive appearance with soft, curved shapes and lines and often depicted natural designs such as flowers, birds and the female form. Before the Art Nouveau period, the emphasis had been to design pieces with an emphasis on gem stones, diamonds, rubies emeralds etc. However, during the Art Nouveau period, jewellers adopted the idea of using other semi–precious stones “from nature” such as agate, garnet opal, moonstone, aquamarine and experimented with a wide variety of new techniques e.g. enamelling. The “New Art” style became a worldwide movement encompassing all disciplines of the arts, and world class artists as far afield as Gaudi with his “modernisme” architecture in Spain, Louis Comfort Tiffany in New York with objects, Galle Glass in France and the Liberty & Co Archibald Knox designs in Britain, Jugendstil in Northern Europe and Faberge in Russia. The movement flared brightly but briefly and by 1910 it was already going out of style to be replaced by Art Deco. In fitted period box. Detachable 18ct brooch...