Pearl Diamond Platinum Belle Époque Necklace, circa 1910

18ct yellow gold & Silver Set Belle Epoque Diamond Pendant / Brooch c1900 with detachable 18ct yellow gold brooch fitting and 18ct white g...

An exquisite, rare and fine Art Nouveau pendant in 18 carat gold, Circa 1900. 18 carat gold set with translucent varicoloured Guilloché enamel with a natural salt water pearl drop. ...

An 18ct Cross with Rubies and Diamonds circa 1850 Single row of Calibré cut natural colour rubies framing a diamond set foliate central design. Single...

18ct gold & silver set Art Nouveau Diamond Opal Pendant/Brooch dated circa 1900 Five round opals with an articulated pear shaped opal drop, very well matched with lively play of colours and iridescence in reds, greens, blues and gold. Set in 18 carat yellow gold claw collets Two main transitional cut (old mine) diamonds 0.70ct. Mix of old mine and rose cut diamonds in an 18 carat yellow gold with “silver Set” channel setting , approx 1 ct total. G/H/I, VS2-SI2. Total diamond weight: approx 1.7carats Setting diamonds in gold with a thin layer of silver, “silver set”, was a technique used in the Georgian/Victorian/Art Nouveau period as white coloured gold and platinum were not yet available. A very thin layer of silver was applied to the gold, on which the diamonds were set, to show them off to their best advantage (as the yellow would reflect and distort the white colour of the diamonds). The Art Nouveau period was a short lived but worldwide movement which reached its peak at the end of the 19th Century and the first decade of the 20th Century. It had its roots in the Pre Raphaelite and Arts and Crafts movements in Britain in the 1860’s. Artists, such as William Morris, took their inspiration from the flora and fauna of nature and rejected the mass industrialisation and mechanisation of the Victorian age. Art Nouveau continued with this theme and has a distinctive appearance with soft, curved shapes and lines and often depicted natural designs such as flowers, birds and the female form. Before the Art Nouveau period, the emphasis had been to design pieces with an emphasis on gem stones, diamonds, rubies emeralds etc. However, during the Art Nouveau period, jewellers adopted the idea of using other semi–precious stones “from nature” such as agate, garnet opal, moonstone, aquamarine and experimented with a wide variety of new techniques e.g. enamelling. The “New Art” style became a worldwide movement encompassing all disciplines of the arts, and world class artists as far afield as Gaudi with his “modernisme” architecture in Spain, Louis Comfort Tiffany in New York with objects, Galle Glass in France and the Liberty & Co Archibald Knox designs in Britain, Jugendstil in Northern Europe and Faberge in Russia. The movement flared brightly but briefly and by 1910 it was already going out of style to be replaced by Art Deco. Detachable 18ct brooch...

Jugenstil Diamond Pendant Brooch, circa 1890 18ct yellow gold and silver set, diamonds. Setting diamonds in silver, “silver set”, was a techni...

18ct gold and silver set Victorian, Diamond and Emerald Pendant or Brooch circa 1860 Floral and scroll motif design in 18ct yellow gold with emerald tips to the flowers with an art...

18ct and Platinum Set, Pearl & Diamond Belle Epoque Necklace c1910 A fine example of a Belle Epoque necklace. To the reverse 18ct yellow gold with the ...

This charming Belle Époque pendant necklace features a white half pearl of 6.6 mm in diameter, set in 11 delicate prongs and surrounded by 11 Old European cut diamonds of H/I colour ...

Necklace in 18 karat white gold and platinum, eagle head and dog head hallmarks. Charming antique necklace, it consists of a thin jaseron mesh which holds a pattern formed by 2 shuttles, decorated with 2 rose-cut diamonds that support a fall of 3 cushion-cut diamonds and antique brilliant- cut and which ends with a drop pattern, openworked set with rose-cut diamonds and 2 cushion-cut diamonds and antique- cut diamond in the center. The clasp is a spring ring. Total weight of diamonds : 0.80 carat approximately. Height : 3.3 cm, width : 13 mm, thickness : 4.6 mm. Length of the chain : 42 cm, thickness : 0,4 mm approximately. Total weight of the jewel : 4,5 g approximately. Antique jewelry - French work of the 1900s. Our opinion : this lovely antique Belle Epoque necklace...

This is an extraordinary museum quality Art Nouveau, Belle Epoque Pendant Necklace set with Rose Cut and Old Mine Cut Diamonds in Platinum and 18 Karat...

Circa 1910 This elegant floral motif necklace is finely crafted in platinum. The necklace features four chunky old mine cut diamonds: approximately 0.60 ct, 0.51 ct, 0.48 ct and 0.47...

A Belle Époque diamond and platinum heart pendant and chain, set with an old-cut diamond, in the centre, in a rub over setting, with a surro...