1930s Necklaces

Iconic Art Deco Marsh & Co necklace, set in signature blackened steel, with gold accent links, adorned with 4.5mm pearls and approx. 0.80ctw in G/VS diamonds. The necklace is 16" lon...

An Art Deco diamond set platinum bow choker, with an old-cut diamond set plaque, in the form of a bow, mounted in platinum, on a black moiré ribbon choker, with an estimated total di...

European Arts and Crafts Citrine Pendant from the early 20th Century, circa 1930. A large and fine oval citrine (27mm x 15mm) is set in a heavy 14k p...

A fine and impressive antique 16.32 carat tourmaline and 0.35 carat diamond, platinum Art Nouveau pendant; part of our diverse gemstone jewelry collections. This stunning, fine and impressive Art Nouveau pendant has been crafted in platinum. The pierced decorated frame displays a feature four-claw set 16.32ct baguette cut tourmaline. The upper portion of the pendant is embellished with three individual claw set transitional modern brilliant round cut diamonds, alternating with curvilinear strands in the Art Nouveau style. The curvilinear strands incorporate twenty-one pavé set eight-cut diamonds, graduating in size dependant on location. The pendant suspends from a contemporary 18ct white gold 18' curb chain via a ring loop to the reverse of the setting, securing with a conventional spring-loaded bolt ring fastening. This impressive Art Nouveau tourmaline...

A vintage, Tiffany & Co., gem set, diamond and pearl floral circle pendant-brooch, with four clusters of three pearls, and four gem set flowers or clover leaves, each flower set with...

Fabulous Art Deco faceted french jet bead necklace with rhinestone ball beads. The necklace is knotted between each bead. Measuring length ap...

Fabulous Art Deco fringe necklace collar with classic Deco design mid blue and clear glass beads. They are interspersed with three small disc shaped fa...

Frederick Davis (1880 - 1961), while not the household name of William Spratling, actually preceded him in terms of bringing Mexican design to the fore. Davis worked in Mexico City d...

GIA-certified Art Deco Aquamarine Necklace, a mesmerizing blend of intricate filigree platinum setting, old euro cut diamonds, and a massi...

Beautiful Art Deco silver tone and faux tortoiseshell necklace, set with a small dome and rhinestone design (there are three domes missing), and...

Impressive 1930s Bakelite necklace made up of multicoloured beads in various shades of dark green, mustard, orange, tan, red, brown and black - colours which were given food-related names such as Creamed Corn, Butterscotch, Egg Yolk, and Salmon. Each bead is reminiscent of a chess piece, with rounded lines that very much echo the art deco styles of the era. Originally used for industrial purposes thanks to its ability to withstand heat, moulded Bakelite and its cast cousin, Catalin, made the jump to costume jewellery in the 1920s and had their heyday in the 1930s and 1940s with this necklace being one of the more decadent examples. When worn, the piece makes an impressive statement thanks to its substantial size and colourful appearance. Its generous length makes it possible to slip easily on and off overhead or it can be worn looped over. Truly a rare find which belongs in a serious collection. Condition wise, this is verging on extraordinary given the complexity of the carving and the shear number of individuals beads. We count very close to 250 hand carved beads...

Art deco stations necklace-chain with Natural Pearls. Very handsome and delicate piece, with great eye appeal. Created at the beginnings of ...

Enhance your look with this exquisite Antique Art Deco Pendant Necklace & Brooch piece. Style open geometric filigree bow inspired P...

Great art deco dress clips brooches. Stunning pair of convertible dress clips brooches, created during the late art deco and the retro periods, back i...

A stunning, fine and impressive antique 1.77 carat diamond and 14 karat white gold and platinum set Art Deco pendant; part of our diverse antique jewellery and estate jewelry collect...

A STUNNING strand of vintage Murano Glass Beads. These Have copper, blue and cream in the oval beads and faceted black beads They run 3 faceted one oval with are capped in a gold to...

Trifari Enamel Flower "Rue de la Paix" Necklace by Alfred Phillipe from the 1930's. Delicate flowers hand enameled on rhodium metal with pave rhinestone accents. Late 1930's USA. Un...

This ancient cross is in 18kt yellow gold and Italian made. Beautiful lace work has been done on the front of the pendant. Lace, a decorative openwork we...

Art-Deco diamonds stations long chained necklace sautoir A classic piece from the American art-deco period, created at the beginnings of the 1930's. It was carefully crafted in soli...

Gabriel "Coco" Chanel's earliest fashion motifs of camellias, hearts, and topaz are combined in this Art-Deco period tightly silk-strung metallic-glass couture set of mixed-bead saut...

Long before Barbie, Elsa Schiaparelli famously embraced "shocking pink" for her Surrealist-aesthetic couture clothing and handcrafted costume jewelry, which she commissioned from Parisian paruriers beginning in the late 1920s--when some of the most expensive jewels were fuchsia Burmese rubies. In this antique glass-beaded sautoir tassel-necklace, 37 "shocking pink" balls are each delicately caged like hot-air balloons by seven textural strands of faux-pearl-and-gold seed beads. These spherical stations are spaced by lustrous white medium-size faux pearls, ending in a four-strand seed-bead tassel that cages four of the fuchsia faux pearls. The beads are strung on bright magenta silk cord without a clasp. Sautoirs were an essential element of flapper style since Schiaparelli's couture-mentor Paul Poiret changed the silhouette of clothing in the 1920s, while the long necklaces remained popular until wartime 1939. To compete with her rival couturier Gabriel "Coco" Chanel, Schiaparelli (1890-1973) relied on the same French glassmakers, Maison Gripoix and Louis Rousselet--the masters of faux pearls at the time who added organic-ingredient coatings to their handmade glass beads. Either glass workshop that was established by the 1920s could have been commissioned to make the progressive hot-pink pearls for this unsigned necklace that dates to the Art Deco period. The design of this highly-textural tri-color sautoir featuring fuchsia spheres particularly suits the style of one of Schiaparelli's most frequent paruriers through the 1930s, Jean Clement. Some of his relevant unsigned work for Schiaparelli is in museum collections like The Met, including highly-textural tri-color sphere-decorated buttons/brooches and a fuchsia-toned metal-rosebud bead necklace. After Schiaparelli had become associated with fuchsia, she made particularly prolific use of this bright magenta in the late 1930s. In her demi-couture collections such as "Circus" and "Comedia del' Arte" (see our 3 photos), fuchsia jackets are adorned with similar colorful spherical glass beads among embroidered appliques and animal/clown brooches, as well as whimsical painted-ceramic buttons...

A truly timeless piece, the Opal Blossom, was created in the 1930s. This spectacular piece is a pendant and also a brooch. Centred with a heart of 17.7ct black opal and set in an 18K gold and palladium Chrysanthemum setting featuring over 8ct of diamonds, it is a true heirloom piece fit for royalty.

Art Deco silver tone rod design necklace, with a lovely paste drop pendant. Measuring length 43.2 cm / 17 inches, and the paste drop is length 4.1 cm / 1.6 inches. This is a beauti...

This exquisite piece is unlike anything we have ever owned or even seen. It has been crafted in 18K pink and yellow gold as well as platinum and lightly dusted in a green enameling. ...

This wonderfully rare detailed hand-carved silver "Medieval Lady In Waiting" pendant measures 2 5/8 inches in height, and the width measures 1 3/8 inch...

Silver and approx 85ct rock crystal. Signed and dated 1937. The pendant is 6,7 cm long on a 59 cm long chain. Wiwen Nilsson (1897-1974) - An Art Deco Silversmith in the Age of Modernism. Wiwen Nilsson was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1897. Born as Karl Edvin, but since he did not like his christening name, he was, within the family, called Wiwen. He was the son of Karolina and Anders and grew up with his sister Edith. In 1897 the family moves to Lund, Sweden when the father takes over the gold and silversmith company J.P. Hasselgren & Son. In 1906, Wiwen began at Katedralsskolan in Lund and finished school when he graduated fifth grade in 1912. It was common to continue up to sixth grade and then high school, but Wiwen who does not thrive in a school environment wants to become a pianist or aviator instead. However, as the father is a recognized jeweler and court supplier, the son's career is already marked. Instead, he embarks on an educational journey with the goal Königliche Zeichenakademie in Hanau am Main, Germany. The school is Germany's oldest and most prestigious goldsmith's school. Wiwen enrolled on the fourth of August in 1913 and studied drawing, workshop work, engraving and hammering work. The education comes to an abrupt end with the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, and he instead continues his education in his father's workshop, where he stays until 1919. He does, however, make two breaks, the first quarter of 1917 he enrolled at the Technical Society's School in Copenhagen where he studied modeling, among other things, and in 1917-1918 he did his military service in Stockholm. In 1919 he applied for and received his companion letter, at the same time he received the Swedish Craft Organization's large medal in silver for his professionalism. In 1920 he is again at the school in Hanau, Germany where he stays until 1921 and practices with the jewelry company Chr. Kissling also in Hanau. At school, he mainly studies drawing and chiseling, a type of relief technique that was very popular during the 17th century. Wiwen is driven by his own design language and thinks that the prevailing technique under the influence of Danish designers is a setback in the development of chiseling. During his time in Hanau, he visits several arts and craft exhibitions and comes into contact with the Wiener Werkstätte and the Wiener Werkbund, among others. At the same time as he is studying, he writes travel stories where it emerges that he believes that Sweden's conservatism inhibits the development of arts and crafts, something he himself wants to change. Back in Sweden in 1921, he was appointed the company's artistic designer. In 1923, the company participates in the Gothenburg exhibition, but here Wiwen receives devastating criticism. His creations are considered ugly and meaningless, a critic writes that it is a typical case of poor material sense. In 1924, Wiwen Nilsson travels to Paris. Just like in Hanau, he studies chiseling, silver, drawing and modeling at the Académie de la Grande Chaumiére (now Académie Charpentier). One of France's foremost art schools where, among others, Siri Derkert (1888-1973) and Bror Hjorth (1894-1968) have also studied. In Paris he became acquainted with Georg Jensen (1866-1935), in whose workshop he chiseled for a period. He also meets and hangs out frequently with Jules Schyl (1893-1977) and Gösta Adrian-Nilsson, GAN (1884-1965). The meeting with GAN becomes extremely important and came to influence and refine Wiwen's own design language and together they hold a joint exhibition in 1925 in Lund. From 1925 until the end of the 1920s, Wiwen Nilsson produces a large amount of church silver. He designs and manufactures for, among others, Allhelgonakyrkan in Lund, Knästorps and Tottarps kyrka in Skåne. In total, Wiwen's workshop manufactures 677 objects for churches, of which 483 are found in churches within the diocese of Lund and 194 in other Swedish churches. Some are also sent internationally to the Church of Sweden in Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen and churches in West Germany, Iceland and to Zululand in South Africa. His church silver unmistakably bears the same design language as his profane works. All with the same angular but harmonized and modernist shapes, not infrequently his vessels like jugs and lid boxes are often hexagonal or octagonal. In 1925 he participated in the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels à Paris (World Exhibition) where he received a gold medal in Class 10, the category for crafts and art industry in metal. Other exhibitors included C.G. Hallbergs Guldsmeds AB and Jacob Ängman...

Metal Type: 14K White Gold [Hallmarked, and Tested] Weight: 31.3 grams Diamond Details: Weight: .75ct, total weight Cut: Old Mine Brilliant Color...

GIA Certified 5.64 carats, 37 Natural Translucent Jadeite Bead Necklace Art Deco Jadeite Jade is the most rare and valuable form of Jade. The t...

Beginning in the 1920s, Coco Chanel collaborated with Parisian Louis Rousselet for a wide variety of handcrafted beaded jewelry to compliment her couture-clothing designs. This Art-D...

This beautiful and timeless 14k yellow gold pendant from the 1930s is bezel set with a luscious cushion-shaped green tourmaline above a prong set bright old-European-cut diamond, fitted with an oval gold suspension ring...

An art deco graduated jadeite beads necklace. Beautiful long necklace, created during the art deco period, back in the 1930. It is composed by...

This antique crucifix is very stylized and combines yellow and white gold. The particularity of this pendant is the gold quality. Portuguese gold is fa...

Cross in platinum. This antique cross with contemporary lines is set with antique brilliant- cut diamonds on its entire design which is beveled on its perimeter. The hanger is also s...

Rare Trifari Alfred Phillipe Art Deco Faux Moonstone, Ruby and Enamel Necklace from the 1930's. Central motif with cab faux moonstones and rubies with enamel leaves. High Rhodium finish with each link set with a pave rhinestone. 1930's USA. Signed Trifari. Central motif 5" x 1.5". Necklace 18". Matching brooches...

Antique Chinese gilt filigree silver necklace from the early 20th Century. Quatrefoil stations with floral centers form the links of the necklace with a l...

Art deco Italian Cameo Necklace. Beautiful antique piece, created in Napoles Italy during the late Art-Deco period, circa 1930. This necklace w...

An art deco gem set brooch with emeralds. Magnificent piece of jewelry, created during the art deco period, back in the 1930. This convertible pendant and brooch has been crafted in...

Beautiful Art Deco gold plated necklace, featuring aqua blue glass and a marcasite centrepiece with two drops. Measuring length 47.7 cm / 18.77 inches,...

Intriguing charm/pendant: a figural nail. Made, signed and numbered by CARTIER NEW YORK. Set with a faceted old-European diamond, approximately .50 carats. There are two hidden l...

Necklace made in the antique style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by Neapolitan master goldsmiths. Set in 14 Karat yellow gold and silver with rose-cut diamonds...

A marvelous display of natural Persian Turquoise and vivid, dazzling sparkle of fine natural diamonds! Finely crafted in 18K White Gold, this piece is enhanced by three-row links wi...

Lovely Trifari Enamel Bellflower "Rue de la Paix" Necklace from the 1930's by Alfred Phillipe. Unsigned but with correct Design Patent marks on back. L...

Art deco chatelaine watch designed by Banner. An antique hexagonal piece, created in Germany during the Art Deco period, circa 1930. This very unique...

Beautiful Art Deco gold tone necklace, featuring pale and mid blue glass beads with faux pearls, and a drop pendant. Measuring length 41.7 cm / 16.4 inches, and the glass drop is len...

Jeweled Art Deco Convertible Necklace-Brooch. Beautiful, delicate and elegant piece from the American art deco period, made circa 1930's. Designed as a versatile convertible necklac...

This sterling silver necklace shows upon typical Wiwen Nilsson characteristics; the geometric lines, the clean-cuts, the modern design and brushed silver, the square faceted cut rock...

Wonderful Jakob Bengel Art Deco chrome plated necklace, featuring red and black enamel painted brickwork links, and a twist and ball design. Measuring length 40.6 cm / 16 inches and ...

About Beautiful necklace with matching ear clips made of tiny pearls, completely hand embroidered, rhinestones and fake pearls on Haskell's signature material - "Russian gold-plated metal". Measurement Length of the necklace about 36cm plus 4 cm Extension Wide of the Flower und bows from 5,5 cm to 7 cm clip-on earrings H 5 cm . W 3,5 cm Features - Original M. Haskell set...

This sterling silver necklace shows upon typical Wiwen Nilsson characteristics; the pendant which is shaped as a Greek cross with square rock crystals, and the ring and bar chain. ...

A grand Art Deco Pearl Necklace featuring two strands of lovely lustrous Cultured Pearls which graduate in size towards the bottom. The piece ...

Designed as a lavalier or "Y" style necklace centering a tapered rectangular carved jade pendant station. Measuring 31.5 x 52.5 mm - translucent light to medium green with tan and wh...

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Here we have an absolutely gorgeous antique green Jade bead strand necklace that features an incredible carved Jade pendant set in solid 14k yellow gold. The Jade on this pendant has...

Coral and Gold Necklace with round cabochon and drops.

Circular gold mount with Italian coin, 1935ca Size: diameter 34mm Weight: 13gr.

Rare and unusual Trifari Alfred Phillipe Crystal Retro Cluster Necklace and Bracelet from the late 1930's.Suzanne Belperron inspired. Super rar...

Mid-Century Persian turquoise heart and bow convertible locket brooch in 19.2kt yellow gold and silver, Portugal. This romantic jewel of Victor...

Antique Carved Jade Pendant Yellow Gold Loop sweet and interesting jade stone The item comes without the box in the photos but will be p...