Brass Drop Necklaces

Victorian gilt jewelers brass Bohemian garnet necklace with rose cut garnets. There are seven small rosettes with drops and a chain made of three stone segments. The center rosette w...

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...

Drop necklace in the shape of chrysalis in combination of sterling silver and brass, it comes on a 74cm sterling silver chain.

Drop necklace in the shape of chrysalis in brass, it comes on a 74cm sterling silver chain. Brass and sterling silver substrates are electroplated with 18k gold and then dipped into ...

MWLC Purple Lion Paw Scallop Shell pendant necklace from MWLC. The natural shell decorated with a gilt plate bronze fern frond, decorated with pr...

Deep blue pear-shaped Lapis cabochons bezel set in sterling silver display great color among the artful silver swirls and complimenting golden-toned brass leaves creating this Southw...

This is a fabulous 4 piece brass and lucite set from Selro Selini (unsigned) including a necklace, earrings and bracelet. It includes an adjustable bolo s...

Beautiful Carolyn Pollack American West sterling silver and brass statement necklace. Approximately 21" in total length, can be adjusted down to a length of 17". Very nice condition.

Drop necklace in the shape of chrysalis in combination of sterling silver and brass, it comes on a 74cm sterling silver chain.

Drop necklace in the shape of chrysalis in brass, it comes on a 74cm sterling silver chain. Brass and sterling silver substrates are electroplated with 18k gold and then dipped into ...

Lovely Miriam Haskell 3 strand torsade necklace of rose pink Gripoix pate de verre glass beads mixed with signature baroque pearls and silver gilt plate...

Miriam Haskell signature baroque pearl and Russian gold plate long pendant necklace. Chain of small baroque pearls with minute gold plated cut steel beads and gold plated twisted her...

Charming Hubert Harmon Atomic Fish Pendant from the 1940's. Necklace is handmade of brass rings and domes with central floral motif from which dangles the ...

Karl Lagerfeld and Maison Gripoix for Chanel hand knotted faux baroque pearl, gilt bronze filigree square byzantine pendant with Gripoix glass poured enamel ruby cabocheon. Gilt chai...

Robert Lee Morris Gold Plated Raindrop Bib Necklace 1989, an iconic Bold Gold necklace from the era of the 80's big jewelry trend. Even though this is not a big huge necklace like ma...

A gorgeous Brass chain and emerald color celluloid ball drop necklace. There are nine drops at the center front with 3 rows of 3 dangling balls flanked by 2 balls on either side foll...

Robert Lee Morris is the designer who brought the rustic look of Wabi Sabi into his fashion jewelry and has helped to make it more mainstream. This one of a kind spectacular necklace...

Stunting freshwater pearl and crystal necklace by Sebastian Jaramillo. Featuring a decadent drop set with Swarovski crystals and a center skull set...

Robert Goosens, the French haute-couture parurier who enjoyed reinterpreting ancient and antique styles of jewelry with rock crystal and faux stones, collaborated with Madame Alix Gres, the Parisian fashion and theatrical-costume designer who founded Maison Gres, to make spiral-wire adornments for her couture gowns, such as this handmade hammered brass wire choker necklace with five dropped en-tremblant pendants that are decorated with unique colorful beads and wrapped wire. This necklace dates between 1969-1971 based on similar unsigned spiraled-wire "metal" jewelry without goldsmithing marks in the museum collection of TheMet (see our photo), which acquired it from Maison Givenchy founder Hubert de Givenchy, who was one of the most supportive fans of Gres. Like the legendary sculptural clothing designs of Madame Gres, this necklace was inspired by Greco-Roman costumes, while its sculpted shapes by Goosens reference her signature curvilinear fabric techniques that earned her the sobriquet of "the master of the wrapped and draped dress". Goosens (1927-2016), nicknamed Monsieur Bijou, also made jewelry inspired by other periods of antiquity to compliment the couture clothing of Coco Chanel, Cristobal Balenciaga, Elsa Schiaparelli, Christian Dior, and Yves Saint Laurent. After Goosens collaborated with Gres, he revisited golden spiral designs with Saint Laurent. Similar to the free-flowing fabric manipulated in Gres gowns, this hand-shaped necklace that we photographed in sunlight is a study in motion that drapes across a curvy cleavage. Adding drama to this necklace below its wire choker, the top teetering-wire pendant is a twisted and hammered horizontal double spiral, which is a Hellenistic symbol of life and transformation suggesting the breasts of a goddess of fertility and motherhood. Yet distinctly Goosens, 18 hand-cut and hand-dyed "ancient-Roman-blue" rock-crystal beads are wire-strung to weight a second tier of two separate vertical double-spiral pendants. On each, a wrapped-wire tube divides the blue beads. Between these vertical pendants in two tiers, the central vertical pendants each feature a one-of-a-kind multicolor bead (yellow/blue/red/black/white) in two lengths with abstract organic patterns recalling ancient Italian glasswork. Four more blue beads bracket these larger colorful beads. An additional 10 blue beads and 5 wire tubes decorate the bottom looped wire pendant, as well as the bottom of the wire choker. Like the hammered-wire jewelry designs of modern artist Alexander Calder, the creative complex construction of this necklace surprisingly required no metalsmith techniques, such as soldering or casting, just great skill with a jewelry pliers and hammer. For a bigger picture of couture clothing by Madame Gres during the decade beginning in 1969, she notably designed many museum-collected one-color silk-taffeta draped long gowns with empire waists and simple high collars or geometric cut-outs. Remarkably, the focal points for some of these unique dresses were at the wrists, from where long pouf sleeves voluminously droop around the hands to nearly the floor like two enormous long-petaled flowers. If paired with this equally downward-focused and balanced necklace from this same period, its bold Greco-Roman elements would have pulled a viewer's gaze of the dress from floor to face. Although there is no significant provenance for this necklace, hammered brass and tinted rock crystal were among the few materials repeatedly associated with Goosens from 1969-71. For example, in his overlapping interior-decor collections based on themes of waterlilies or foliage, Goosens hammered gilt brass wire and sheets (see our closeup photo) to represent plant parts or he wired rock-crystal beads to appear as tiny fruits. While the two multicolor glass or resin beads in this necklace are atypical, the combination of blue, yellow and red is a palette that the designer used for other pieces of rock-crystal jewelry and he created many kinds of multicolor faux stones with glass or resin paste, such as faux Tibetan turquoise including black and white. According to journalism based on interviews with Goosens, he often acquired unusual stones and glass for inspiration during his extensive travels exploring museum-collected antiquities. Since Maison Goosens was acquired in 2005 by Maison Chanel, it opened the Parisian showroom Galerie Goosens and associated shops to sell many kinds of reproductions and reimagined works by the founder, which fortunately does not suit the completely handmade elements of this necklace. So this couture piece remains one-of-a-kind. If desiring a vintage haute-couture original by Robert Goosens, we recommend perusing the Maison Goosens website so that a reproduction with a contemporary signature is not mistakenly purchased. Madame Gres (1903-1993) was born Germaine Emelie Krebs, but initially identified her fashion designs with the pseudonym Alix and later Alix Barton...

Retro Sapphire French Gaspipe Necklace with pendants of faux sapphire cluster drops. Double brass chaining with knotted design from the 1940's, France...

This one of a kind brass construction is part of the Armor family that Robert has created throughout the years, from 1974 until 2019. The impact that this piece has is strictly for the red carpet or rock concert...

Introducing the Sarva Multi way chain- a versatile and stylish accessory that can be worn in multiple ways! With a detachable lock, you can adjust the size to wear it as a necklace, ...

A gorgeous c1950s Art Deco style festoon necklace. It is a shorter length necklace at 14" and is made up from inky black French jet beads, the lower half is made up from fan shaped ...

Hubert de Givenchy Haute Couture opera length necklace from the estate of Bunny Mellon. Composed of signature Maison Gripoix handmade large faux pearls with a very large focal cente...

Maison Goossens for Chanel Rare hand made pendant necklace consisting of a polished shard of Rock Crystal capped by gilt bronze with jewel tone poured glass stones. The pendant is suspended on a black leather cord. Unsigned Chanel runway piece...

Striking Hubert Harmon Style Atomic Charm necklace on velvet ribbon from the 1940's. Large brass spheres with copper studs are sewn onto the ends of the ribbon. 18" x 1" ribbon, Cha...

Rare Schreiner long tapered three sided triangular pendant necklace in blackened metal. Each triangle panel is composed of prong set signature long faceted pointy marquise stones in...

Magnificent, large Miriam Haskell necklace of signature faux pearl micro beaded flower heads set on bases of water lilies and lily pads in Hask...

Maison Denez for Yves Saint Laurent Victorian revival charm necklace. Of antiqued gilt bronze and black velvet ribbon threaded through the chain. Focal p...

Extraordinary, early Coco Chanel Haute Couture Sautoir by Robert Goossens, Paris circa 1960. Handmade pate de verre beads in emerald and ruby are ...

Lovely Miriam Haskell Faceted Crystal Beaded necklace from the 1940's. A large olive green hexagonal crystal is bolted onto a signature H...

Rare Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Necklace Spring Summer 1966. Of nautical inspiration composed of white cotton rope with blue silk and rayon passementerie detail. Focal long tas...

Massive articulated gilt metal coin bib necklace c 1970s The unique necklace is designed with a collection of small scale Roman style replica coins ...

This dramatic and elegant vintage faux pearl, faceted lucite and brass multi strand bib necklace is a forever statement piece. It lays beautifully on the neck and can go any season ...

Miriam Haskell's Turquoise pate de verre cross pendant necklace. Embellished with gilt facated cut steel bead work on signature Russian gold finished filigrees. 1950's USA. Cross 3...

This set is so striking and usual. It takes the theme of highly stylized faces rendered in brass, copper, and enamel. The enamel is a sort of orangey/red. Very Tribal and dramatic. Definitely a set for those who like their costume jewels to be bold! A real statement piece. Huge pendant suspended on interesting decorated copper chain. Large dangle screw back earrings. Fabulous quality evident in the metalwork. 1950's. Excellent condition. Signed: Mexico and Hallmarked with what looks like a crown. In the style of Casa Maya...

Unusual Victorian Tiger Festoon necklace with natural baroque river pearls decoration. Gold filled metal. 1900's USA. 15" length. Beautiful detail...

Unusually long flapper beads from the 1920's of orange bakelite with carved and dyed vegetable ivory (plastic). Super long in length, designed to be worn ...

Unsigned - but utterly striking, and pleasurable - a necklace of brass chains with brass 'cushion' charms suspended, each 'charm' embellished with a coloured square of glass, both opaque and clear, in an assortment of hues.This dramatic piece has an unusual but very secure closure, similar to a Victorian watch...

HENRY Necklace of hand carved and patinaed resin set with ruby pastes.The pendant hangs from ruby pate de verre and faceted aurora beads. Unusual ru...

Chinese style Art Deco grinning buddha necklace of antique silvered metal with faux imperial jade peking glass charms and Chinese money fobs. 1940's USA. Shortest length 16", Drop ...

1980's layered patinaed brass pod necklace on patinaed chain. Purpley blue finish throughout with a stripe of metal which has been "masked" out to show the original base tone on each...