Greek Revival Necklaces

Greek revival necklace with lapis lazuli. Beautiful, Hellenistic necklace, made in Greece in the style of the ancient Greeks with floreated designs. This unusual necklace has been c...

Antique Pendant with a miniature painting 16mm x 8 mm of the ancient Greek Goddess of harvest and fertility Demeter. The painting is concealed within a miniature frame made of gilt S...

A pendant-brooch designed by Paloma Picasso for Tiffany & Co. This is a very rare vintage piece of jewelry, created in New York by Paloma Picasso for the Tiffany & Co. Studios, back...

This 18k yellow gold Lalaounis double rams head lariat necklace is a truly magnificent example of the esteemed Greek designers offerings. From clasp to tip, the necklace is comprise...

Antique French Pendant / Locket in solid 18K White Gold inlaid with a hand-carved cameo of Maenad carved on banded Red Onyx with great accuracy and precision. The color of the stone...

Hand-made in 18K Gold - Pendant / Locket with hand-engraved ornaments of Greek Key on both sides. Made in solid 18K Yellow Gold. One internal removable bezel inside, no glass. All pa...

Sautoir necklace designed by Zolotas. Gorgeous dangle necklace, created in Greece by the jewelry house of Zolotas back in the late 20th century. This elegant necklace has been crafted with a mesh of wires made up in solid yellow gold of 18 karats. Designed with two dangle drops elements and an Hercules Knot. Fitted with a push box safety lock and a hinged figure 8 for extra security. Hercules Knot The Hercules Knot was notably a wedding symbol and also represented the virginity of the bride: this coming from the Roman lore that the Knot symbolized the legendary fertility of Hercules - relating to the girdle of Diana (Artemis) which was captured/retrieved from the Amazon Queen Hippolyta. Later on, the Hercules Knot survived its religious uses with the Ancients and was actually still used during medieval times as a common symbol as well as also being Renaissance love tokens. Weight: 139.80 Grams, (89.61Dwt). Size: Totally extended is 36 Inch (91.40 Cm). Measurements: The dangle drops have a lenght of 5.2 and 4.1 inches respectively. Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's mark, the mark for the assay of the gold and signed, "ZOLOTAS Z04 18KT". History of Zolotas The firm of Zolotas, was founded in Athens in 1895 by Efthimios Zolotas. The jewelry of Zolotas is very well known for their designs inspired by Greek antiquity. In the 1950, they made the decision to create the trademark and branches out into international markets. It was also during this era that the jewelry House of Zolotas began crafting what would become their ancient Greek signature style. In a gorgeous combination of modern and ancient styles. The high karat gold jewelry was fashioned using traditional techniques and motifs with contemporary flair. The symbols which had been sacred to the Greek culture some thousands of years prior were now manifested in ram, lion, snake and bull jewelry...

Featuring handmade double-spiral filigree links, this vintage collar choker necklace was created by tightly twisting fine silver wire, which was ...

This fine sardonyx scarab is engraved with a scorpio on the reverse. The stone is secured in a gold mount and decorated with fine gold granulation.

Robert Goosens, the French haute-couture parurier who enjoyed reinterpreting ancient and antique styles of jewelry with rock crystal and faux stones, collaborated with Madame Alix Gres, the Parisian fashion and theatrical-costume designer who founded Maison Gres, to make spiral-wire adornments for her couture gowns, such as this handmade hammered brass wire choker necklace with five dropped en-tremblant pendants that are decorated with unique colorful beads and wrapped wire. This necklace dates between 1969-1971 based on similar unsigned spiraled-wire "metal" jewelry without goldsmithing marks in the museum collection of TheMet (see our photo), which acquired it from Maison Givenchy founder Hubert de Givenchy, who was one of the most supportive fans of Gres. Like the legendary sculptural clothing designs of Madame Gres, this necklace was inspired by Greco-Roman costumes, while its sculpted shapes by Goosens reference her signature curvilinear fabric techniques that earned her the sobriquet of "the master of the wrapped and draped dress". Goosens (1927-2016), nicknamed Monsieur Bijou, also made jewelry inspired by other periods of antiquity to compliment the couture clothing of Coco Chanel, Cristobal Balenciaga, Elsa Schiaparelli, Christian Dior, and Yves Saint Laurent. After Goosens collaborated with Gres, he revisited golden spiral designs with Saint Laurent. Similar to the free-flowing fabric manipulated in Gres gowns, this hand-shaped necklace that we photographed in sunlight is a study in motion that drapes across a curvy cleavage. Adding drama to this necklace below its wire choker, the top teetering-wire pendant is a twisted and hammered horizontal double spiral, which is a Hellenistic symbol of life and transformation suggesting the breasts of a goddess of fertility and motherhood. Yet distinctly Goosens, 18 hand-cut and hand-dyed "ancient-Roman-blue" rock-crystal beads are wire-strung to weight a second tier of two separate vertical double-spiral pendants. On each, a wrapped-wire tube divides the blue beads. Between these vertical pendants in two tiers, the central vertical pendants each feature a one-of-a-kind multicolor bead (yellow/blue/red/black/white) in two lengths with abstract organic patterns recalling ancient Italian glasswork. Four more blue beads bracket these larger colorful beads. An additional 10 blue beads and 5 wire tubes decorate the bottom looped wire pendant, as well as the bottom of the wire choker. Like the hammered-wire jewelry designs of modern artist Alexander Calder, the creative complex construction of this necklace surprisingly required no metalsmith techniques, such as soldering or casting, just great skill with a jewelry pliers and hammer. For a bigger picture of couture clothing by Madame Gres during the decade beginning in 1969, she notably designed many museum-collected one-color silk-taffeta draped long gowns with empire waists and simple high collars or geometric cut-outs. Remarkably, the focal points for some of these unique dresses were at the wrists, from where long pouf sleeves voluminously droop around the hands to nearly the floor like two enormous long-petaled flowers. If paired with this equally downward-focused and balanced necklace from this same period, its bold Greco-Roman elements would have pulled a viewer's gaze of the dress from floor to face. Although there is no significant provenance for this necklace, hammered brass and tinted rock crystal were among the few materials repeatedly associated with Goosens from 1969-71. For example, in his overlapping interior-decor collections based on themes of waterlilies or foliage, Goosens hammered gilt brass wire and sheets (see our closeup photo) to represent plant parts or he wired rock-crystal beads to appear as tiny fruits. While the two multicolor glass or resin beads in this necklace are atypical, the combination of blue, yellow and red is a palette that the designer used for other pieces of rock-crystal jewelry and he created many kinds of multicolor faux stones with glass or resin paste, such as faux Tibetan turquoise including black and white. According to journalism based on interviews with Goosens, he often acquired unusual stones and glass for inspiration during his extensive travels exploring museum-collected antiquities. Since Maison Goosens was acquired in 2005 by Maison Chanel, it opened the Parisian showroom Galerie Goosens and associated shops to sell many kinds of reproductions and reimagined works by the founder, which fortunately does not suit the completely handmade elements of this necklace. So this couture piece remains one-of-a-kind. If desiring a vintage haute-couture original by Robert Goosens, we recommend perusing the Maison Goosens website so that a reproduction with a contemporary signature is not mistakenly purchased. Madame Gres (1903-1993) was born Germaine Emelie Krebs, but initially identified her fashion designs with the pseudonym Alix and later Alix Barton...

Fabulous well made sterling silver choker necklace featuring detailed lion heads on each sides of central pendant flexible wide woven chain with ornate clasp on backside ( "J" h...

Ancient Greek coin replica from 440 BC set in 18 karat yellow gold. The owl was the symbol of Athens and wisdom and the favorite bird of Goddess Athena in which she was transformed v...

Goddess Athena silver coin that dates somewhere in 510 B.C set in 18k yellow gold frame with Greek Key design. A statement piece that can be added anywh...

Noir collection pendant in 18k yellow gold. Hosting a coin of Alexander the Great surrounded with 0.32 carats brilliant cut diamonds and decorated with our famous hand made wire...

Museum replica pendant in 18 karat yellow gold completely handmade set with black Onyx hand carved with the mythical sphinx. A beautiful and regal setting with double wires and filigrees complete this elegant pendant. Here we have used gold...

18 karat yellow gold pendant showcasing a solid piece of AAA quality Lapis Lazuli in a deep blue color with carved dolphins the symbol of love. The setting is formed by filigrees gr...

Cornelian pendant carved with goddess Nike. The winged goddess of victory. Check out the incredible detail of filigrees and granulation creating a depth in a 3-D look on this one-of-...

A beautiful and colorful link necklace of emerald, yellow sapphire, pink tourmaline, and tanzanite baroque shaped nuggets weighing a total of 415.70 carats, finished with caps and li...

The Emperors Necklace, an early Victorian hardstone cameo necklace, the twelve oval chalcedony cameo plaques, each carved with the profile of a Roman ...

18k yellow gold pendant that follows precisely the museum guidelines with a fish bone wiring. The bezel is decorated with granulation and the Cornelian is carved showing the Sphinx. ...

Drop shape filigree flower pendant handcrafted in 22Kt yellow gold featuring hand Carved Amethyst and brilliant cut Diamonds. Carved flowers, fine and ...

The Pyramids. A exact museum copy from the 300 BC. 22k yellow gold hand made to perfection and set with natural gems stones showing off our high level of c...

22k gold Daily God of Love (EROS). The daily version of our flagship creation in a small wear with the sculpting statue of Aris in the center the acanthus leaves in the filigrees esc...

Goddess Athena coin Tetradrachm (4 drachmas) pendant that dates somewhere in 510 B.C set it in a heavy 18k yellow gold frame with filigree wire and a ve...

An Important Victorian hardstone intaglio necklace, composed of eight Roman intaglios depicting seven of the Olympian gods, with a central drop depi...

Tampulous. One of the most chosen artifacts for book covers and posters. It’s size and richness of 22 karats gold work and level of difficulty places it among the top exhibits. It can be seen at the Benaki Museum...

The EROS (God of love) necklace. A Macedonian treasure that was found in the excavation of king Phillips Palace father of Alexander the great and married to Olympia. Necklace that was commissioned for the queen of the Macedonians in the mid fourth century BC showcasing the love of the king and husband Philip. What a better subject than Cupid himself. Decorated with a acanthus leaves spirals and carved miniature statue...

Medusa. Classical piece that has become a fashion statement. The Greek mythology states that Medusa was made to protect and that’s why the conqueror Perseus was trying to defeat her. Then Goddess Athena placed her on her shield do use that secret power. As a symbol of art in fashion medusa is used by famous...

- 14K. yellow gold brooch / pendant with a shell cameo "Madonna with flower hair" - Dimensions: 52 x 44 x 6 mm - Weight: 25.20 grams - Germany ca 1930

This beautiful necklace is designed by Zolotas of Athens, Greece. Founded in 1895 the company merges Greek heritage with modern style to create these timeless pieces which have since...

Stunning multi-strand pearl necklace with important hand hammered 18 Karat gold balls. The pearl strands are highlighted with smaller rice shape gold inserts. The earrings are1 8 Kar...

Antique likely French Pendant featuring a cameo of Sapho hand-carved on banded Red Onyx with great accuracy and precision.The color of the stone is dark Red with upper layers of blui...