Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
GEORGIAN STYLE
Georgian jewelry is named for the monarchies of the four King Georges, who in succession ruled England starting in 1714 (plus King William’s reign, which lasted until 1837). A slew of beautiful pieces were produced during the period, and today antique Georgian rings, necklaces and other accessories are coveted by fine jewelry collectors.
There are certain features that distinguish jewelry from this era, including the fact that pieces from the 18th and early 19th centuries were handmade (so don’t let the absence of a maker’s mark lead you to believe otherwise). Antique Georgian jewelry also has a certain “look.” It’s a bit gray because stones were often set in silver, and because stonecutting techniques were not as advanced as they are today, the gems do not possess the level of sparkle to which we have become accustomed.
Intricate metalworking techniques such as repoussé (the hammering of metal into ornate designs) and cannetille (a method of working the gold wire to make it look woven) allowed goldsmiths to really flex their muscles. These gold pieces, either on their own or combined with gemstones, made for highly original and dramatic jewelry. The era also saw pieces with ornately woven strands of human hair.
Pearls, along with colored gemstones like garnets, rubies and sapphires, were widely used in Georgian jewelry. These were often cut in the shape of a cabochon or teardrop. It was fashionable to combine garnets or rubies with seed pearls. In Georgian diamond rings, popular cuts for diamonds included rose, old mine and table. Around the 1780s, paste jewelry, or hand-cut glass on foil, was used to imitate diamonds.
Browse a collection of antique Georgian diamond rings, earrings, brooches and other authentic Georgian jewelry today on 1stDibs.
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Style: Georgian
Antique Cut Steel Hair Pin Hair Ornament Butterfly Insekt Horn
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This charming hair ornament was handcrafted in the second quarter of thew 19th century. The hair pin is decorated with a butterfly made from small facetted steel nails that were rive...
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1830s English Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Cut Steel
Antique Georgian Clasp Necklace Bracelet Rose Gold 9K Garnet
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This charming clasp designed as a buckle was created in 1830 ca. out of 9K rose gold. The buckle is set with ten round facetted garnets, the two larger garnets are oval. It is intend...
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1830s European Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Garnet, Silver, Gold, 9k Gold, Rose Gold
Antique Early 19th Century Georgian Pair Of Cut Steel Shoe Buckle Metal
Located in Munich, Bavaria
These exquisite Georgian shoe buckles with a cut out design were created in the 1st quarter of the 19th century. More than seven hundred facetted steel nails have been riveted onto t...
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1810s European Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Cut Steel
Pair of Antique Georgian English Sterling Silver Tea Caddies by Francis Crump
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine matched pair of English 18th century tea caddies.
In sterling silver.
Marked for Francis Crump, London, and 1758.
Having ce...
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Mid-18th Century British Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Silver travelling Inkwell London 1839
Located in Toronto, ON
Antique Silver travelling Inkwell London 1839 prob Thomas Diller. Vermeuil Silver rectangular inkwell plain with moulded borders and a hinged screw-down cover surmounted by a folding...
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19th Century English Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver, Other
Rare Mughal Enamel and Diamond Cup, Early 19th Century
Located in Idar-Oberstein, DE
A rare Mughal Enamel and Diamond Cup, early 19th Century
The Mughal cup is finely decorated with a combination of red, white, blue, green "Meenakari" ename...
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Early 19th Century Indian Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Diamond, 22k Gold, Enamel
Antique 18th Century French Silver Footed Wine Goblet or Beaker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique French silver beaker.
Illegibly hallmarked to the base and side and inscribed with an owner's mark 'VB' to the foot.
Simply a won...
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18th Century French Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique 1800 Love Token Sentimental Gift Intaglio Venus and Cupid Chalcedony
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This large intaglio was hand carved towards thew end of the eighteenth century or the very beginning of the nineteenth century. 1800 out of a large fla...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Chalcedony
1812 George III British Gilt Sterling Silver Box Pill Snuff Box 75gr
Located in SE
Very decorative Silver Pill Box with thick walls and internal gilding. Identical cast decorations on both sides.
Hallmarked with clear British marks, created in 1812 at the workshop...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Hair Pins Hair Ornaments Facetted Chalcedony Silver Gilt Silver
Located in Munich, Bavaria
These unusual hair ornaments come as a set of four haipins with two prongs each and two pins with one prong each connected by a silver chain. All the pins are mounted with natural colour facetted...
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1820s European Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Chalcedony, Silver
Georgian Child Parrot Bird Portrait Miniature 14 Karat Gold Hand Painted Pendant
Located in New York, NY
This is a very early and rare Museum Quality Georgian hand painted portrait miniature of a girl child with a bird which appears to be a parrot or raven or crow and is framed in a 14 ...
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Early 19th Century Unknown Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Georgian Pair of Peacock Clasp Bracelet Necklace Pinchbeck Paste
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This elegant pair of clasps are designed as peacocks with their fan. The peacocks are made out of Pinchbeck and mounted in metal clasps with a rose gold gilding. The peacocks's fans ...
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1820s English Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Pinchbeck
Antique Georgian Sterling Silver Vinaigrette Silver Box
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This delightful vinaigrette was hand crafted out of sterling silver in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. It is hallmarked in inside the lid and on the base with a bust of ...
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1820s English Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Sterling Silver
18th Century Grand Tour Bocca Della Verita Calcedony Intaglio Diamond Pendant
Located in New York, NY
Exceptionally rare 18th century diamond set calcedony intaglio pendant depicting the famed Roman marble Bocca della Verita, the Mouth of Truth. The eni...
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18th Century European Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Diamond, Gold, Silver
Antique Georg IV Stickpin Seal Amethyst Intaglio Swallow Gold Love Messenger
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Rare stickpin with a gold hand in a lace cuff. The hand is clenched to a fist and it is holding a hinged element reminiscent of a door knocker in the shape of an ornate stirrup. A g...
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1820s British Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Amethyst, Gold, 15k Gold
Antique George IV Silver Chatelaine Needlework Needle Case Cross Flower Bouquet
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Very rare silver chatelaine with a needle case in the shape of a cross. The hook of the chatelaine is decorated with a flower bouquet ia vase.
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1820s Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique French Silver and Purple Paste Stone Buckles, 19th Century
Located in Rotterdam, NL
This pair of antique shoe buckles, set with vibrant square-cut purple paste stones, is a stunning example of 19th-century European fashion accessor...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Rare Matthew Linwood Georgian English Sterling Silver Snail Form Vinaigrette Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very fine rare Georgian English sterling silver vinaigrette.
In the rare figural vinaigrette form of a snail shell or sea shell.
It was made by Matthew Linwood...
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Early 19th Century British Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Georgian Quizzing Glass Pendant 15 Karat Yellow Gold Glass
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This beautiful quizzing glass was the much needed and treasured accessory of an elegant Georgian personality.
The quizzing glass has been handcrafted out of 15 karat gold in 1825 ca....
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1820s English Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Rare Matthew Linwood Gilt Georgian English Sterling Silver Seashell Form Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine and rare antique English Georgian sterling silver box.
In the rare figural form of a snail shell or seashell. The interior of the box is gilt.
It was made by Matthew Linwood...
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Early 19th Century British Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georgian Child Flower Locket Pendant Gold Portrait Miniature Necklace
Located in New York, NY
This is a very early and rare Museum Quality Georgian Locket Pendant Necklace with an extraordinary hand painted portrait miniature of a child in a fie...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, 10k Gold, Rose Gold
18th Century Georgian Mother Child Grisaille Miniature Drawing Gold Pendant
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Beautiful grisaille miniature of a young mother and her child executed in pencil on paper mounted in an oval engraved gold frame that can be worn as a pendant.
The mother's clothes a...
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1780s British Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, 15k Gold
Antique Georgian Landscape Agate Claspfor Bracelet or Necklace 9 Karat Gold
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This unusual Georgian clasp is set with a landscape agate mounted in 9 karat gold. The clasp can be used for a bracelet or a necklace with up to 11 rows...
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1780s English Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Agate, Gold, 9k Gold
18th Century Micromosaic, Rome, c. 1795, Attributed to G. Raffaelli
Located in Aspen, CO
18th century micromosaic of a turtle dove on her nest with a chick, attributed to Giacomo Raffaelli.
To see a similar plaque, signed and dated Giacomo Raffaelli, 1791; see: Aste Bol...
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1790s Italian Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Micromosaic Plaque of the Goldfinch, signed and dated by Giacomo Raffaelli, 1784
Located in Aspen, CO
Micromosaic plaque of the Goldfinch This circular plaque is 3 inches in diameter, the micromosaic is set in copper. On the verso, the piece is signed...
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1780s Italian Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Georgian Engraved Sterling Silver Sash Belt Buckle, 1825
Located in Rotterdam, NL
This silver rectangular curved sash buckle is made in early nineteenth century, Georgian era. The central pillar is hinged with a two-prong, which is flanked by an openwork heart-sha...
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Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Georgian 1820 Enameled Pin of a Playful Putti 18kt Gold with European Diamonds
Located in Miami, FL
Magnificent piece from the Georgian Period.
An antique stick pin brooch, created in the United Kingdom between the kingdoms of George III (17...
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Coral Angel Brooch
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A large coral brooch of an angel, Italy, 18th century.
weight: 19.1 grams
dimensions: 6.1 cm.
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Coral, 18k Gold
George V Sterling Silver & Enamel Cigarette Case. Chester, 1936 W.H Tandy & Sons
Located in MELBOURNE, AU
George V Sterling Silver and Enamel Rectangular Cigarette Case
Hallmarked Chester, 1936, W.H Tandy & Sons
Illustrating a seated woman with small Pan figure on her knee,
signed Gas...
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1930s European Vintage Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Amythest and Gold Sulphide Scent Bottle on Stand
Located in Riverdale, NY
Amythest and 18k Tri Color Gold Sulphide Cameo Scent Bottle on Stand, early 19th Century, possibly by Baccarat. A custom made period stand in sterling allows the bottle to be display...
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1820s French Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Amethyst, Gold, 18k Gold
Georgian Silver patch or pill Box Birmingham 1793 Joseph Taylor
Located in Toronto, ON
Georgian Silver Box Birmingham 1793 Joseph Taylor. Wonderful little box originally for patches but ideal today as a pill box with nice tight fitting cover. Pin pricked engraved folia...
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18th Century English Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique Georgian Buckle Banded Agate Against The Evil Eye Garnets Gilt metal
Located in Munich, Bavaria
d This outstanding dress buckle uses the combination of flat cut garnets and banded agates chosen for their eye resemblance. Agates cut this way have been used in jewellery since ant...
Category
1830s English Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Agate, Garnet, Gilt Metal
Antique 18th Century Button Cameo of a Young Man Shell Carving Silver
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This rare button features a shell cameo of a young man carved in antique manner. The cameo is mounted in a silver button.
Category
1780s European Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique Charm Pendant Basket Gilt Metal Enamel
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This delightful little pendant in the shape of a basket is made out of guilt metal and decorated with pale blue and white enamel.
Category
1820s Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Enamel, Gilt Metal
Antique Box Dog Token Of Fidelity + Friendship Polished Steel Velvet Leather
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This charming box was handcrafted in 1830 ca. It was most probably a sentimental gift, a token of fidelity and friendship.
It is made out of wood covered in velvet. The inside is li...
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1830s European Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Steel
Georgian Child Dove Bird Locket Pendant Portrait Miniature Necklace Hand Painted
Located in New York, NY
This is a very early and rare Museum Quality Georgian Locket Pendant Necklace with an extraordinary hand painted portrait miniature of a child with a d...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gilt Metal
Antique Georgian 1760s 18K Gold, White Enamel & Grey Agate Etui or Needle Case
Located in Staines-Upon-Thames, GB
A Georgian gold, enamel and agate needle case or etui, comprising a needle case in polished grey agate, with an inscription in white enamel, with floral detailing in 18 karat yellow ...
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Mid-18th Century British Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Agate, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Pair of Georgian Style Sterling Silver Sauceboats
Located in London, GB
A pair of Georgian style sterling silver sauceboats, with curved edging, upturned scroll handles, on three hoof feet, gross weight 6.5ozs,(203gms), length 5.75",(14cms), London 1977,...
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20th Century British Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Sterling Silver
Giacomo Raffaelli Micromosaic Box
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An Italian green granite box, with a micromosaic mounted in a two-color gold chased border. Depicted is a goldfinch (carduelis carduelis) on a branch with berries and overlooking the Mediterranean. The scene is surrounded by a millefiori border. By Giacomo Raffaelli...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Georgian Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
18k Gold
