8 Carat Brooches

This antique 18k Gold Owl brooch pin, Truly captures the Beauty of the animal kingdom. handcrafted with over 18 grams of 18k gold. The eyes of this hand...

The pendant is of a typically Edwardian design, featuring foliate motifs and an exquisite bow. Artfully fabricated in 18k white gold, the enchanting gemstone is suffused with an arra...

Emerald Brooch in 18K Gold with marquise and oval cut emeralds and diamonds to add a dash of class and to update your outfit made with beautiful intricate details. This is a handmad...

14k Yellow Gold Diamond Ruby Flower Brooch by Tiffany & Co. With 3 round brilliant cut diamonds VS1 clarity, G color, total weight approximately .20ct 6 round rubies Details: Mea...

SHIPPING POLICY: No additional costs will be added to this order. Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included). Elegant fish shaped brooch/pendant ...

18 Karat White Gold Bar Pin Featuring A 10mm Gray Pearl Accented By 86 Round Diamonds Of VS/SI Clarity & G/H Color Totaling 1.00 Carat. 2 Inch Width. Finished Weight Is 9.2 Grams.

Finely detailed antique Victorian circular pendant or brooch (circa 1880s to 1900s), crafted in 14 karat rose gold. Seed pearls ranging in size from 1mm to 2.5mm. The pearls appear to be original to the piece with some graduation in color evident. Green enameled leaves...

Boulder Opal from Queensland, Australia is one of the rarest gemstones on earth. Spectacular in size, color, shape and exhibiting a full rainbow of colors, this 47.50-carat free shap...

An incredible Edwardian bow brooch with detachable natural pearl drop pendant. The 15 karat yellow gold piece is silver topped and is set with old...

An Edwardian period 15ct yellow gold opal cabochon and seed pearl pendant brooch. The pendant brooch is hallmarked with the Australian marks of the the period. It is stamped with an...

A pretty and delicate antique, Art Nouveau Opal and seed pearl pendant. It is a pretty geometric shaped pendant with an openwork design and a decorative integral drop bale, the oute...

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...