Georgian High Carat Handwrought Ornate Wirework Bead Necklace

William Spratling is often referred to the "Father of Contemporary Mexican Silver" which is a title that was well deserved. He was an innovative and talented designer of Mexican silver jewelry...

An absolutely exquisite gold chain from the late Victorian (ca1900) era! Extremely generous in length and heavy in weight, the chain is comprised of ornate 18kt yellow gold links, wh...

An absolutely breathtaking Victorian (ca1880s) era Riviera diamond necklace! Crafted in sterling silver topped 14k gold, this exquisite necklace features 50 alternating diamond links...

An elaborate necklace from the Victorian (ca1880s)era! This magnificent piece is crafted in 18k yellow gold, and has a very decorative festoon design. The necklace begins as a single...

Antique Georgian gold long chain Repoussé flower links Size: width 0.63 inch, length 41.25 inches Total weight: 62.3 grams

This antique rare hand-pressed-glass necklace features semi-translucent grape-green large beads that are capped with gilt-brass filigree. Based on the combination of bead seams, spring-ring clasp, and metal findings on the unmarked faux Chinese-jade necklace, it dates to the late Victorian period most likely from Western Europe. Around WWI, hand presses, which stamped molten glass into a mold to create a bead with a hole and a seam, were often used to produce costume jewelry as a cottage industry in Germany and the Czech region. This was while there was a lack of factory machine presses and finishing tumblers that used sand to polish out the seam lines. Another reason that the cloudy green beads can be identified as atypically hand-pressed is that they are more opaque and therefore harder and less prone to breaking during formation than fully-translucent glass, which was better suited for automated-machine pressing. Also the green beads are an unusual swirled color including white, which suggests that their production was more limited than machine-pressing would enable. Without the bead-seams, this necklace could be mistaken for one by Coco Chanel. Her 1920s couture...

Antique Georgian era 14k Gold Patterned Belcher Chain Necklace 25 inch 23.1 Gram Rare Sample of Antique Etruscan revival circa 1840s, post Civil War, Chain, 25 inch original Late G...

Coco Chanel Gilt Filigree Bead Long Necklace, Goossens. Long chain with gilt filigrees stacked and layered with polished gilt beads. A subtle play on matte and shiny in a long, transformable hand knotted...