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Necklaces For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: 1930s
Lapis Lazuli and Gold Necklace with Large Lapis Pendant
Located in London, GB
Bactrian culture spread across a wide area of modern-day Afghanistan and Uzbekistan and reached its zenith between 2100 and 1700 B.C. It produced many unique and distinctive objects and jewellery.
This Bactrian necklace...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Unknown Antique Necklaces
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Gold
Art Deco 1932 Convertible Pendant Brooch In Platinum With 3.97 Ctw In Diamonds
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco convertible pendant brooch with GIA certified diamond.
An statement piece, created during the American Art Deco period, back in the 1930. This beautiful convertible pend...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum
Art Deco 1930 Pendant Brooch In Platinum With 5.01 Ctw In Diamonds And Emeralds
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco convertible pendant brooch.
Beautiful piece, created during the American Art Deco period, back in the 1930. This convertible pendant-brooch, was carefully crafted with geometric patterns in solid .900/.999 platinum. The back of this brooch is fitted with a hinged horizontal bar to wear as a brooch and can be worn as a necklace pendant on a chain. It is embellished with a great selection of natural earth mined gemstones, with all the settings finished with millegrain technique. Very delicate and feminine, this brooch is a great addition to your jewelry collection.
Diamond: Mount in the center in a bezel setting, with 1 pear brilliant cut diamond of 1.13 carats, I color, SI-2 clarity. Gia Certified.
Diamond: Mount in millegrain bezel settings, with 12 marquise brilliant cut diamonds, 1.20 carats, F/G color, VS-2 clarity.
Diamonds: Mounted in French pave settings, with 73 old European round and round single cut diamonds, with a combined weight of 1.83 carats, white colorless F/G color, VS/SI clarity. The settings are finished with impeccable millegrain patterns.
Emeralds: Mount in a channel setting, with 17 French...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
Roman Bronze Coin Tiberius 18 Karat Gold Pendant 37 A.C.
Located in Firenze, IT
Roman Bronze Coin Tiberius 18kt Gold Pendant 37 A.C.
On a modern black lacquered silver chain with 18K gold clasp. (Part diameter: about 2,8cm - Chain length: 59cm).
TIBERIUS (19/08...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique Necklaces
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Bronze
Lapis and Gold Beaded Necklace, with Central Gold-Capped Black Agate
Located in London, GB
Bactrian culture spread across a wide area of modern-day Afghanistan and Uzbekistan and reached its zenith between 2100 and 1700 B.C. It produced many unique and distinctive objects ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Unknown Antique Necklaces
Materials
Agate, Lapis Lazuli, Gold
Ancient Hellenistic Turquoise Necklace with Black Banded Agate
Located in London, GB
These necklace elements come from Asia minor, a large region covering areas of modern-day Turkey, Iran and east into India. Many important civilisations inhabited this area in antiqu...
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Antique Necklaces
Materials
Turquoise, Agate, 18k Gold
Gorgeous Mint Green Loose Tourmaline Ring Gem 1.85 Carat Cushion Cut Gemstone
Located in Peshawar, PK
Gemstone Type : Tourmaline
Weight : 1.85 Carats
Dimensions : 7.2x6.6x5.5 Mm
Origin : Kunar Afghanistan
Clarity : SI
Shape: Cushion
Color: Mintgreen
Certificate: On Demand
Basically, ...
Category
Early 17th Century Afghan Arts and Crafts Antique Necklaces
Materials
Tourmaline, Chrome Tourmaline
Antique 18th Century Iberian Emerald Cabochon & Rose-Cut Diamond Pendant/Brooch
Located in OVIEDO, AS
Antique 18Th Century Iberian Emerald Cabochon & Rose-Cut Diamond Pendant/Brooch Stomacher.
Impressive 18Th Century Iberian (most probably Spanish origi...
Category
Mid-18th Century Spanish Georgian Antique Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, Silver
Marsh & Co Art Deco Steel Gold Pearl Diamond Necklace
By Marsh & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Iconic Art Deco Marsh & Co necklace, set in signature blackened steel, with gold accent links, adorned with 4.5mm pearls and approx. 0.80ctw in G/VS diamonds. The necklace is 16" lon...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, Gold, Steel
Huge Loose 141.10 Carat Natural Clear Crystal Quartz for Jewelry Making
Located in Peshawar, PK
Loose Crystal Quartz
Weight : 141.10 Carats
Dimensions : 46x25x17 Mm
Origin : Brazil
Clarity : AAA Eye Clean
Shape: Emerald
Facet: Emerald
Certificate: On Demand
Treatment: Non
Color: Colorless
Quartz crystal is a power stone that's prized as a healing stone...
Category
Early 17th Century Brazilian Arts and Crafts Antique Necklaces
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, 14k Gold, 15k Gold
Huge 197.45 Carat Natural Rubellite Tourmaline Carving Gemstone from Africa
Located in Peshawar, PK
Gemstone Type : Rubellite Tourmaline
Weight : 197.45 Carats
Dimensions : 45x45x11 Mm
Origin : Africa
Clarity : SI
Shape: Heart
Color: Pink Red
Certificate: On Demand
The rubellit...
Category
Early 17th Century Malagasy Arts and Crafts Antique Necklaces
Materials
Rubelite, Tourmaline, Base Metal
Diamond and Platinum Bow Choker Necklace, circa 1930
Located in London, GB
An Art Deco diamond set platinum bow choker, with an old-cut diamond set plaque, in the form of a bow, mounted in platinum, on a black moiré ribbon choker, with an estimated total di...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
Arts and Crafts Citrine Pendant
Located in Riverdale, NY
European Arts and Crafts Citrine Pendant from the early 20th Century, circa 1930. A large and fine oval citrine (27mm x 15mm) is set in a heavy 14k p...
Category
1930s European Arts and Crafts Vintage Necklaces
Materials
Citrine, 14k Gold
Antique Art Nouveau 16.32Ct Tourmaline and 0.35Ct Diamond Platinum Pendant
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique 16.32 carat tourmaline and 0.35 carat diamond, platinum Art Nouveau pendant; part of our diverse gemstone jewelry collections.
This stunning, fine and impressive Art Nouveau pendant has been crafted in platinum.
The pierced decorated frame displays a feature four-claw set 16.32ct baguette cut tourmaline.
The upper portion of the pendant is embellished with three individual claw set transitional modern brilliant round cut diamonds, alternating with curvilinear strands in the Art Nouveau style.
The curvilinear strands incorporate twenty-one pavé set eight-cut diamonds, graduating in size dependant on location.
The pendant suspends from a contemporary 18ct white gold 18' curb chain via a ring loop to the reverse of the setting, securing with a conventional spring-loaded bolt ring fastening.
This impressive Art Nouveau tourmaline...
Category
1930s Vintage Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Tourmaline, Platinum
Vintage Tiffany & Co. Gem Set Pearl and Gold Pendant Brooch, circa 1937
Located in London, GB
A vintage, Tiffany & Co., gem set, diamond and pearl floral circle pendant-brooch, with four clusters of three pearls, and four gem set flowers or clover leaves, each flower set with...
Category
1930s American Retro Vintage Necklaces
Materials
Amethyst, Diamond, Pearl, Peridot, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Antique Amuletic DozenRockCrystals CagedRing MedievalStyle GiltBronze Pendant
Located in Chicago, IL
This antique amuletic bronze framed pendant cages a dozen 7mm-diameter single-cut rock crystals that each feature a table-cut decagon crown, deep pavilion, 21 facets and uncut girdle, while the culets range from off-center to blunted. They are tightly set within four linked rings to overlap at the same angle in a sparkling single row. Seeming to retain a little of its original yellow-gold gilding on just the interior, the frame that surrounds each of the four sections of three crystals enables them to reflect pale-yellow-and-lime light when the pendant is viewed from certain angles.
Suggesting French heritage, the Medieval Frankish culture in northern France made jewelry in similar segmented or openwork shapes of wheels or whorls, which were worn as gem-decorated disk-shaped brooches or gold-caged rock...
Category
18th Century French Renaissance Antique Necklaces
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gilt Metal, Bronze, Copper
30.35 Carat Natural Watermelon Tourmaline Flower Carving / Carved
Located in Peshawar, PK
Bicolor Tourmaline Carved
Weight: 30.35 Carats
Dimension: 25x23x6.9 Mm
Origin: Afghanistan
Color: Green & Pink
Shape: Flower Carved
Quality: AAA
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Bicolor tourmaline is connected to ...
Category
16th Century Afghan Art Deco Antique Necklaces
Materials
Tourmaline, 18k Gold, 22k Gold
Art Deco Faceted French Jet and Rhinestone Ball Bead Necklace circa 1930s
Located in London, GB
Fabulous Art Deco faceted french jet bead necklace with rhinestone ball beads. The necklace is knotted between each bead. Measuring length ap...
Category
1930s Vintage Necklaces
Victoria Strigini: Ancient Roman Capricorn Intaglio in Brushed 18k Gold Pendant
Located in New York, NY
Victoria Strigini (b. 1991)
A contemporary 18k yellow gold pendant necklace featuring a Roman jasper intaglio from the 2nd – 3rd century AD depicting a Capricorn and two dolphins. T...
Category
15th Century and Earlier English Classical Roman Antique Necklaces
Materials
Jasper, 18k Gold
Antique 18th Century Folk Art Silver Double Arrow Heart Locket Pendant
Located in Munich, Bavaria
The hinged heart locket pierced y two arrows is closed my means of a silver pin.
Category
Early 18th Century German Baroque Antique Necklaces
Materials
Silver
20.45 Carat Natural Loose Pear Shape Citrine Gemstone Laser Cut For Jewelry
Located in Peshawar, PK
Faceted Yellow Citrine
Weight : 20.45 Carats
Dimensions : 20x15.4x12.9 Mm
Clarity : Eye Clean
Origin : Brazil
Color: Yellow
Shape: Pear
Cut: Laser
Certificate: On Demand
Month: Nove...
Category
Early 17th Century Brazilian Arts and Crafts Antique Necklaces
Materials
Citrine, 10k Gold
Art Deco Mid Blue and Clear Glass Fringe Necklace Collar
Located in London, GB
Fabulous Art Deco fringe necklace collar with classic Deco design mid blue and clear glass beads. They are interspersed with three small disc shaped fa...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Necklaces
Fred Davis Silver and Amethyst Necklace
Located in Darnestown, MD
Frederick Davis (1880 - 1961), while not the household name of William Spratling, actually preceded him in terms of bringing Mexican design to the fore.
Davis worked in Mexico City d...
Category
1930s Mexican Modernist Vintage Necklaces
Materials
Amethyst, Sterling Silver
16thCentury RockCrystal Hogback ScissorCut Silver HighRelief Scrollwork Pendant
Located in Chicago, IL
In a rare scissor cut dating to the 1500s, this centuries-old prong-set hogback rock-crystal pendant produces a fascinating play of refractions in low light. With its rectangular nar...
Category
16th Century European Renaissance Antique Necklaces
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Silver
Ancient Necklace with Figurative Pendant
Located in London, GB
An ancient Hellenistic period necklace from, 3rd-1st Century B.C., South Arabia, possinly Yemen. This remarkable necklace is composed of spherical garnet beads, interspersed alternat...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Unknown Antique Necklaces
Materials
Garnet, 18k Gold
Antique Queen Anne Paste Portrait Brooch Pendant Silver, circa 1710
Located in Kendal, GB
A rare Antique Queen Anne pendant/ brooch from the early 1700s decorated with an array of colourful old cut Paste stones dotted across an open worked Silver gallery with scrolling foliate metalwork.
A double-sided locket is held in the centre with a portrait of Queen Anne behind. It’s been hand painted by a true master of the art and kept in pristine condition behind a thick glass window.
During the reign of Queen Anne from 1702 until 1714 the country went through some historic changes with the creation of the United Kingdom and foundations laid for the 18th century’s Golden Age. This historic period is reflected in these stunning pieces of jewellery which boast the beauty and style of the time.
The piece is fitted with a loop and a newer pin with locking clasp at the back so it can be worn as a pendant or a brooch.
It’s very rare to find such splendid Queen Anne jewellery...
Category
18th Century Antique Necklaces
Materials
Silver
Vintage Art Deco Era GIA Certified Aquamarine and Old Euro Cut Diamond Necklace
Located in Miami, FL
GIA-certified Art Deco Aquamarine Necklace, a mesmerizing blend of intricate filigree platinum setting, old euro cut diamonds, and a massi...
Category
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Necklaces
Materials
Aquamarine, Diamond, Platinum
Antique Georgian Silver Over Gold Natural Emerald and Rose Cut Diamond Necklace
Located in Washington Depot, CT
Georgian Silver over Gold Diamond and Emerald Collar / Choker Necklace
This stunning necklace is from the 18th Century Georgian era. This necklace is w...
Category
18th Century Georgian Antique Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, Silver
Tetradrachm of Mithridates II Silver Coin Pendant and Emerald Necklace 22 Karat
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Ancient silver Tetradrachm of Mithridates II coin pendant necklace paired with stunning emerald beads. The impressive coin was created around 109-95 BC and still has its incredible d...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Spanish Hellenistic Antique Necklaces
Materials
Emerald, Gold, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
Natural 10.10 Carat Apple Green Loose Peridot Included Clarity from Supat Valley
Located in Peshawar, PK
Gemstone Type : Peridot
Weight : 10.10 Carats
Dimension: 12.8x12.7x8.4 Mm
Origin : Suppat Valley Pakistan
Clarity : Included
Certificate: On Demand
Color: Green
Treatment: Non
Shape...
Category
Early 17th Century Pakistani Arts and Crafts Antique Necklaces
Materials
Peridot, 10k Gold, 14k Gold, 15k Gold
Ancient Hellenistic Necklace with Banded Agate and Gold-Charm Beads
Located in London, GB
This stunning necklace dates from the Hellenistic Period. Beginning with the death of Alexander
the Great in 323 B.C., the era is renowned for its artistic efflorescence. Gold flooded into the
Eastern Mediterranean after Alexander’s conquest of Persia, and with an abundance of material to
work with, the skill of Hellenistic jewellers reached new heights of refinement and inspiration. This
piece likely dates from the Late Hellenistic period, during which jewellers made innovative use of
gemstones within elaborate gold settings.
This necklace composed of ancient elements, including 10 gold beads with hanging charms, 28 large natural polished garnet beads and a large central gold capped lozenge shaped banded agate.
From the Hellenistic period, this necklace may have originated from Greece or as far East as the Bactriana (modern day Northern Afghanistan, including parts of southwestern Tajikistan and southeastern Uzbekistan).
This necklace has been restrung and fitted with an 18ct gold S clasp.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Necklaces
Materials
Agate, Garnet, Gold, 18k Gold
14.75 Carat Natural Loose Honey Brown Citrine Laser Cut for Jewelry Making
Located in Peshawar, PK
Faceted Honey Citrine
Weight : 14.75 Carats
Dimensions : 16.4x16x10 Mm
Clarity : Eye Clean
Origin : Brazil
Color: Yellow
Shape: Cushion
Certificate: On Demand
Month: November
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The ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Brazilian Arts and Crafts Antique Necklaces
Materials
Citrine, 18k Gold, Gold-filled, Britannia Standard Silver, PVD-Coated, B...
Stunning 47.70 Carat Natural Bi Color Drilled Tourmaline Vase Carving
Located in Peshawar, PK
Bicolor Tourmaline Carved
Weight: 47.70 Carats
Dimension: 41x20.5x8.5 Mm
Origin: Africa
Color: Red & Green
Shape: Carving
Quality: AAA
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Bicolor tourmaline is connected to the heart ...
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16th Century Malagasy Aesthetic Movement Antique Necklaces
Materials
Tourmaline, Copper, Cut Steel, 10k Gold, 14k Gold, 15k Gold, 18k Gold, 2...
18th Century Grand Tour Bocca Della Verita Calcedony Intaglio Diamond Pendant
Located in New York, NY
Exceptionally rare 18th century diamond set calcedony intaglio pendant depicting the famed Roman marble Bocca della Verita, the Mouth of Truth. The eni...
Category
18th Century European Georgian Antique Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Gold, Silver
16thCentury Renaissance Ultramarine Angel GiltFiligree Crystal Medallion Pendant
Located in Chicago, IL
With artistic value as a Renaissance chiaroscuro painting with precious ultramarine lapis-lazuli pigment, this early 16th-Century period gilt-fil...
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Necklaces
Materials
Crystal, Silver, Enamel, Copper, Gold
18thCentury EnamelDoublePainting SilverFiligree SpanishRococo AprilBirth Pendant
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 18th-Century Spanish Rococo period silver-filigree double-sided pendant with dangle features miniature colorful enamel devotional paintings on both sides of a white porcelain centerpiece, which are associated with an April birth.
One side depicts a mountain landscape with a haloed richly-robed dark woman holding a lap-seated dark child and a holy orb...
Category
Early 18th Century Spanish Rococo Antique Necklaces
Materials
Silver, Enamel
5th Century BC Ancient Greek Gold Finger Ring
Located in Chicago, IL
Circa 5th century BC. This museum quality ancient Greek gold ring is roughly 2,500 years old. The matrix of the ring is engraved with a seated dog on a ch...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Necklaces
Materials
Gold
16thCentury Renaissance SilverRepousse Romantic Engagement Pendant Or HatBadge
Located in Chicago, IL
This early-16th-Century Renaissance period silver-repousse round medallion pendant features a romantic encounter in a rural landscape between a man and smiling woman wearing European-nobility fashion, including a men's feathered hat, tights and sword. A silversmith was commissioned by this unknown man to make the pendant as a hat badge to promote his affectionate nature, which is conveyed by the welcomed gestures between the adult couple, who stand cheek-to-cheek and hand-in-hand. As there is a church in the distant landscape, this may have been his wedding-engagement announcement.
It is worth noting that romantic love via marriage was a rarity before the 18th Century. The tragic romantic Italian legend of Romeo and Juliet was first translated into English for publication in 1562--several decades before Shakespeare turned it into a famous play about a deadly consequence of separating lovers.
The pendant medallion is framed with a filigree-like inward-curving bezel and a flat metal backplate, while its bail enables it to be pinned as a brooch or strung on a necklace.
A perfect engagement or wedding gift for a man or woman who loves antique...
Category
16th Century French Renaissance Antique Necklaces
Materials
Silver, Gilt Metal
1930s Multicoloured Novelty Bakelite Necklace
Located in London, GB
Impressive 1930s Bakelite necklace made up of multicoloured beads in various shades of dark green, mustard, orange, tan, red, brown and black - colours which were given food-related names such as Creamed Corn, Butterscotch, Egg Yolk, and Salmon. Each bead is reminiscent of a chess piece, with rounded lines that very much echo the art deco styles of the era.
Originally used for industrial purposes thanks to its ability to withstand heat, moulded Bakelite and its cast cousin, Catalin, made the jump to costume jewellery in the 1920s and had their heyday in the 1930s and 1940s with this necklace being one of the more decadent examples. When worn, the piece makes an impressive statement thanks to its substantial size and colourful appearance. Its generous length makes it possible to slip easily on and off overhead or it can be worn looped over. Truly a rare find which belongs in a serious collection.
Condition wise, this is verging on extraordinary given the complexity of the carving and the shear number of individuals beads. We count very close to 250 hand carved beads...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Necklaces
Dimos 18k Gold Byzantine Cross with Enamel and Sapphires
Located in Athens, GR
Byzantine era cross in 18 karat gold completely handmade decorated with granulation, round cut sapphires 1,15 carats and red enamel. On the sides of its circle there are three smalle...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Byzantine Antique Necklaces
Materials
Sapphire, Enamel, 18k Gold
Art Deco 1930 Stations Necklace Chain in Platinum 18 Natural White Round Pearls
Located in Miami, FL
Art deco stations necklace-chain with Natural Pearls.
Very handsome and delicate piece, with great eye appeal. Created at the beginnings of ...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, Natural Pearl, Platinum
Antique Art Deco Diamond Emerald Platinum Bow Brooch Pendant Necklace
Located in Miami, FL
Enhance your look with this exquisite Antique Art Deco Pendant Necklace & Brooch piece.
Style open geometric filigree bow inspired P...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
Hellenistic Gold and Agate 'Eye' Necklace
Located in London, GB
A wonderful ancient necklace, with original chain and agate 'eye' bead.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Antique Necklaces
Materials
Agate, Gold
Art Deco Silver Tone Rhinestone Faux Tortoiseshell Necklace with Drop Pendant
Located in London, GB
Beautiful Art Deco silver tone and faux tortoiseshell necklace, set with a small dome and rhinestone design (there are three domes missing), and...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Necklaces
Van Cleef & Arpels Nerval Diamond Green Chalcedony 18k Yellow Gold Necklace
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite authentic vintage Van Cleef & Arpels necklace is from the elegant Nerval collection and features a 5-petal flower crafted in 18k yellow gold and green chalcedony and p...
Category
1680s French Antique Necklaces
Materials
Chalcedony, Diamond, Yellow Gold
Antique 1.77 Carat Diamond and 14 Karat White Gold Art Deco Pendant
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A stunning, fine and impressive antique 1.77 carat diamond and 14 karat white gold and platinum set Art Deco pendant; part of our diverse antique jewellery and estate jewelry collect...
Category
1930s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Gold, Platinum
Portuguese 1930 Porto Rare Textured Long Chain in Woven 19.2kt Yellow Gold
Located in Miami, FL
A Portuguese textured chain made in the city of Porto.
Rare piece made in the city of Porto in Portugal during the art deco period, circa 1930's. This gorgeous elegant woven chain was crafted with impeccable details in solid yellow gold of 19.2 karats, with textured finish and fitted with an integrated crab lock.
Weight: 36.8 grams (23.58 Dwt).
Measures: Length of 30 inches (76.2 cm).
Hallmarks: Stamped with Portuguese control marks; the cat's head with the 800 for the assay and the guaranty of the 19.2 kt...
Category
1930s Portuguese Art Deco Vintage Necklaces
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, 22k Gold
Georgian Victorian 1830 Pendant Brooch In 18Kt Gold 4.58 Cts Rose Cut Diamonds
Located in Miami, FL
Georgian-Victorian 1840 era jeweled pendant-brooch
An antique early transitional convertible piece, made in England around the 1840's. It was designed...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
Art Deco Retro 1935 Convertible Clips 18kt Gold with 7.08ctw Diamonds & Spinels
Located in Miami, FL
Great art deco dress clips brooches.
Stunning pair of convertible dress clips brooches, created during the late art deco and the retro periods, back i...
Category
1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Spinel, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Gold, 18k Gold
Murano glass Cooper-black Italian Lampwork Necklace
Located in Wallkill, NY
A STUNNING strand of vintage Murano Glass Beads.
These Have copper, blue and cream in the oval beads and faceted black beads They run 3 faceted one oval with are capped in a gold to...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Necklaces
Trifari Enamel Flower "Rue de la Paix" Necklace, Alfred Phillipe
Located in New York, NY
Trifari Enamel Flower "Rue de la Paix" Necklace by Alfred Phillipe from the 1930's. Delicate flowers hand enameled on rhodium metal with pave rhinestone accents. Late 1930's USA.
Un...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Necklaces
Materials
Rhodium, Enamel
Rare 18th Century Georgian Diamond Gold, Silver Scarlet Pimpernel Pendant Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Extraordinary museum quality 18th Century Georgian 3 TCW diamond, silver topped rose gold transformable pendant brooch of the Scarlet Pimpernel, a flower synonymous of England, chivalry, romance, restraint and humility. The unassuming English wayside flower is symbolic of Sir Percy Blakeney, "the most British Britisher" of Baroness Orczy's first novel in a series of historical fiction which took London's West End...
Category
18th Century British Georgian Antique Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Gold, Silver
Art Deco 1930 Platinum Long Stations Chain Necklace With 1.82 Cts Round Diamonds
Located in Miami, FL
Art-Deco diamonds stations long chained necklace sautoir
A classic piece from the American art-deco period, created at the beginnings of the 1930's. It was carefully crafted in soli...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
Antique 18th Century 14k Gold Cross Crucification Natural Oriental Pearls Italy
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This pendant of Christ on the cross was cast in Italy in the last quarter of the 18th century. The cross is marked with Italian hallmarks engraved and embellished with oriental pear...
Category
1780s English Antique Necklaces
Materials
Oriental Pearl, 14k Gold
Renaissance Reliquary Pendant with Pearl and Enameling
Located in Chicago, IL
RELIQUARY PENDANT WITH PEARL
Spain or Spanish Netherlands, c. 1620
Gold, rock crystal, enamel, pearl, bone relics
Weight 12.9 grams; dimensions 40 ...
Category
1620s Spanish Renaissance Antique Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, Gold, Enamel
Late Renaissance Octagonal Gilded Brass Reliquary Pendant with Velvet Interior
Located in Chicago, IL
OCTAGONAL RELIQUARY PENDANT
Probably Italy, c. 1600
Fire-gilded brass, glass, velvet, ink on paper
Weight 63.2 grams; dimensions 82 × 47 × 21 mm (with loop)
Physical description: Double-sided pendant in octagonal form made of fire-gilded brass. Both sides of the pendant with deep profiled frames with glass. The slightly indented side panels comprise openwork friezes with symmetrical scrollwork. On the front is dark red velvet, onto which tiny bone relics of saints (now missing) would have been attached. Labels on a lace-like paper silhouette remain, with names written in ink, mostly faded; only “S. Agnes” is legible. The back is hinged and when opened reveals a velvet-lined interior and paper insert with floral decorations on a turquoise ground, on which fragments of bones are attached. Baluster shaped base for shield-like pendant loop and ring.
This reliquary pendant is difficult to situate historically because it is a composite object. It represents traditional handwork in the form of a paper cutout, combined with a jeweler’s beautiful fire-gilt brass case.
The work of paper cutting, painting, and ornamentation, sometime combined with needlework, is comparable to work still being done in the nineteenth century by nuns and pious ladies. It is prayerful work, a devotional exercise in itself, and shows reverence to the tiny relic fragments that it would have framed and honored. Early versions of this sort of handiwork might be found in the meticulous displays sometimes called “Paradise Gardens.” These were made, beginning in the sixteenth century, by the nuns at Mechelen, in northern Belgium, in multimedia handwork displays of sewing and gluing, combining relics with paper, cloth, glass, metal wire, and found materials. These textured and pious displays were then combined with paintings and cases by professional artists and artisans, as in the example in Cassel.
Unfortunately, because of water damage, only one of the labels of the original relic displayed in this reliquary is legible, inscribed “S. Agnes” at the center top; the other names are faded. Presumably the deep velvet-lined box would have also held an assortment of relics other than the ones that were visible through the glass, and perhaps there would have been another display in the glass on the other side of the pendant.
There is a second paper insert, this one decorated with a turquoise ground and silhouette flowers to which bone fragments seem to be still attached.
The octagonal case, in contrast to the paper cutout, is not at all “home-made.” It has an openwork frieze in scrollwork patterns familiar from enamel work and other metalwork done for European courts and nobility. It is not unlike cases for expensive watches...
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Early 1600s Italian Antique Necklaces
Materials
Brass
Couture 1920s Chanel Rousselet Hearts Camellia Metallic Glass Bracelet & Sautoir
By Chanel
Located in Chicago, IL
Gabriel "Coco" Chanel's earliest fashion motifs of camellias, hearts, and topaz are combined in this Art-Deco period tightly silk-strung metallic-glass couture set of mixed-bead saut...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Necklaces
Materials
Gold-filled, Yellow Gold, Silver, Brass, Copper
Couture 1930s ElsaSchiaparelliStyle Pink FauxRubyGoldGlassBeads Tassel Sautoir
Located in Chicago, IL
Long before Barbie, Elsa Schiaparelli famously embraced "shocking pink" for her Surrealist-aesthetic couture clothing and handcrafted costume jewelry, which she commissioned from Parisian paruriers beginning in the late 1920s--when some of the most expensive jewels were fuchsia Burmese rubies. In this antique glass-beaded sautoir tassel-necklace, 37 "shocking pink" balls are each delicately caged like hot-air balloons by seven textural strands of faux-pearl-and-gold seed beads. These spherical stations are spaced by lustrous white medium-size faux pearls, ending in a four-strand seed-bead tassel that cages four of the fuchsia faux pearls. The beads are strung on bright magenta silk cord without a clasp.
Sautoirs were an essential element of flapper style since Schiaparelli's couture-mentor Paul Poiret changed the silhouette of clothing in the 1920s, while the long necklaces remained popular until wartime 1939.
To compete with her rival couturier Gabriel "Coco" Chanel, Schiaparelli (1890-1973) relied on the same French glassmakers, Maison Gripoix and Louis Rousselet--the masters of faux pearls at the time who added organic-ingredient coatings to their handmade glass beads. Either glass workshop that was established by the 1920s could have been commissioned to make the progressive hot-pink pearls for this unsigned necklace that dates to the Art Deco period.
The design of this highly-textural tri-color sautoir featuring fuchsia spheres particularly suits the style of one of Schiaparelli's most frequent paruriers through the 1930s, Jean Clement. Some of his relevant unsigned work for Schiaparelli is in museum collections like The Met, including highly-textural tri-color sphere-decorated buttons/brooches and a fuchsia-toned metal-rosebud bead necklace.
After Schiaparelli had become associated with fuchsia, she made particularly prolific use of this bright magenta in the late 1930s. In her demi-couture collections such as "Circus" and "Comedia del' Arte" (see our 3 photos), fuchsia jackets are adorned with similar colorful spherical glass beads among embroidered appliques and animal/clown brooches, as well as whimsical painted-ceramic buttons...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, Gold
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We are fortunate to know much of the world’s long and dazzling history of necklaces, as this type of jewelry was so treasured that it was frequently buried with its owners.
Lapis lazuli beads adorned necklaces unearthed from the royal graves at the ancient Iraqi civilization of Sumer, while the excavation of King Tut’s burial chamber revealed a sense of style that led to a frenzy of Art Deco designs, with artisans of the 1920s seeking to emulate the elegant work crafted by Ancient Egypt’s goldsmiths and jewelry makers.
In ancient times, pendant necklaces worn by royalty and nobles conferred wealth and prestige. Today, wearing jewelry is about personal expression: Luxury diamond necklaces exude confidence and can symbolize the celebratory nature of a deep romantic relationship, while paper-clip chain-link necklaces designed by the likes of goldsmith Faye Kim are firmly planted in the past as well as the present. Kim works exclusively with eco-friendly gold, and these fashionable, fun accessories owe to the design of 19th-century watch fobs.
For some, necklaces are thought of as being a solely feminine piece, but this widely loved accessory has been gender-neutral for eons. In fact, just as women rarely took to wearing a single necklace during the Renaissance, men of the era layered chains and valuable pendants atop their bejeweled clothing. In modern times, the free-spirited hippie and counterculture movements of the 1960s saw costume-jewelry designers celebrating self-expression through colorful multistrand necklaces and no shortage of beads, which were worn by anyone and everyone.
Even after all of these years, the necklace remains an irrefutable staple of any complete outfit. Although new trends in jewelry are constantly emerging, the glamour and beauty of the past continue to inform modern styles and designs. In a way, the cyclical history of the necklace differs little from its familiar looped form: The celebrated French jewelry house Van Cleef & Arpels found much inspiration in King Tut, and, now, their Alhambra collection is a go-to for modern royals. Vintage necklaces designed by David Webb — whose work landed him on the cover of Vogue in 1950, two years after opening his Manhattan shop — were likely inspired by the ornamental styles of ancient Greece, Mesopotamia and Egypt.
On 1stDibs, browse top designers like Cartier, Tiffany & Co. and Bulgari, or shop by your favorite style, from eye-catching choker necklaces to understated links to pearl necklaces and more.
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