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With an organic flora motif characteristic of American Miriam Haskell's first designer Frank Hess, this 1930s Russian-gilt brass oval-link chain necklace features a tiered bib of fre...

This vintage handcrafted brass-wire pendant was shaped and hammered into lively three-dimensional spirals, loops and squiggles with wrapped construction by an unknown 20th-Century st...

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...

Around 1930, Miriam Haskell's first designer Frank Hess designed this Russian-gilt brass ribbed-chain link bib necklace featuring 27 strands of varying length each wired to aqua faux-turquoise pressed glass beads with characteristic gold pronged-bell caps and thumbless spring-ring clasp. After the Great Depression began in the United States in 1929, to keep her popular European-style costume jewelry affordable among fashionable ladies, Haskell began using less expensive imported handcrafted glass beads, which included Czech and German pressed glass. Initially when she opened her handmade ready-to-wear costume-jewelry business in 1926 in New York City's downtown McAlpin Hotel, she had used only the finest Parisian glass beads and findings like French couturiers including Coco Chanel who soon became her competition. which Haskell promoted with the French name of her first boutique Le Bijou de L'Heure. If interested in assembling a suitable set of early Haskell-Hess pieces with similar aesthetics, please see our other listings for the aqua glass-and-enamel scalloped button clip earrings and the "peacock" coil arm-band bracelet with Parisian lampworked glass, faceted crystal, painted galalith beads, and cupped rose...

A blooming rose ­- the universal symbol for love, beauty and gratitude. Dilys' Blooming Rose Solitaire Diamond Necklace features the rose motif with a round collection-grade solitaire diamond as the centrestone (0.07ct). Set in 18K white gold, this elegant chain necklace is made for the everyday. This piece was set in Dilys’ in-house atelier in Hong Kong by the most skilled craftsmen, trained and attuned to the House of Dilys...

In ancient Jadeite culture, the carved Aubergine carries a few important symbolic interpretations: good health, a long life and promising career growth. This natural A-grade, lustrous green jaidete carving, weighing 21.73 carats and certified by HKJSL*, makes for an exquisite collectable amulet instilled with age-old blessings. Dilys' modernist design boldly frames this jadeite centrepiece with an asymmetrical outline of 74 dazzling black diamonds (totalling 0.92ct), held together by 16 white diamonds (totalling 0.12ct) at the pendant head. This pendant also comes with a 20-inch leather cord necklace with 18K gold clasps. This piece was set in Dilys’ in-house atelier in Hong Kong by the most skilled craftsmen, trained and attuned to the House of Dilys’ high standard for quality and wearability. It is signed with Dilys’. This piece is in excellent condition. Free shipping – we will cover the 1stdibs facilitated shipping cost. Ships out within 1 week. Jade is a rare stone that protects and nourishes the heart energy of its wearer in Chinese culture. Inspired by the harmonious and calming effects of this stone, Dilys Young strives to reignite the spark for jade jewellery...

1.58ct Beautiful blue-green Apatite from Madagascar. A popular location because of the Neon-like colors. Crafted from quality 18 karat pink gold, brilliant round diamonds, at approx...

Designed by Eva Soussana, artist and founder of Hera-Jewellery, this elegant, sensual and glamorous pendant necklace from the "Elisa" Collection, has been designed for all women, fro...