Old Mine Cut Necklaces

14k pink gold necklace with a cluster pendant set with an opal in the center and arround it old mine cut diamonds. 1.00ct - G/H - SI - 50 cm long detailed description: The necklace...

An Edwardian opal, and old mine cut diamond pendant necklace in platinum. Centered by a stunning 15 carat tear drop Australian opal b...

Antique Edwardian Mourning locket with a hand cut Central Opal Heart (13mm x 10mm) surrounded by eight mine cut natural diamonds (approx 1.5-1.75mm eac...

THIS IS A STUNNING AND RARE ANTIQUE VICTORIAN FIRE OPAL, OLD MINE CUT DIAMOND AND NATURAL PEARL PENDANT OR BROOCH IN 14 KARAT GOLD. THE STUNNIN...

Finely detailed antique Edwardian era negligee drop necklace (circa 1900s to 1910s), crafted in 900 platinum (sterling silver jump ring). The east west facing circular mount is set...

Gorgeous Vintage 18K Yellow Gold Black Opal and Diamond Star Burst Pin Pendant. This gorgeous Black Opal piece can be worn as either a pin or a pendant....

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...

A stunning antique 2.88 carat opal and 0.84 carat diamond, seed pearl and 15 karat yellow and white gold pendant with 9 karat yellow gold chain; part of our diverse antique jewelry collections. This stunning, fine and impressive pearl has been crafted in 15k yellow and white gold with a 9k yellow gold rolo chain. The articulated kite shaped frame displays a feature 2.88Ct kite shaped panel, bezel set to a 15k yellow gold frame. Two articulated concentric kite shaped frames surround the feature opal, the inner 15k white gold frame embellished with thirty-three pavé set old mine cut diamonds The outer scalloped edged 15k yellow gold frame is ornamented with thirty-five seed pearls, graduated in size. The opal setting and surrounding frames suspend and articulate via a 15k white gold vertical linear setting, embellished with a further nine old mine cut diamonds. The pendant suspends from a 9k yellow gold 20" rolo chain via a shaped ring...

A Belle Epoque opal and diamond pendant in platinum and gold, featuring an oval cabochon white opal claw-set on a platinum open-back scalloped collet, suspended from a rose-cut diamo...