Antique Convex Hardstone Intaglio Gemstone - Europe - Early 20th Century

Extraordinary Belle Époque custom made hand carved sardonyx cameo brooch or pendant with retractable bail - the deep relief three layer sardonyx...

Antique Art Nouveau shell cameo - hand carved with fine detail - featuring a profile of a woman with flowers in her hair and on her shoulder with cla...

Vintage Naples floral shell cameo pendant or brooch - 18K/750 yellow gold frame, pin and bale - retractable bale to wear as a brooch - fine quality work...

Antique Victorian Sardonyx hardstone (Chalcedony Quartz) cameo brooch / pin - the cameo hand carved with fine detail and set in an elaborate tooled ...

9ct Gold Italian Antique Cameo Pendant Hand carved cameo shell with a darker than usual background enhanced by the setting which allows light ...

THIS IS A SUPERB VICTORIAN PICTURE LOCKET NECKLACE WITH A HAND CARVED HARDSTONE CAMEO OF A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. THE LOCKET HANGS FROM A WONDERFUL BOOK BELCHER CHAIN. THE NECKLACE DATES TO C1860-1890. The locket features a stunning hard stone hand carved Cameo of a woman in exquisite clorthes with a beautiful face, wonderful hair and wearing a pendant earring. The work of the artisan is absolutely superb. Carving hardstone cameos requires much greater skill and artistry than shell cameos. This white and black onyx carving is magnificent. The locket is Gold-Filled with a braided surround on the front. The reverse has an open work filigree design. The chain is a wonderful gold filled belcher link chain of great beauty. I love the design of the 3 bales with their wonderful finish. The Victorian book chain...

A highly important Austrian pendant-brooch in 19 Karats by Emil Biedermann (1830-1900). An exceptionally rare and gorgeous over sized presentation cameo piece, created in Vienna in 1867 by Emil Biedermann. The Biedermann jewelry house, was located in the number 13 of the popular aristocratic Graben street. They was granted in 1850, by the emperor Franz Joseph I (1830-1916), with the Austrian Imperial House Warrant, appointing the jewelry house as the purveyors to the court and "Kammerlieferant" (Chamber Jeweler). The company was founded by Michael Lazar Biedermann (born 1769 as Michael Lazar in Bratislava) who at fifteen, was apprenticed to an engraver in Vienna. He became a seal-engraver and adopted the name Biedermann in 1792. He was entrusted, with the engraving of the imperial seals and by 1800 was enabled to open a Jeweler's store in Vienna. In the last years of his company, Emil Biedermann was also purveyor to the royal Serbian court and to the grand ducal Saxon court. This piece feature a fabulous three-dimensional cameo piece, carved from a three layered of natural agate, with color's gradations; from translucent orange brown, opalescent gray, to frosted white. The quality of the carving is exceptional, with intricate thorough details. For example, the ear and the incised lines of the hair are magnificent. The carving depicts, the dressed portrait bust of the classical Greek-Roman goddess, Diana the huntress, facing to the right. Most probably the model used, was the ancient sculpture at the Albertina Museum. The fabulous mounting frame is crafted in solid rich yellow gold of 19 karats, with geometric Austrian elements. It is suited at the reverse, with a hinged horizontal pin to be wear as a brooch and a flexible removable discrete adapter to be used into a chain. This piece have a total weight of 72.9 grams and a measures of 77 mm by 80 mm by 28 mm (3.03 x 3.15 x 1.1 inches). The agate piece is signed at the reverse by the carver-cutter artist (unknown) and numbered 361. Is stamped with multiples Austrian hallmarks; twice with the mark for Vienna, the Austrian mark for the guaranty of the 19 kt gold...

Stunning antique hand carved sardonyx cameo in 14k yellow gold, wonderful for collectors of finely crafted jewelry. This convertible piece can be worn either as a brooch or as a pend...