Mixed Metal Jewelry

Vintage Vo Gold Tone Matte Cuff Circa 1980s. A cuff like this never goes out of style. There is a hinge to open on one side for easier on/off access. The bottom side has a deeper r...

About Flexible bracelet consisting of 4 marbled plastic parts, finely set in fine metal work; USA 1980s Measurement Length 19 cm Width 5 cm Deep 1 cm Features - 4 moving...

This is a stunning Art Deco marcasite cocktail watch by Premex. The rectangular face has gold numbers and hands which add an extra touch of class to the watch. The strap and case are silver plated and in excellent condition with no missing marcasite's. The strap has an internal circumference of 16 cm so will fit a wrist up to about 15.5 cm in circumference. It has a good clasp with the added security of a little clasp on the side of the strap and a safety chain. Fully working and keeping good time having had a light service. A gorgeous Art Deco cocktail watch...

Vintage French Diamante Faux Double Pearl Long Necklace. Blue cabochons surrounded by crystals make up the two clasps that are then joined by two long rows of faux double knotted he...

Early Mazer clip brooch with pink, green and rhinestones. Rodium plated metal and gold plated the flower. Comes from the USA 1940s, signed on the back. There are 2 small safety pins ...

Vintage Diamante Large Rose Cuff Clamper Bracelet Circa 1990s. This is a statement piece. You can wear a black dress and this and you are ready. You can elevate a black blazer jean...

A beautifully designed, historic Bishop’s ring consisting of blended metals. Great craftsmanship throughout the ring, decorated on all four sides with high relief designs. The engraved lid hinges to reveal a secret compartment at the top, (often termed a Poison Ring) which is lined with red velvet.. This papal ring...

Vintage Edouard Rambaud Gold Necklace with Crystals. Has round discs that look like suns or sunflowers with a crystal in each one. They are each signed underneath. Necklace is 17" ...

Vintage Fendi Gold Tone and Blue Cabochon Toggle Necklace. A substantial Necklace from the 1980s that has oval discs of gold with blue cabochons that are shiny and has a sphere with a wheat pattern...

The eight diamond cluster earrings have a total of sixteen diamonds all set in 14 karat solid gold. There is a 14 karat white gold center and a 14 karat yellow gold textured edge wit...

Vintage Maison Goossens Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Tone Rounded Heavy Bracelet Cuff. Rounded and Wider in the Front. Has Pink and Blue Crystals. Spectacular! Will fit 7"-8"

Vintage Monet Bouclais Collar Necklace. This is a very special piece from Monet and always looks relevant. This collar just turns magical when you put it on as you can see from the video below. This looks great on a tshirt or wearing it for black tie. The last photo below also shows this against the Schiaparelli Gold...

Keep Calm and Wear Pearls Freeform white Baroque Pearls create this handmade choker necklace. Each pearl is separated by gold washed lava rock to give the entire necklace an extra s...

Vintage Dior Gold Choker Necklace with Dangling Balls Circa 2000. This necklace is so chic. All gold balls dangle except for three silver bells. I ...

Vintage Trifari Diamante Baguette and Round Earrings Circa 1950s. These are made with a bridge of the baguettes going over the rounds and making a 3d look built up. The earrings are marked pat pend...

Maison Gripoix Vintage White and Light Purple Dangling Earrings. These will always be in style. The Chanel look has never left. It is classic and timeless and says class. It is an elevated look. No matter what you wear these will look right. A Chanel suit or jeans and a white t shirt with a blazer. You look stunning and done. These are all you need. Clip on. This look will always walk down the Chanel runway in one form or another. I will send you velcro dots to hold them on and you can do cartwheels in these earrings. The models in Paris wear them and you can easily go 20 hours. Just remind me. Guy de Maupassant wrote a famous story about a necklace. The story is about a young, pretty, intelligent, well educated but poorly endowed bride who has to marry a petty official; and thus suffering from the limitations of living a life with a husband that lacked any exquisite qualities. In order to entertain his dejected spouse, one day her husband gets an invitation to a ball and gives his wife 400 francs he had saved for a hunting rifle so that she would be able to order an appropriate dress. However, when the dress is ready it becomes clear that it is lacking jewelry; and it would be impossible to attend the ball while looking so poor. The protagonist approaches her rich childhood friend with whom she was raised together at the monastery and borrows a diamond necklace from her. The ball is a great success and she is the centre of attention. However when the woman returns home, she discovers that she has lost the necklace. In order to conceal her faux pas from her friend, she buys a new necklace identical to the one she lost, and to pay it off the woman gets into a huge debt which over the years gradually drags her down the social ladder from bourgeoisie to poverty. Ten years later, having lost her good looks, the woman encounters her friend on the Champs Elysees, who still looks young, beautiful and rich. The protagonist reveals to her friend the whole story about the necklace, but her friend replies in amazement that the diamonds were fake and would “cost 500 francs at most”. Maison Gripoix starts out with a dramatic story. In 1869 (or a year earlier, according to other sources), Paris master glass-maker Augustina Gripoix began making replicas of pearls and crystals; casting glass into different shapes and colours and inserting them into most sophisticated settings. She used the pâte de verre (glass paste) technique, whereby a traditional ceramic or qypsum form was filled with a multi-colour pieces of glass and special gluing substances and then baked in a furnace, resulting in objects featuring fantastical hues. Only Augustina made her crystals by pouring the melted glass paste into the press moulds skipping the furnace step, allowing her to achieve the purity of colour, transparency and shine. She found a simple method to make beautiful jewelry and thus Marquises, Duchesses and Princesses qued up ... so Madame Gripoix would make them replicas of their own jewelry in case of robbery or loss, or some unusual jewelry pieces for their new wraps, neckpieces, or boas. The so-called ‘costume jewelry’ emerged to a large extent thanks to the work of Maison Gripoix. Augustina Gripoix earned her fame in the 1890’s when she started making necklaces for Sarah Bernhardt to wear on stage; and later the costume jewelry for the first high fashion house of Charles Frederick Worth. Later on, Paul Poiret, the leading couturier of the 1910’s contacted her and she created sophisticated oriental style jewelry for him to match his famous oriental costumes based on the aesthetic of Diaghilev’s initial Russian seasons. The value of costume jewelry was now being recognized in its own right; and not just for imitation purposes. The taste of emancipated young girls, who were gaining more and more freedom and opportunities, was best met with bijouterie. So in the 1920, when Augustina’s daughter Susan became the head of the House; Gripoix prospects became even more exciting. Girls with short-cropped hair in short dresses zoomed by in open-top cars wearing bijou rather than diamonds. Everyone ordered bijouterie from Madam Gripoix during this period, from Jeanne Lanvin to Jean Piguet, but certainly the best relationship Gripoix had was with Gabriel Chanel. It is well-known that Chanel, a fan of large jewelry with large stones, made bijouterie super fashionable. Chanel brought copies of byzantine jewelry to Susanne Gripoix; and asked her to make the pieces in that same style, requesting: “Let everyone think that this jewelry is not new, but found somewhere on an excavation site nearby Rue Camborne”. She was so satisfied with the result of her order that she remained a faithful client of Gripoix for several decades. This was how the famous byzantine style of Chanel jewelry was brought to life, fancying golden Maltese crosses with large multicolor stones and matching bracelets; cabochons and massive brooches all of which have become a part of the Gripoix Chanel liked to combine both natural and imitation stones in one item, for example she would combine natural and imitation pearls in one necklace. Gripoix made them in such a way that it was impossible to tell the difference between the either of them. Susanne Gripoix made special irregular shape pearls from glass for Chanel; imitating the baroque pearls. They were enameled in her workshops with mother-of-pearl to obtain some of the soft shine characteristic of natural pearls . As the main Paris supplier to the couturier houses, Gripoix worked for many designers: from Cristobal Balenciaga, Pierre Balmain and Christian Dior to Yves Saint Laurent; and later for Christian Lacroix and Marc Jacobs. However it was the cooperation with Chanel that was the most significant, both for Chanel and for Gripoix. Today Gripoix is no longer a family affair/company but the House still makes jewelry, although the style has changed considerably over the last few years. The jewelry has become simpler, more graphical and even minimalistic. In 2011, however, Gripoix and Catherine Baba...

A Chic unique all the time earring. Tiffany & Co. weaves black jade and hematite with 18k gold, sterling silver and copper to create wearable art. 7/8's of an inch in size.

The twist of these hoop earrings is so clever using 14 karat white and 14 karat yellow gold. The earrings have a hinged clasp that is very easy to put on and makes for a classic pair...

These clever mixed metal earrings look great for any occasion! The were made in Italy out of a combination of 14 karat yellow gold, white gold, and rose gold herringbone chain. The e...

A very fine signed Modernist gold and sapphire cocktail ring. By Cary Stefani and the Mettal Studios Inc. In 18 karat yellow and 14 karat white golds. Prong set with a smooth, marquee-shaped pink sapphire cabochon. The Mettal Studios Inc. became Stefani & Co., an award winning metalwork and jewelry design studio in Birmingham, Michigan. Simply an elegant signed Artisan...

Vintage Boucher Bug Brooch Circa 1960s. The photos don't do this justice. The body is pave and the wings appear to be green irridescent mother of pearl. The eyes are red crystals se...

Vintage French Gold with Green and Dangling Faux Peal Earrings Circa 1980s. These earrings are completely in the style of Chanel and so well made. The Green faceted stone is surrounded by a quilted darker gold tone like the house of Chanel...

Vintage Diamante Fringe Dangling Waterfall Earrings. Looks great with a t shirt or for a night out. Clip On. These look so fun and so chic for the holidays or even for lunch out during the next few months. Throw on a white shirt, jeans and a black jacket and you're ready to go. Dazzle them. Easy and comfortable to wear. I can send you some velcro dots to wear and they will stay on for hours comfortably. You can go to the gym...

Vintage Prevost Gold Tone 4 strand Choker Necklace with Dangling Maltese Cross. There are 4 heavy link chains that make this necklace up with a p...

An unusual and beautiful Table Cut diamond cross from the Georgian (ca1790s) era! Crafted in 15kt yellow gold and topped in sterling silver, this rare cross...

Collectible Augustine Gold Tone Pink Flower Pate De Verre Necklace Free form flower sits on the middle of three rows of faux pearls, larger and...

Vintage Miriam Haskell Dangling Black Beaded Diamante Bracelet. This is unsigned early Haskell. It is from the 1940s and it is very unusual. I...

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Sun Earrings. These are iconic and classic earrings. When you wear them you make a style statement that is chic...

A fine Art Deco mixed metals vase. From the La Pierre Manufacturing Company's 'Babylonian' line. In sterling silver and copper. Consisting of a copper body with a wide sterling s...

Vintage Alfred Phillipe Trifari Flower Brooch Pat Pend Circa 1951. This brooch is so magnificent. It looks like fine jewelry and is preserved so...

Vintage Gripoix Translucent Earrings with Pieces Of Gold. Dangling Earrings With Pieces of Gold and Stones. Long Necklace/Sautoir on Site to Match. So Gorgeous! This matches the necklace and sometimes when a set is matched it is magical and this translucent dangling pate de verre is one of them. Clip On. Guy de Maupassant wrote a famous story about a necklace. The story is about a young, pretty, intelligent, well educated but poorly endowed bride who has to marry a petty official; and thus suffering from the limitations of living a life with a husband that lacked any exquisite qualities. In order to entertain his dejected spouse, one day her husband gets an invitation to a ball and gives his wife 400 francs he had saved for a hunting rifle so that she would be able to order an appropriate dress. However, when the dress is ready it becomes clear that it is lacking jewelry; and it would be impossible to attend the ball while looking so poor. The protagonist approaches her rich childhood friend with whom she was raised together at the monastery and borrows a diamond necklace from her. The ball is a great success and she is the centre of attention. However when the woman returns home, she discovers that she has lost the necklace. In order to conceal her faux pas from her friend, she buys a new necklace identical to the one she lost, and to pay it off the woman gets into a huge debt which over the years gradually drags her down the social ladder from bourgeoisie to poverty. Ten years later, having lost her good looks, the woman encounters her friend on the Champs Elysees, who still looks young, beautiful and rich. The protagonist reveals to her friend the whole story about the necklace, but her friend replies in amazement that the diamonds were fake and would “cost 500 francs at most”. Maison Gripoix starts out with a dramatic story. In 1869 (or a year earlier, according to other sources), Paris master glass-maker Augustina Gripoix began making replicas of pearls and crystals; casting glass into different shapes and colours and inserting them into most sophisticated settings. She used the pâte de verre (glass paste) technique, whereby a traditional ceramic or qypsum form was filled with a multi-colour pieces of glass and special gluing substances and then baked in a furnace, resulting in objects featuring fantastical hues. Only Augustina made her crystals by pouring the melted glass paste into the press moulds skipping the furnace step, allowing her to achieve the purity of colour, transparency and shine. She found a simple method to make beautiful jewelry and thus Marquises, Duchesses and Princesses qued up ... so Madame Gripoix would make them replicas of their own jewelry in case of robbery or loss, or some unusual jewelry pieces for their new wraps, neckpieces, or boas. The so-called ‘costume jewelry’ emerged to a large extent thanks to the work of Maison Gripoix. Augustina Gripoix earned her fame in the 1890’s when she started making necklaces for Sarah Bernhardt to wear on stage; and later the costume jewelry for the first high fashion house of Charles Frederick Worth. Later on, Paul Poiret, the leading couturier of the 1910’s contacted her and she created sophisticated oriental style jewelry for him to match his famous oriental costumes based on the aesthetic of Diaghilev’s initial Russian seasons. The value of costume jewelry was now being recognized in its own right; and not just for imitation purposes. The taste of emancipated young girls, who were gaining more and more freedom and opportunities, was best met with bijouterie. So in the 1920, when Augustina’s daughter Susan became the head of the House; Gripoix prospects became even more exciting. Girls with short-cropped hair in short dresses zoomed by in open-top cars wearing bijou rather than diamonds. Everyone ordered bijouterie from Madam Gripoix during this period, from Jeanne Lanvin to Jean Piguet...

Vintage Gold Tone Citrine and Diamante Earrings Circa 1980's. These are well made and substantial earrings They have a layered effect as the diamante is surrounded by the gold as wel...

Vintage Scherrer Two Ball Bracelet Circa 1980s. Rigid Bracelet with two balls that have black stones and an opening make up this chic bracelet. The ba...

One-of-a-Kind Empress Ring hand-fabricated by award-winning jewelry designer Pamela Froman in her signature "crushed" 18k yellow gold and 18k white gold featuring a spectacular 17.73...

Vintage Christian Lacroix Gold Tone Dangling Ball Earring with 2 Bars of Metal that can be Manipulated with Ball attached at End. So Lacroix! The...

Vintage Diamante Leaf with Pave and Blue Baguette Brooch Circa 1960s. The brooch is made of pave with a line of light blue baguettes running through it....

Vintage Gold and Crystal Domed Large Brooch Circa 1980s. Intricate Gold design work shows baguettes and oval stones sitting on top in a star like pattern. Looks great as a brooch but also on a silk cord or a thick gold link chain or a black lariat. All of them I have. The silk black cord...

Long elegant necklace of Prehnite and blue Agate. This unique 24 inch necklace of square tablets of glowing green Prehnite combined with highly polished 10 MM dyed blue Agate is a de...

Vintage D'orlan Gold Starburst with Blue Diamante Earrings Circa 1980s. These earrings look so chic due to its juxtaposition with the gold and then the blue set in silver tone metal ...

Vintage D'orlan Gold Starburst with Blue diamante set in Silver Circa 1980s. This brooch looks so chic due to its juxtaposition with the gold and then the blue set in silver tone met...

Vintage Christian Dior Boutique Gold Tone Butterfly Earrings With Diamante. These can also be clipped at the side of the ear for a very different look. The Butterflies look like they are Creepers. Clip On. One of the most well made and gorgeous earrings in the collection. Beautiful just to even look. If you remind me I will send velcro dots which will allow you to do cartwheels and wear them for hours. Trick of the trade from the models in Paris. Velcro dots from amazon that allow all clip...

Own the jewelry you desire Elegant necklace of glistening Black Onyx (12MM) and iridescent White free form Pearls with gold tone accents. This unique 18 inch necklace is perfect fo...

Vintage Les Bernard Fringe Rhinestone Earrings. Classic Wide Waterfall Earrings. Clip On. When you need a rhinestone earring that makes a statemen...

One of a Kind Necklace hand-fabricated by Kothari Designs showcasing an absolutely astonishing 2.5 inch wide natural fossilized coral, distinctly inlaid with assorted fiery orange and white Mexican fire...

Vintage Donald Stannard Rams Head Bracelet in Silver and Gold Tone. Classic Rams head bracelet that due to its colors will match with anything. On spring accordian in the middle of t...

Vintage Unsigned Long Dangling Pearl and Rhinestone Bow Earring. 6" L. This could easily be shortened by a jeweler to about 4.5" easily. Pierced and...

Vintage Edouard Rambaud Gold Earrings with Pink Crystals Circa 1980s. These look like suns that have pink crystals in the middle. They are so well made. There is a bracelet to matc...

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Flower with Red Center Earrings Circa 1980s. These will never go out of style and everyone will know what you are wearing. To me these always repr...

One of a Kind Long Drop Earrings by award-winning maker Lola Brooks, hand-fabricated in signature-finished 22k yellow gold featuring a magnificent matched pair of rare Australian ult...

Vintage Art Deco Pave and Blue Baguette Link Bracelet Circa 1940s. This bracelet has small columns of pave as vertical links and are topped by blue baguettes on the top and the bottom. This is such an unusual bracelet and so stunning and well made. Hard to find things that are as well made as this anymore. I would have no problem stacking my real art deco diamond bracelets...

Vintage Gold Tone Solid Heart on Link Toggle Chain Necklace. 35" L Chain with the heart is 37.5" The heart is 1.25" W. Can be worn long or doubl...

Diamond Ring 14K White and Rose Gold 2.60 TDW Cluster Cocktail This estate ring is crafted in solid 14K White Gold and Rose gold for accents (carefully tested and guaranteed). The r...

Vintage Unsigned Claire Deve Gold Tone Long Dangling Earrings. Has Rose Colored Rhinestones and Gold Tone Colored Beads with a Faux Pearl dangling at the end. Lots of dangling Gold ...

Early nineteenth century English Georgian paste stickpin with a pear shaped amethyst stone. Originally gentlemen wore these stickpins to hold their cravats in place. Today it is fu...

Vintage Gold Tone Diamante Long Dangling Earrings with Rondelles. These remind me of something Lacroix would design. A hoop hanging from a round which then has rondelles. Unusual as ...

Vintage Trifari Basket Brooch Circa 1937. The markings date this from 1937 to 1955. The basket is made of baguettes and the flowers are made of pear sha...

Vintage deLillo Gold Tone Bracelet with Red Cabochons, Crystals Faux Turquoise. This looks like fine Jewelry. Hard to believe it is from the 1970s. Now this is what I call one of...

Vintage Isaky Gold Tone Dangling Free Form Earrings Circa 1980s. French costume jewelry just has an edge. It just does. These earrings are so stun...