Continental US Collectible Jewelry

Rings For The Finger : From The Earliest Known Times To The Present, With Full Descriptions Of The Origin, Early Making, Materials, The Archaeology, History, For Affection, For Love,...

Sotheby's Catalog Magnificent Jewels October 25th and 26th, 1989, sale #5911. Sotheby's NY, 1989. First Edition softcover. 408 lots all photographed in color and fully described.   ...

Continental 800 standard silver purse, late 19th-early 20th century. Reticulated entwined leaves & flowers supporting the woven silver mech bag with suede liner. Contains and as foun...

AMBIANIC presents 1950s Mexican Crushed Stone Cufflinks set artisan Taxco Mexico 11/16 x 11/16 x .75 d Original preowned vintage condition Refer to images signed with stamp

A rare and exquisite brooch by legendary designer Elizabeth Locke, showcasing a Silver Sasanian Coin depicting Xusro I (circa 300 AD), framed in solid 18K yellow gold. The central ha...

1960s Modernist Sterling T2 Cufflinks Gemstone Center in the style of Georg Jensen circular motif with a center stone 15/16 x 5/8 Preowned vintage  Refer to images listed

Modernist geometric sterling cufflinks by Antonio Pineda. These have a line of obsidian intersecting through the triangular form. Signed with the Antonio crown and 970 silver mark. S...

Scandinavian modern silver and rock crystal bracelet with rock crystal by silversmith Waldemar Jonsson in Skara, Sweden, 1969. Measures: Diameter: 2.75". Height: 2".

Traditional cable 4 movable parts necklace /choker in sterling silver and 18 k gold with diamonds and garnets. Marked DY c and Sterling and gold, 925 750. Flat opened is approximate ...

1960s French Cufflinks Christian Dior yellow Gold Pavé style stamped Christian Dior approximately 1.25 x.5 Original preowned vintage condition Refer ...

Steven Burr Buckle is 1.5 wide by 2 long. Strap to top of purse is 16 inches. Purse is 9 wide, 2.75 deep, and 7 inches high.

Time honored texture and form define this Senufo sculptural object. The abstract etchings were achieved through a process known as scarification. The artisan meticulously traced and ...

Sotheby's Important Jewelry, NY, December 5th & 6th, 1984. First edition softcover catalog. 501 lots photographed in color and b&w.  

AMBIANIC presents 1970s Pal Kepenyes Sculptural Brass Pendant Milagros 4.5 long x 1.25 w x .13 d Preowned vintage condition Refer to images

A very beautiful Italian Pietra Dura pocket watch stand with flower and leaf relief, circa early-20th century, Florence, Italy. Piece is a bronze o...

Kenneth Lane gold dipped vintage necklace with matching clip on earrings. Marked under each ornament, Kenneth Lane, made in the USA.

A 1970s era belt made of copper-tone metal snake scale links with a metal and crystal jeweled medallion buckle. Very well made. Assembled by hand, the links show a stamped floral ...

Rare design, glamorous estate KJL rich cream enamel gold plated ear clips with bees and roses motif. Lovely Spring/Summer accessory for garden aficionados, wedding celebrations, int...

This is a handmade vintage pendant crafted from 14k gold, weighing 4 grams. The pendant features a textured, interwoven Star of David design, giving it a distinctive and artistic app...

This stunning early 20th century Continental 18K gold lapel pin is beautiful & is artistically crafted with a stylish clover motif suitable for eit...

Tribal jewelry vintage chocker , leather strap with colorful glass beads . the main object artistically hand made from silver and brass with one piece of glass embedded in the cent...

AMBIANIC presents Sterling Silver Malachite Bracelet 7 long x .63 w Stamped made in Mexico .925 Mexican Mayan revival Vintage Mexican modernist design. ...

A Scandinavian Modern silver bracelet with linked overlapping leaves detailed with malachite cabochons. Designed by Gertrud Engel for A. Michelsen, 1950s, Stockholm, Sweden. Diamete...

Christie’s Hong Kong magnificent jewels & watches including a private collection of D/IF Diamonds, April 27, 1998. First Edition softcover catalog w...

Napoleon Emperor Co. Framed Leda & the Swan Nude Relief on Brass Buckle 8x10x2 framed Buckle 4"x2.5"

Modernist Sterling Silver Necklace stamped 925 Israel Tiger's eye and silver. 17 long fully extended x 1.25 h x .25 d Original vintage condition Refer to listed images

The Egyptian Revival era of jewelry occurred during the Art Deco period when Tutankhamun's Tomb was discovered. The front is finished in fine hand-painted enamel detailing, depicting...

Phenomenal and stunning vintage Hobé crystal necklace and earrings set. Double stranded glass and crystal beads with gold-tone filigree accent. In excellent vintage condition with all original beads. Striking and impossible to miss! This vintage Hobé double strand necklace with its gorgeous egg-shaped glass beads, iridescent champagne colored half-egg glass beads, and aurora borealis glass beads which are accented with faceted amber glass beads and gold-tone filigree, is phenomenal. There are six of the main and largest egg...

Tiffany & Co. 18k yellow gold rare starburst earrings, designed by Paloma Picasso, with a beautiful, geometric design. They measure 1'' in diameter by 1/4'' in depth, weigh 10.5 grams (0.338 ozt), and bear hallmarks as shown. Sold in original Tiffany pouch. The legendary Tiffany brand was founded in 1837 by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young in Connecticut as a "stationery and fancy goods emporium," with the help of Charles Tiffany's father who financed the store for only $1,000 with profits from a cotton mill. Tiffany & Co. soon became a highly regarded brand for jewelry, gemstones, and silver. In 1845, Tiffany was a pioneer when it launched the Blue Book, which at the time was the first mail-order catalog...

Stylish sterling necklace by Margot De Taxco (fully and correctly marked). Nice original condition, ready to wear.

Carl Auböck model #5608 'Donkey' brass figurine keyring. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural object is hand fabricated in polished brass. Price is per ite...

A silver Scandinavian Modern pendant and chain with a geometric hexagonal design within a circle and detailed with six rock crystals. Made by Kultateollisuus KY Turku, Finland, 1972....

A stunning handmade Moroccan Berber tribal pure silver bracelet. This beautiful and one of a kind piece of jewelry made around 1950's in the Atlas...

AMBIANIC presents 1960s Modernist Sterling Silver with Stone Cufflinks Stamped sterling approximately .75 x .5 x 1 Preowned original vintage Refer to images

AMBIANIC presents 1970s Pal Kepenyes Sculptural Brass Pendant 4 h x 2 w x .13 Preowned vintage Refer to images please

Gerard Yosca gold tone clip on earrings depicting a bird in flight with a glass dangle in pale yellow Gripoix drop. The birds are detailed with faceted gold beading textures with cry...

PRESENTING an EXTREMELY UNIQUE and RARE 19C British Tunbridgeware Hair Pin/Bobbin or Slide. This slide is unlike any of it’s kind we have seen before, it is a VERY RARE survivor. From circa 1860 – 80 and made in Tunbridge Wells, England. Made of walnut with gorgeous marquetry inlay on the entirety of the front with classic Tunbridgeware micro-mosaic all over the front. The rear is walnut. The marquetry inlay appears to be various different woods, namely, maple, walnut and satinwood. Would have been worn in a Lady’s hair bun with the micro-mosaic facing forward. This would have belonged to a VERY ELEGANT LADY in the mid to late 19th Century. Tunbridge ware is a form of decoratively inlaid woodwork, typically in the form of boxes, that is characteristic of Tonbridge and the spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent in the 18th and 19th centuries. The decoration typically consists of a mosaic of many very small pieces of different coloured woods that form a pictorial vignette. Shaped rods and slivers of wood were first carefully glued together, then cut into many thin slices of identical pictorial veneer with a fine saw. Elaborately striped and feathered bandings for framing were pre-formed in a similar fashion. There is a collection of Tunbridge ware in the Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery in Tunbridge Wells. The famous makers of Tunbridge ware were in the Tunbridge Wells area of Kent; their most notable work was from circa 1830-1900. Early makers of Tunbridge ware, in Tunbridge Wells in the mid-18th century, were the Burrows family, and Fenner and Co. In the 19th century, around 1830, James Burrows invented a technique of creating mosaics from wooden tesserae. Henry Hollamby, apprenticed to the Burrows family, set up on his own in 1842 and became an important manufacturer of Tunbridge ware, employing about 40 people. Edmund Nye (1797–1863) and his father took over the Fenner company when William Fenner retired in 1840, after 30 years in partnership with him. Thomas Barton (1819–1903), previously apprenticed at the Wise factory, joined the Nyes in 1836, and worked as Nye’s designer; he took over the business in 1863 and continued there until his death. In Tonbridge (near to Tunbridge Wells), George Wise (1703–1779) is known to have had a business in 1746. It continued with his son Thomas, and Thomas’s nephew George (1779–1869), who took over in 1806. In its early years the company made articles such as workboxes and tea caddies with prints of popular views; later items had pictures created from mosaics. Their workshop in Tonbridge, Wise’s Tunbridge Ware Manufactory, was next to the Big Bridge over the Medway; the building was demolished in 1886 to widen the approach to the bridge. Tunbridge ware became popular with visitors to the spa town of Tunbridge Wells, who bought them as souvenirs and gifts. Articles included cribbage boards, paperweights, writing slopes, snuffboxes and glove boxes. At the Great Exhibition of 1851, Tunbridge ware by Edmund Nye, Robert Russell and Henry Hollamby was shown; Edmund Nye received a commendation from the judges for his work. He exhibited a table depicting a mosaic of a ship at sea; 110,800 tesserae were used in making the picture. The manufacturers of Tunbridge ware were cottage industries, and they were no more than nine in Tunbridge Wells and one in Tonbridge. The number declined in the 1880s; competent craftsmen were hard to find, and public tastes changed. After the death of Thomas Barton in 1903 the only surviving firm was Boyce, Brown and Kemp, which closed in 1927. Marquetry was an old technique which was continued by Nye and Barton to create images such as birds or butterflies. ‘Green Oak’ as caused by the fungus Chlorociboria aeruginascens. Stickware and half-square mosaic was invented by James Burrows in about 1830: a bunch of wooden sticks of different colours, each having triangular or diamond-shaped cross section, were tightly glued together; in the case of stickware, the resulting block was dried, then turned to form an article such as the base of a pincushion. For half-square mosaic, thin slices were taken from the composite block, and applied to a surface. Tesselated mosaic, was a development by James Burrows of half-square mosaic; it was adopted by George Wise and Edmund Nye. Minute tesserae were used to form a wide variety of geometric and pictorial designs. Many sorts of wood were used for the various colours; about 40 were in regular use. Only natural colors were used; green was provided by “green oak”, produced by the action of fungus on fallen oak. Designs for articles were often taken from designs of Berlin wool work.

Prepare to be mesmerized in the dance of light on sterling and gems in this Matilde Poulat Gem-set Sterling Mirror. With plenty of artistry to devour, you'll get lost as you gaze int...

Vintage and antique wristwatch collection. Total 23 watches . All of them in original condition. Leather bends. The watches are functional but needs...

KeyRing, a gold-plated silver keyring with a kitschy play on words, combines precious quality with practical functionality as a fashionable accessory. Available in two sizes, small a...

Made in France, c.1980s. LaCroix designed matching set; brooch pin and pair of clip-back earrings. Brutalist, Abstract Biomorphic forms. Sold with the original box. Brooch Dia 3 ...

Fine Jewels and Watches. Sotheby's Sale 7312, Los Angeles, May 4, 1999. Sotheby's, LA, 1999. First Edition soft cover. 208pp, 495 lots photographed in color, with results. Includes t...

AMBIANIC presents 1970s Brass and Light Wood Belt Buckle Kenneth Reid New Mexico 3 w x 1.75 d x .5 d Preowned vintage Refer to images for condition

Amber pendant in a sterling silver setting with a Italian 925 silver chain.

Sotheby's New York: Important Jewelry: 6254: December 11, 1991. 380 lots all photoed in color and fully described with results.          

A large vintage silver crown. From Peru with silver stamped maker's mark and silver 925. Interior circle is six inches in diameter.

Scandinavian Modern sculptural sterling silver cuff bracelet designed by Pekka Piekainen 1976, made by Auran Kultaseppä, Finland. Measures: Depth 2.25...

Late Victorian Murano glass mosaic on a black jet stone set in a golden filigree backing. Measures: 1 3/4" long x 1 1/4" wide x 1/2" depth.

A pair of bespoken earrings by French Art Jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997). The cast bronze earring features a sculptural design that evokes an archaic form with shell like scroll an...

The description refers to a small brooch featuring a hand-painted portrait of a nobleman. The nobleman is depicted wearing a pink suit, a style popular during the Rococo period, know...

Absolutely stunning bib necklace by Gem-Craft Corp and signed Craft © consisting of eight bejeweled starfish on a chain. It is in very good vintage condition with no missing jewels. This vintage bib...

Vintage Matisse costume green enamel with copper necklace, 1960s. Makers mark at the opening.

A Scandinavian modern silver bracelet with a raised cutout surface with free-form organic shapes. Designed Henry Marius Jacobsen, Copenhagen, 1960, Denmark. Measures: Diameter: 2.5&...

This vintage Chinese beaded necklace and earrings set features a large Shou symbol pendant and intricate red beads with flower motifs. This look...

Antique Collectible Ethnic Tribal Folk Art Crescent Shell Pieces Choker Necklaces from Papua New Guinea. Shell pieces cut from the gold lipped pearl oyster found off the waters of Papua New Guinea. Their opalescent color ranges from deep gold yellow to pale yellow. Each is pierced at the crescent point for a cord attachment enabling the owner to wear them singly or together around the neck. One had a line of holes along the inner edge of the crescent as a decorative feature. Highly Collectible Museum Pieces, worn by men and women rare old Kina Shell Necklaces (Huge Mother of Pearl Crescent) Pectoral Collected from the Foi Tribe (Papua New Guinea), Circa 1920’s. From the Art collection of Marian and John Scott. Acquisition date: 1969. Evaluation date records: 1982. About: For the people of the Highlands, shells were considered treasures. As they were items that came from distant shores of Papua New Guinea they were already objects used for trade. The number one source of mother of pearl wealth was and is still is from the Thursday Island, one of the chain of Island that suggests the ancient land bridge across the Torres Straits from Cape York, Australia to New Guinea. They were fashioned into objects of adornment worn on costumes, hair, nose, etc. Of particular rarity was the gold lipped pearl shell. References: Plumes and Arrows, Inside New Guinea, COlin Simpson, Angus and RObertson, 1968. CATEGORY Anthropology: Ethnography. Tribal Kina Shell Pectoral Necklace, Pearl shell ornamentation (neck). Kina (shell money) Oject part of Pacific Cultures Collections. Purchased from the amazing private collection of Mark Lissauer who spent his life collecting niche ethnographic pieces. About Mark Lissauer: Mark Lissauer spent forty years travelling abroad for months at a time collecting ethnographic artefacts primarily from New Guinea and the islands of the West Pacific, and from Asia and Himalayan countries. Fluent in five languages and having in the course of business travelled to more than forty countries, Mark is well-known to museums and art-collectors around the world for his long career and his interesting and diverse collection of rare ethnographic material. Mark knows the origin and symbolism of each piece. Through extensive research and more than ninety trips around the globe, Mark familiarised himself with the traditions of the various cultures he visited in order to understand the meaning of each object to its region and tribe. His home has a specialist library and several rooms are filled with tribal carvings, textiles and ethnographica. He acquired his first tribal piece in 1948 during a business trip to Milne Bay, New Guinea, and has since documented the acquisition of some 35,000 items. Several thousands of these have been sold to important private collections and museums worldwide, including the Rockefeller Museum, the British Museum and the Musée National des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie, now incorporated into the Louvre Museum. Estimator certificate of authenticity by Wayne Heathcote Tribal Art Dealer and Expert. Heathcote has a flash gallery in Brussels, where much of the tribal art business is centred, and is an expert at Sotheby's tribal art sale...

Handmade silver and enamel bracelet cuff - wonderful detailing and colors - a must have for the bohemian styled person - a great stand alone piece or wit...

This vintage 14k Gold Rope Chain Necklace and Bracelet set exudes refined beauty and sophistication. The necklace, measuring a graceful 30 inches in len...

Antique Silver Repousse Islamic Talisman box Holder. Large Berber tribal ethnic talisman pendant holder. In triangular shape, silver repousse talisman miniature case which would have stored select verses of the Koran Revelation considered to hold special protective powers. This would have originally been worn by someone to protect from the evil eye. The front has intricate, dense design., the back is plain, the box have been sealed and soldered to protect the scriptures. Large silver triangle pendant with hanging beads, embossed silver metal with geometrical relief and repousse. This beautiful antique ethnic piece could be worn as a piece of jewelry, pendant or pin broch, necklace, pendant. Silver Metal triangle shaped box with eleven hanging charms that will makes sounds to push away any bad spirit when moving. Great Islamic Folk Art, metal work, bold, beautiful and musical. The containers would have also held a miniature paper scroll containing a combination of prayers and Koranic verses. Material: German nickel silver. circa 1920s. Probably from North India, Kashmir, but similar to the North African Berber and Tuareg Jewelry...