French 1880 Egyptian Revival Pectoral in Silver with Champleve Cloisonne & Lapis

French art deco Egyptian revival necklace. Fabulous and colorful piece, created in France during the art deco period, back in the 1930. This beautiful and rare pectoral pendant has been crafted in the Egyptian revival style in solid yellow gold of 18 karats and is embellished with application of blue, red, turquoise and green enamels in the French technique of champleve (cloisonne). It is an exceptional rare piece with wonderful craftsmanship, fitted at the reverse with three wires to wear as a pendant in a chain. Diamonds: The Ankh cross...

An enameled necklace designed by Henry Blank & Co. Beautiful antique necklace made during the American art nouveau period, back in the 1900. This pendant necklace was created in Newark New Jersey by the famed firm of Henry Blank & Company, (Cresarrow) back in the 1900. The amazing rare piece has been designed with organic floriated patterns in solid yellow gold of 14 karats with high polished finish. The main piece is embellished with applications of polychromed glass enamels and accented with three natural pearls and one purple amethyst. The pendant is accompanied by a links chain from the same period. Mississippi River Pearls Natural American pearls are among the oldest and rarest of universal gems. These pearls are found in many different species of mussels in our American rivers...

Finely detailed large Egyptian pendant, crafted in 14 karat yellow gold. Lapis lazuli measures 20mm diameter (in very good condition and free or cracks or chips). 10 single cut dia...

An early 20th century Egyptian Revival gold brooch, depicting a vulture centred with a faïence scarab, clutching lotus pods and surmounted with a cabochon ruby, polychrome enamel decoration overall and engraved to reverse, 3.5cm wide. One arrow missing. Revival is always happening in the jewelry world. The Indiana Jones inside all of us is always enticed by the buried loot of the ancients. It’s one of the reasons Egyptian Revival jewelry is so alluring. Luckily for jewelry connoisseurs the span of history that have laid way to an aesthetic resurgence and intense interest in all things Egyptian during the last two hundred years. Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign in 1798 ignited the West’s fascination with motifs we have all come to associate with Egyptian Revival—sphinxes, pyramids, palmettes, papyrus leaves. This curiosity was further stimulated by the excitement surrounding the completion of the Suez Canal in 1869, after 10 years of construction, arousing a real revival of the Egyptian style, with jewelers specifically incorporating artifacts that were thousands of years old, faience in the shapes of falcons and scarabs, set into jewels framed by vermilion enamel and lapis lazuli. Some of the highlights in the 19th century timeline of Egyptomania include the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, displays at World’s Fairs and the moment when Cleopatra’s Needle...