19th Century Jewelry

Chunky and magnificent citrine nuggets are periodically intercepted with stations of creamy baroque pearls flanking gold vermeil garnet sliced connectors, to create a gorgeous backdrop for a most charming antique hand-painted enameled balloon scent locket...

An antique Victorian silver paste Saint Esprit dove pendant (circa 1850) descending from heaven with outstretched wings, dangles sweetly below an oxidized ...

Genevieve Necklace - A gorgeous teal blue swirled Victorian art glass scent bottle - embellished with gold cartouche following the swirly lines o...

Le Jeton II M Monogrammed Necklace - This beautiful and delicately carved Chinese gaming counter (circa 1820) has found a new life as the cent...

Elise Necklace

Autumn multi-colored moonstone of russet, grays, brown and whites are hand-linked into a 31.5” chain. The piece de resistance is the removable antique Pinchbeck...

During the early 1700’s, wealthy European families commissioned Chinese artisans to make finely engraved sets of mother-of-pearl gaming counters for use in parlor games such as Ombre, Quadrille, Loo and Whist. Starting with simple Chinese designs of flowers and birds, the engravings became more complex with time, often using family crests, monograms, or even coats -of-arms of royal European families. Even the wife of George III, Queen Charlotte, had her own set of counters and it is rumored that King George had to confiscate them as she habitually lost so much money! This commerce continued until 1840, when the games fell from fashion.

The shells were ground flat, shaped, polished and engraved - all nearly 300 years ago, and all by hand! The particular large mollusk that provided these large flat shells was hunted to extinction to supply this trade.

This beautiful and delicately carved and fretted Chinese gaming counter...

Whenever I am fortunate enough to find a pretty locket with a family of old photos, it is a bittersweet discovery to know that the history of entire generations has either been given away or possibly sold during a period of hard times. Such was the case when I located this precious antique locket preserved with family photos of a young girl and what appear to be her mother and father. My mind wanders to the circumstances that led to the locket eventually ending up with an antique dealer - for sale, to the person that will pay a pittance for such a rich legacy. The Beloved Generations necklace is composed of Alexandrite colored green amethyst nuggets and rondelles that culminate in a “frill” of multicolored tourmaline rondelles and a single watermelon tourmaline slice - highlighting the sweet memory of a locket from a bygone era. The antique gold filled locket provides its own provenance with original hand colored photos more than likely from the Victorian Era. The necklace portion measures 26” with a generous “frill” and feature watermelon slice bead more than 2” long before it culminates at the lovely old locket...

Stunning Peruvian Opal smooth rondelles and pink sapphires are hand-linked to create this beautiful Spring / Summer necklace. This cacophony of color terminates with an antique Georgian Silver Paste...

This stunning antique ladies pocket watch was the inspiration to juxtapose elegantly checkerboard faceted lemon quartz be...

A romantic Victorian peacock blue guilloche mourning locket, encircled by natural pearls, forms a sweet and delicate frame for a newly commissioned grisaille putti...

A hauntingly beautiful hand-painted watercolor of a Lover?s Eye was recently commissioned to marry the charming folklore of it?s antique counterparts with a gorgeous Georgian antique silver...

This swoon worthy bracelet is composed of eight strands of the always coveted periwinkle/lavender tanzanite. The sprinkling of ravishing smooth pin...