Rock Crystal Drop Necklaces

Details: Fabulous Art Deco Pools of Light necklace in sterling silver. Necklace is in wonderful condition, and is 45 inches in length, with a clasp which makes it easy to wrap this t...

Art Deco Diamond Rock Crystal Buddha and Pearl White Gold Necklace circa 1920 Elegant Art Deco necklace made of white gold, consisting of a cresce...

Sterling Necklace, Bracelet, Ring and Earring Rock Crystal Scandinavian Desing Made 1968 and 1969 Ring 19mm =US 9 Sterling silver modernist set. Alton Sweden...

THIS IS A WONDERFUL AND VERY RARE MUSEUM QUALITY ORIGINAL ART DECO PENDANT NECKLACE WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY FLOWER MOTIF ROCK CRYSTAL PENDANT SET WITH STERLING SILVER AND MARCASITES IN...

Art Deco 14K white gold pendant featuring a beautiful frosted and reverse carved rock crystal quartz panel. The crystal is accented, measuring 24mm x 19mm, with a small round diamond...

Epitomizing the Art Nouveau movement, this antique post-1912 sautoir drop necklace with a white-gold openwork-and-wire pendant and filigree clasp features a rainbow of handcrafted gem beads, the largest of which are carved lavender amethysts, faceted maroon garnets, and beveled aqua topaz, as well as periwinkle-blue lampwork glass...

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 one-offs, such as this handmade hammered brass wire choker 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 Manhattan collection of The Met Museum (see our photo), which acquired pieces 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 long draped 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 provenance that we were able to obtain 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 their 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...

This is a very special antique Edwardian, Art Deco pendant with a central panel of carved Rock Crystal with an Old Mine Cut Diamond in the center and and exquisite engraved garland motif design in 14 Karat White Gold. This is one of the most beautiful Art Deco Rock Crystal pendants...

A very special antique Edwardian, Art Deco pendant with a central panel of Rock Crystal with a Diamond and Enamel center and flower and leaf filigree design in 14 Karat White Gold. This is one of the most beautiful Art Deco Rock Crystal pendants...

THIS IS A WONDERFUL AND VERY RARE MUSEUM QUALITY ORIGINAL ART DECO PENDANT NECKLACE WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY FLOWER MOTIF CARVED ROCK CRYSTAL PENDANT SET...

An Edwardian diamond and demantoid garnet-set pendant, to the centre an oval cabochon-cut rock crystal applied with diamond-set ribbon-like decoration...

Lalaounis necklace featuring four frosted rock crystal plaques within decorative gold frames, centering ruby cabochons, highlighted with round diamonds, together with a pair of match...

This is a rare and wholly original carved & pierced nephrite necklace from the 1920s. Still strung on its original silk and embellished with knots, rock crystal quartz, and natural blue agate. This flapper-era treasure is a creation of spectacular beauty. The cool blue agate beads and the watery rock crystal perfectly compliment the waxy sheen of the light green nephrite carving...

Rare Yves Saint Laurent Rock Crystal Love Pendant made by Maison Goossens in sterling silver with gilt applications. All of the YSL favorite themes ...

This is a stunning Carved Rock Crystal Station Necklace in 14 Karat Yellow Gold. The rock crystal pendants are carved with a nature inspired flower and leaf motif that is just stunn...

Rare, sterling silver necklace with malachite stone at pendant center and beads within the chain by Los Castillo of Taxco, Mexico. Pendant also features a gorgeous large, bulbous, t...

A beautiful gemset 18k gold rock crystal locket, the cover applied with an articulated gold fly, its body and head set with a cushion-cut ruby, a p...

Dated 1971, 14k, by Bjorn Weckstrom, Finland. Sculpture-to-go, this stylish yellow gold necklace designed by Bjorn Weckstrom for Lapponia is an exceptional example of the Finnish Post-Modern idiom expressed as Art Jewelry. The flowing brutalist forms and citrine and rock crystal stones are visually exciting. Excellent condition. Remark: "Modernist jewelry makes a fashion statement that is matchless." SIZE: 17 1/2 inches long, pendant measures 2 1/2 inches high by 7/8 inches wide WEIGHT: 30.4 grams STONES: Citrine rock crystal...

Facetted rock crystal bead necklace with gilt spacers and pendants from the 1920s. Length: 16", 2" drop
Excellent condition.