Stone Cameo Brooch Pendant, circa 1900

Colombian Emerald and Diamond Necklace/Brooch circa 1920s GIA Certified One Emerald Cut Emerald 3.50 carats approximately GIA Certified Columbian with The Minor Treatment. [The Emerald has been in The Mounting Since It's Original Construction in The 1920's The Treatment would be Nothing More Than The Oil of The Day] Two Old European Cut Diamonds weighing 1.65 carats approximately [GH VS2 - SI1] Two Old European Cut Diamonds weighing 1.25 carats approximately [GH VVS-VS] Exceptional Quality Throughout Platinum Diamond Chain...

Art Deco Diamond and Platinum Necklace and Brooch Combination Circa 1930's Thirty Round Brilliant Cut Diamonds Weighing 1.15 Carats...

Welcome to the fifties! A floral handmade platinum and diamond brooch. Weighing in with a total diamond weight of 8.85 carats of round brilliant cuts and baggettes approximately. Al...

18k Diamond Bow Brooch circa 1950's in yellow and white gold Fourteen round brilliant cut diamonds contained in the delightful bow style brooch ...

19th century oval brooch-pendant decorated with a cameo depicting a young woman in Renaissance taste. Gold openwork mounts, heightened with pearls. 1...

A Victorian hardstone cameo brooch pendant with blue enamel and pearl surround, the hardstone cameo depicting a female face in the Roman style s...

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. Detachable 18ct brooch...

- 14K. yellow gold brooch / pendant with a shell cameo "Madonna with flower hair" - Dimensions: 52 x 44 x 6 mm - Weight: 25.20 grams - Germany ca 1930