Greek Revival Jewelry

Vintage Ring with three stones in solid 18K Yellow Gold. This design reminds old Roman / Byzantine period pieces, with carved shoulders and wide ...

Antique Danish Pendant / Locket made of solid 18K Yellow Gold. Detailed hand hammered and engraved ornament of Eternity Knot in miniature proportions on ...

Beautiful late 70s Givenchy navy blue marbleized and gold perfume bottle necklace. Gold Givenchy logo at bottom left corner. Tassel attached to the bottom. There is no perfume left i...

Old Signet Unisex intaglio 18K (tested) Gold Ring featuring Carnelian(type of Agate)stone with the detailed carved depiction of Cupid receiving the arrows from his mother, goddess Ve...

Antique Signet Intaglio Ring in solid 18K Yellow Gold with claw set fine intaglio on Hematite stone depicting depicting Greek Ares (Roman Mars ...

Beautiful 14ct Gold Vintage Earrings with surrounding cut out Greek key design Stamped 585 inside - just visible - shown in images Weight 2.65 grams (pair) Diameter 17 mm (millimeters)

Circa 1960s, 22k, by Ilias Lalaounis, Greece. This High-karat gold necklace is the perfect everyday accessory. The Mycenaean lion's head motif is central to Lalaounis' most famous a...

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...

Alessandro Michéle created this stunning Gucci, Italy, massive bracelet for the Gucci Cruise Collection 2020 runway show. This rare cuff bracelet is patinated gilded metal and featur...

Vintage Lalaounis 18K Gold Textured Bangle Bracelet Of sculpted gold bypass designed Marked: MEGAN M Maker's Mark Greece 750 Approximate Dimensions: 16 cm (Length) 0.8 - 3 cm (Wi...

A pair of older earrings with freely suspended bodies designed as knots in solid 18K Yellow Gold . Pendants are hollow inside,polished,shiny and very reflective. Each earring is 32m...

Robert Goosens, the French haute-couture Chanel-favorite parurier who enjoyed reinterpreting ancient and antique styles of jewelry with rock crystal and faux stones, also collaborated with Madame Alix Gres. Relevant to this statement necklace, the Parisian theatrical-costume designer, who founded the French fashion-house Maison Gres, commissioned Goosens to make spiral-wire adornments for her couture gowns. This handmade hammered brass wire choker necklace with five dropped en-tremblant pendants is decorated with unique colorful beads and wrapped wire. The piece 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 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...

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 Austrian- Hungarian or Bohemian Fine Pendant with a locket, decorated with fine floral engravings, Black Enamel and Seed Pearls. All metal parts made of solid 830 Silver. Gil...

Truly a bold statement piece in brilliant 18 karat yellow gold made in Greece by House of Zolotas, well known for Greek antiquity inspired designs and expert at melding contemporary...

A pair of Wiese, intaglio cufflinks, set with cornelian intaglios, mounted in 18ct gold. The intaglios depict a child's head; the bust of a philosopher; Hygeia, the Greek goddess of ...

Charming small bangle in luminous 14k yellow gold. It features a beautiful rounded convex shape with textured finish and classic etched greek key design. Push clasp with under side ...

Bochic “Orient” Fancy Sapphire & Ruby Serpent Cuff Set In 18K Gold & Silver Bochic Serpent Fancy Sapphire & Ruby Ring Ruby Natural Pink Natural Sapphire Rose Natural Sapphire R...

This feminine pair of vintage Lalaounis 18K yellow gold dangle earrings are quite long at 2 3/4 inches. They are gracefully curved creating a subtle bombe appearance. All raised surf...

Clips-on earrings designed by Ilias Lalaounis. Gorgeous pair of clips-on earrings, created in Paris France by the jewelry house of Ilias Lalaounis, back in the 1970's. These beautif...

lias Lalaounis 18 Karat Gold Malachite Choker Necklace. This unique 8mm wide hinged choker features a single malachite bead set in one of the ends. Both ends of this choker and near ...

A French, antique, Greek Revival, pearl gold and platinum bangle, with a repeat pattern of bouton pearls, individually set between motifs of opposing gold acanthus leaves, divided by...

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

Medusa Head Drop Earrings handcrafted in 22Kt yellow gold, featuring a carved Lapis Lazuli center and a brilliant cut diamond. Inspired by the ancient greek mythology and Perseus's a...

Antique Unisex signet ring dating to ca. XIX -early XX cent. Solid 18K Yellow Gold with fine cameo on banded Red Onyx depicting young Greek or Roman Woman wearing diadem. Crown meas...

A fine antique carved shell cameo brooch. In a 10K gold mount. With a bezel-set, carved shell cameo of the Greek goddess Hera, the goddess of women, marriage, and childbirth. (Know...

A unique and beautiful bracelet showcasing a side profile of a Roman man made in 18K Yellow Gold, accented by diamonds on either side. Diamonds weigh 0.12 carats total. Double row de...

This stunning pair of earrings feature to fine malachite relief carvings portraying busts of young women in the Greek Revival taste. The cameos are mounted in wavy gold mounts within outer frames decorated with 20 fine oriental pearl beads each. The earrings are designed for pierced ears but are fitted with an unusual and elegant clip mechanism. The clips on the reverse of the earrings are finely engraved. The malachite cameos...

Handsome Danish Cup hand - made in Copenhagen in 1927. Thick and firm walls with ornaments both hammered and engraved. Danish control hallmarks confirming at least 830 Silver alloy...

Sculptural Toi et Moi ring made in Greece. One of a kind piece, created in Greece with ancient patterns. This sculptural ring has been crafted in yellow gold of 18 karats with the surfaces treated with a delicate hammered finish. Gemstones: Mount as a toi et moi with a pair of spheres cut...

Artemis is the goddess of hunting, wilderness and fertility. Symbol of strength and victory, Artemis’ bow represents, through its arrow, the apprenticeship of the civilized human, fr...

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 is dark Red with upper layers of creamy beige color. Made in France ca 1920s - 1930s. Hallmarked with French 18K Gold standard hallmark/head of an Eagle. Measures 52 mm x 32mm x 17 mm deep. Weight: 18.2 grams Fine used condition. Very minor dents on the back side. Secure/tight hinges and closure that close with a click.. A small ring attached to the bail is an adapter that can be used to hang this locket on the wall. Note: You buy just one pendant without a chain. The second pendant of Sapho on the last image will not be included. In Greek mythology, Maenads (/ˈmiːnædz/; Ancient Greek: μαινάδες [maiˈnades]) were the female followers of Dionysus and the most significant members of the Thiasus, the god's retinue. Their name translates as "raving ones". Maenads were known as Bassarids, Bacchae /ˈbækiː/, or Bacchantes /ˈbækənts, bəˈkænts, -ˈkɑːnts/ in Roman mythology after the penchant of the equivalent Roman god, Bacchus, to wear a bassaris or fox skin...

This fine early roll seal is carved is carved from a translucent sardonyx with narrow stripes in a great variety of colours. The bead is engraved with a scorpio on the reverse. The ...

These elegant dangling earrings were made out of 14 karat gold in 1870 ca. The earrings are in designed in Greek revival taste. The earrings consists of tops set with a lapis lazuli ...

Stud earrings designed by Zolotas. Beautiful pair of round stud earrings, created in Greece by the jewelry makers of Zolotas. These earrings have been crafted with ancient Greeks patterns in solid rich yellow gold of 18 karats with brushed, hammered and frosted finishes. Designed with a sunburst in high relief and fitted with post for pierced ears and butterfly push backs. Weight: 12.75 Grams, (8.27 Dwt). Measurements: Diameter of 22 mm (0.87 Inches). Hallmarks: They are both stamped with Greek marks, the maker's mark, the mark for the assay of the gold and signed, "ZOLOTAS GREECE ,750 TA-7". 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...

Made to order in 18k Gold and Diamonds. Adorn yourself with Italian perfection—Diamond Dangle Earrings in 14k or 18k solid gold, inspired by Ancient Greek style. Crafted in Italy, these exquisite Bee Coin Earrings fuse history with modern elegance. Elevate your look with the allure of Italian jewels...

A pair of earrings designed by Ilias Lalaounis. Gorgeous statement earrings, created in Greece by the jewelry house of Ilias Lalaounis back in the 1970's. These beautiful vintage an...

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

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

A pair of zodiacal earrings designed by Ilias Lalaounis. Beautiful clips-on earrings, created in Greece by the jewelry house of Ilias Lalaounis back i...

Rubellite Grecian - Ancient Style ring, handcrafted in 18Kt Gold Ring, with Alexander the Great and Diamonds. The simple base of the ring, the carv...

Rams cocktail ring designed by Zolotas. A sculptural cocktail ring, created in Athens Greece by the jewelry makers of Zolotas, back in the late 1970's. This gorgeous ring is a real statement designed in three dimensions with ancient Greek patterns of four rams heads. This unusual ring has been crafted in solid rich yellow gold of 21 karats with brushed, hammered, textured and frosted finishes. Lapis lazuli: Mounted in bezel settings, with 2 spherical cabochon cuts of 10 mm carved from natural blue lapis lazuli, with a weight of about 12 carats. Weight: 13.95 Grams, (8.94 Dwt). Size: 6 and may be sized on request. Measurements: 24 mm by 28 mm (0.95 x 1.10 Inches) and raise 15 mm over the finger. Hallmarks: Stamped with Greek marks, the maker's mark, the mark for the assay of the gold and signed, "ZOLOTAS GREECE 22KT .916". 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...

A large pair of 1960s 18K gold ear clips by Lalaounis based on a design motif found in Greek antiquity of the ram's head (a symbol of prosperity) each sculpted fully round to view fr...

Lion Heads Ring in 18K Gold and Tiger Eye. Signed Zolotas - Circa 1970

Drop earrings with cushion Blue Topazes and two briliiant cut diamonds, handcrafted in 22Kt yellow gold. This majestic pair of earrings is created using the superb technique of granu...

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...

14k yellow gold ring. This gorgeous contemporary oval laser cut cameo ring has a dark orange carnelian background with a lighter orange foreground of a handsome bust of a soldier, fa...

Ram earrings made of gold 22k signed by the famous Greek jeweler Zolotas. The earrings are with a clap closure but we can change it on demand and make an alpa closure for ear holes. circa 1980-1990 Weight: 23.8 grams The Greek firm of Zolotas was founded in 1895 in Athens at the foot of the Acropolis by Efthimios Zolotas. After gaining experience at the ateliers in Paris he returned home determined to use what he had learnt to start his own business. In doing so he wanted to create a jewellery house that combined the traditions and style of his homeland with Parisian standards of craftsmanship. The firm was immediately successful and Zolotas was soon able to open his own workshop adjacent to the store on Aiolou Street. In 1904 he married his wife Konstantina and their son Xenofon was born the following year. By this time his work had come to the attention of the Greek Royal family and in 1910 he created a series of jewels for them to wear to the coronation of England’s King George V. Xenofon didn’t join his father in the business but instead forged his own path, becoming a Professor at the University of Thessaloniki, working for the Bank of Greece and even serving briefly as Prime Minister, however he always remained connected to the Zolotas business. Indeed, it was he who initiated the collaborations with Greek archaeological museums at the beginning of the 1960s to re-interpret the Classical motifs and patterns found therein and transpose them onto jewellery. This reimagining of ancient history and honouring of Greek culture produced some of the firms most successful and memorable jewels which were adored by stylish women such as Maria Callas, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The 1970s saw a store opening in Paris and collaborations with the sculptor Claude Lalanne and the artist Paloma Picasso who designed various pieces for the firm including a gold panel bracelet...

FACTORY / HOUSE: Rob Crook STYLE / REFERENCE: Open Face / Pocket Watch Keywind METAL / MATERIAL: 18kt Yellow Gold CIRCA: 1845 DIMENSIONS: Diameter 47mm MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Key Winding / 13 Jewels DIAL / HANDS: Original Enamel with Roman Numerals / Blued Steel Hands WARRANTY: 18 months on the movement. LIFETIME SERVICE COMMITMENT This high grade English chain driven watch...

18ct 750 Gold Bracelet with beautiful central princess cut diamond Diamond size 3.25 mm x 3.25 mm + 0.25 Carat Size - Inner Diameter 5.8 cm Inner Height 4.7 cm The b...

These semi-hoop earrings are crafted in radiant 14 karat yellow gold and feature a bold Greek Key design that adds a touch of timeless sophistication. The intricate pattern wraps alo...

This ring was made in 1870-1880 ca. The cameo is carved out of a shell and ounted in a 14 karat gold setting. The subject of the cameo is the Greek hero H...

This beautifully detailed estate cross is crafted from rich 18 karat yellow gold with intricate open filigree work and navy blue enameling for a truly lovely sight to behold! Impress...

Made to order in 18k Gold and Natural Garnets. Yellow gold, rose gold or white gold. Discover our exquisite Made in Italy Dangle Earrings, crafte...

Clips-on earrings designed by Zolotas. Magnificent pair of clips-on earrings, created in Athens Greece by the jewelry makers of Zolotas, back in the late 1970's. These gorgeous pair...

Made to order in 14k Gold and Natural Garnets. Discover our exquisite Made in Italy Dangle Earrings, crafted with meticulous artistry in either 1...

Made to order in 18k Gold. Yellow gold, rose gold or white gold. Adorn yourself with Italian perfection — Dangle Earrings in 14k or 18k solid gold, inspired by Ancient Greek style. Crafted in Italy, these exquisite Zeus Coin...

Made to order in 14k Gold. Yellow gold, rose gold or white gold. Adorn yourself with Italian perfection — Dangle Earrings in 14k or 18k solid gold, inspired by Ancient Greek style. Crafted in Italy, these exquisite Zeus Coin...