French White Gold Diamond Flower Bombe Ring, circa 1950

18ct yellow gold & Silver Set Belle Epoque Diamond Pendant / Brooch c1900 with detachable 18ct yellow gold brooch fitting and 18ct white g...

A fine and rare Art Deco vintage wristwatch by Rolex made in 1927. This rare shaped ladies diamond Rolex was made in the height of the Art Deco pe...

Seven natural, untreated blue sapphires in a period, Victorian bangle (bracelet) mounted with white diamonds dating from Circa 1860. 18ct yellow gold bangle set with 7 extremely well matched, natural untreated Sapphires...

Jugenstil Diamond Pendant Brooch, circa 1890 18ct yellow gold and silver set, diamonds. Setting diamonds in silver, “silver set”, was a techni...

An 18ct Cross with Rubies and Diamonds circa 1850 Single row of Calibré cut natural colour rubies framing a diamond set foliate central design. Single...

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...

Made in 18 carat gold with rhodium plating, this ring is all curves. Set with 40 brilliant cut diamonds spotted with eight cabochon sapphires around a larger central sapphire weighin...

Solid 14K White Gold Natural Round White Diamonds .18 Total Diamond Weight G-H Color SI Clarity Natural Red Ruby Baguettes .38 Total Carat Weight Size 6.5 - Sizable Free Insur...

Solid 14K White Gold Natural Round White Diamonds .88 Total Diamond Weight G-H Color SI Clarity Natural Blue Sapphire Baguettes .39 Total Carat Weight Size 6.5 - Sizable Free ...

An impressive vintage 1950s 0.53 carat diamond and 18 karat white gold dress ring; part of our diverse vintage jewelry and estate jewelry collections. This fine and impressive 1950s diamond band...

Bombè band ring centers three old European cut diamonds weighing approximately 0.45 carat Surrounded by old European and single cut diamonds weighing in total approximately 1.10 car...

An impressive vintage 1950s 0.75 carat diamond and 14 karat white gold twist style dress ring; part of our diverse diamond jewelry and estate jewelry collections. This fine and impressive vintage 1950s diamond cocktail ring has been crafted in 14k white gold. The pierced decorated, twist design is ornamented with five modern brilliant round cut diamonds, bezel set to individual square shaped setting and displayed on a diagonal to the center. The setting is embellished with a further ten pavé set eight-cut diamonds. The subtly flared band ring shoulders blend with the twist design and meld seamlessly with the plain ring shank. This vintage twist ring...