Renaissance Jewelry

The pendant with an interlaced rose-cut diamond frame between white and black enamel, suspending box-shaped bezel set with a single table-cut diamond with black and white enamel deco...

Two-layered agate cameo, red and white, depicting Roman Charity on an amati background. Italy, 16th century H. 3.7 cm - L. 2.9 cm Gold setting, eagle's head hallmark, 19th century H....

One small gold ring set with a table cut diamond with dark blue champlevé enamel in stripes in the arcades of a box bezel and in the shank, Western Eur...

Cuff bracelet designed by Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent. Great piece of fashion art, created in Paris France by the designer Tom Ford for the house of Yves Saint Laurent, back in ...

This unique, museum quality partially gilded silver and niello Renaissance signet ring is probably Italian, circa 1580. The engraved signet conceals a double meaning: a grotesque fac...

Wedding band set with a total of 0.34 carat round brilliant diamonds, completely hand engraved in the traditional Florentine style. This wedding ring is crafted by hand in 18K white ...

The cameo at the center of this exceptional pendant is a stunning example of the art of gem engraving during the Renaissance. It likely dates to the early 17th century and features a sacrificial scene inspired by the Greco-Roman era. The central flaming altar is flanked by two figures preparing to sacrifice a ram, while a figure in a lion skin blowing horns stands in the left corner. The carver brilliantly uses the natural layers of the stone to achieve the illusion of shadow and musculature on the figures. A second, smaller cameo is set at the top of the pendant, while a myriad of multi-colored gems, pearls and enamel adorns the 18K gold setting. A large Baroque pearl suspended from an enamel dragon finishes the design, which embodies the opulence and theatricality of jewels from the Renaissance age. Cameos and intaglios were highly popular amongst wealthy connoisseurs in Renaissance Italy, and owning the finest pieces was the privilege of princes. Although they were often elaborately mounted for display alone, cameos were also frequently worn as pendants, surrounded by enameled and stone-set gold frames. Such pieces were particularly prized by the Medici and Lorraine families, many of which can now be seen at the National Archeological Museum in Florence. Very few Renaissance cameos...

The Gigantas Pendant, an important late 16th century Renaissance baroque pearl, gold and enamelled pendant, with later alterations, depicting one of the Greek gigantes, wearing the i...

18K yellow and white gold diamond ring set with a total of 0.41 carats, completely hand engraved in the traditional Florentine s...

Renaissance diamond ring. An impressive 16th century ring, set with a square point cut diamond in a closed back rubover setting with an approx...

Renaissance decorative emerald set ring. Set with a rectangular facetted natural emerald with no colour enhancement in a closed back rubover setting with an approximate weight of 1.00 carats, to a raised decorative collet with scalloped trim and fine beaded borders, engraved radiating pattern to the underside, and flanked by ornate carved shoulders with elevated scrolling openwork flourishes, all with traces of green, white and blue enamel, flowing through to a slim D-shape shank. Tested yellow gold, approximately 7.2g in weight, circa 17...

Cameo depicting Alessandro de' Medici, known as (IL Moro or 'The Moor'), c. 16th - 17th century, in later gold ring mount, cameo 2.0cm high, ring size 7