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Item Ships From: Germany
Antique Silver Hair Comb Silver Hair Ornament
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This comb was handcrafted in the 1st quarter of the 19th century out of silver. On the two outside teeth there are remains of rubbed unidentifiable hallmarks. The comb came from a Fr...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique Belle Époque Gentlemen Tuxedo Dress Set 18K Gold Sapphires
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This elegant gentlemen tuxedo dress set was created in the first decade of the 20th century. The set comes in its original fitted leather case. The set comprises a pair of cufflinks,...
Category
Early 1800s English Belle Époque Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, 9k Gold
Antique Art Deco Hair Comb Hair Ornament Cut Out Green Celluloid Blue Paste
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This striking hair comb was made at the beginning of the 1920's. The comb is cut out of two layered celluloid, one layer is bottle green, one layer a kind of light stone grey.
The ha...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Antique Chinese Hairpin Flowers Butterfly Silver Brass Metal Wire Glass
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This most amazing hair pin was handcrafted in China in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. It is designed as a bouquet of flowers with a butterfly.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Brass, Silver
Antique French Silver Hair Comb Hair Ornament
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This hair comb was handcrafted in the late 1830's, the engraving in the centre is typical for the design of the second quarter of the nineteenth The design of this hair comb feature...
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1830s French Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique Empire Tiara Comb Hair Ornament Head Ornament Silver Guilt Gilt Metal
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This stunning hair comb was hand crafted in France in 1810 ca. The tiara is made out of fire gilt brass. The top of the comb is made put of polished fire gilt metal. Underneath the p...
Category
1810s Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver, Gilt Metal
Antique Empire Tiara Comb Head Ornament Corallium Rubrum Fire Gilt Metall
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This empire tiara was made out fire gilt metal in 1810 ca. It is decorated with thirty five facetted corallium rubrum beads riveted onto the headv ornament. The tiara features a pier...
Category
1810s French Empire Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gilt Metal
Antique 18K Gold French Dog Seal Fob Pendant Watch Key Initials D D Bloodstone
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This beautiful seal in the shape of a dog with its matching watch key was made in France in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. It would have graced a French gentleman's wais...
Category
1880s French Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
18k Gold
Antique Art Deco Silver Lipstick Holder with Mirror Amethyst Cabochon
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This unusual lipstick box was was created in 1918 ca. It has been hand crafted out of silver and is marked 800 on the lipstick container. There is a n uni...
Category
1910s Art Deco Vintage Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Amethyst, Silver
Antique Arts and Crafts Silver Plate Tiara Head Ornament
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This extravagant tiara in the Arts and Crafts taste was created out of silver plated copper in the last decade of the nineteenth century out of silver plated copper. The metal shows ...
Category
1890s English Art Nouveau Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique Empire Hair Comb Head Ornaments Silver Ormulou Brass Two Colour Gilding
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This important French ornamental hair comb was hadcrafted in 1810 ca. The beautiful handcarved head ornament has been handcarved out of brass and then fire guilt to acchieve this ext...
Category
1810s French Empire Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver, Brass
Antique French Silver Coloured Paste Hair Comb Hair Ornament
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This fine hair comb has been handcrafted in the 1830's. It is
made out of silver and in the centre decorated with a beautifully sculpted large cental flower...
Category
1830s French Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Antique Seal Sunflower Sunburst Motto Agate Bloodstone Gold Pendant Italy
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Wonderful example of an Empire gold seal with an Italian motto engraved in an oval bloodstone: "giamai ingrato".
The intaglio depicts a field with a sunflower, a river or a lake, a s...
Category
1810s Italian Empire Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Agate, Gold
"YOUNG GRIZZLY BEAR LYING ON A ROCK", A. Zimmermann
Located in Kirschweiler, DE
Gemstone sculpture / Object d`art: "YOUNG GRIZZLY BEAR LYING ON A ROCK"
This sculpture is a single piece carved of Brazilian Smokeyquarz (2.958 gr.) and set with blue sapphire eyes. 2009.
"The high polished base lets the light in and brings the carving to life. "
size: 102 mm wide, 89mm deep, 133mm high
weight: 1.142 gr.
Artist: Alfred Zimmermann (Idar-Oberstein, Germany)
Carving Is A Passion
Following in the Idar-Oberstein tradition, master carver, Alfred Zimmermann, has developed and perfected his own art over the past fifty years. Since his school days, drawing had always been a favorite passion of Zimmermann and it formed the base for his gem-carving career. He began that career working for the well-known and traditional gem-carving family, Dreher. Innovative carving techniques and experience over five generations has made Dreher one of the leading animal gemstone...
Category
Early 2000s German Contemporary Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Sapphire, Quartz
Antique Victorian 1880 Hairpin Hair Ornament Star Silver Brass Horn
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This elegant and festive hairpin in the shape of a star was created in 1880 ca. Star ornaments for hair and clothes were all the rage in the 1880's. The star is made out of two silve...
Category
1880s European Victorian Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique Art Nouveau Ring Iris Flower Buds 18 K Yellow Gold Oriental Pearl France
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This finely modelled and extremely rare French Art Nouveau ring features two entwined irises and two flower buds surrounding a fine white orien...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Oriental Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique 14 K Gold Snuff Box C.M. Weishaupt & Söhne Hanau circa 1860
Located in Goettingen, DE
Antique 14 K Gold Snuff Box C.M. Weishaupt & Söhne Hanau circa 1860
This rare gold snuffbox in the Rococo style was crafted around 1850 from solid 14K/585 gold by the Hanau jewelry ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Victorian Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Art Nouveau Bronze Leather Chrysanthemum Flower Case Box
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This stunning Art Nouveau gift box is executed in bronze and gold embossed blue leather.
The round bronze lid is designed as a chrysanthemum and has a beautiful patina. The inside i...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Bronze
Antique Art Nouveau Hair Pin Hair Ornament Garnet Horn Silver Gilt
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This lovely hairpin was created in the last decade of the 19th century in Bohemia which, at the time of the creation of this hair ornament belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Bo...
Category
1890s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Garnet, Silver
Antique Head Ornament Étoile De Digne Star Shaped Fossils Silver
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This unusual and rare highly collectible hair ornament is made out of nine star shaped fossils, so called 'Étoiles de Digne'. These fossils are found, shaped as stars, in the rocks n...
Category
1860s Napoleon III Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique Belle Époque Hairpin Hair Ornament Silver Paste 1900
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This beautifully designed sturdy silver Belle Époque hairpin has a very good hold and is capable to keep swept up hair in place by itself. The delicate wavy ornament with a double ro...
Category
Early 1900s European Belle Époque Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique Georgian Clasp Necklace Bracelet Rose Gold 9K Garnet
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This charming clasp designed as a buckle was created in 1830 ca. out of 9K rose gold. The buckle is set with ten round facetted garnets, the two larger garnets are oval. It is intend...
Category
1830s European George IV Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Garnet, Silver, Gold, 9k Gold, Rose Gold
Antique Hair Pin Star Cut Steel Horn Hair Ornament
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This charming little cut steel hair pin has been hand crafted in the second quarter of the 19th century. It is made from facetted steel nails riveted ont...
Category
1830s English Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Cut Steel
Antique Labradorite Beetle Scarab Bead Hard Stone Carving
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This unusual carving in the shape of a beetle was carved out of one piece of labradorite in the 1920's ca. The beetle has been drilled from top to bottom and is intended to be used i...
Category
1920s European Art Deco Vintage Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Labradorite
Antique Art Deco Handbag Silver Carnelian Sugarloaf Fastener Silver Petit Point
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This highly elegant Art Deco handbag combines the craftsmanship of a master jeweller with accurate needlework. The bag can be worn over the shoulder o as a clutch. The silver frame i...
Category
1910s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Carnelian, Sterling Silver
Antique 14 Karat Corallium Rubrum Grape Vine Gold Brooch Italy
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This wonderful large grape brooch was made out of corallium rubrum, meditaranean coral, in an Italian workshop between 1850-1860. The grape is made out of different size boutons, vine leaves and 14 karart golden twines, with the help of golden wires...
Category
1850s Italian Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Coral, 14k Gold
Antique Art Nouveau Buckle Peacock Feather Piel Frères Polychrome Enamel Brass
By Piel Frères
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This outstanding Art Nouveau buckle in the shape of a peacock feather has been designed and executed by Piel Frères, Paris around 1900.
An identical buckle is published in Vivienne Becker's book 'Fabulous Fakes', page 91, Grafton Books 1988.
The same buckle, executed in silver, is published in
'Pariser Schmuck', catalogue of the exhibition of the same name page 275. That catalogue describes the buckle as ' a peacockfeather with short quill, the eye of the feather is represented by a kidney shaped blue glas cabochon on green green shimmering metal foil'.
Piel Frères were an important firm of jewellers based in Paris, they are mentioned in the 3 volume enzyclopedic publication
'La Bijouterie Française ' written by Henry Vever.
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique Stickpin Tiepin Turquoise Cabochon 14 Karat Gold Original Fitted case
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This elegant stick pin was handcrafted in the last quarter of the 19th century. It is made out of 14 karat gold. An oval turquoise cabochon is set in a mount designed as an infinity ...
Category
1880s Belle Époque Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Turquoise, Gold, 14k Gold
Antique Victorian Nine Dress Buttons Carnelian Agate Cabochon Cut Brass Fttungs
Located in Munich, Bavaria
These Victorian Dress Buttons were handcrafted out of deep orange coloured banded agate in the second half of the 19th century. The nine buttons show an exiting variation within the ...
Category
1870s European Victorian Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Carnelian, Brass
Antique Hair Pins Hair Ornaments Facetted Chalcedony Silver Gilt Silver
Located in Munich, Bavaria
These unusual hair ornaments come as a set of four haipins with two prongs each and two pins with one prong each connected by a silver chain. All the pins are mounted with natural colour facetted...
Category
1820s European George IV Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Chalcedony, Silver
Antique Empire Italy Gran Tour Sculpture Relief Marble Horse Head Granite
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This extraordinary marble horses head was carved after a model from antiquity. The expressive and beautiful head has a wonderful elegance, it is mounted on a black granite plate.
Category
1810s Empire Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Antique Rabbit Baby Rattle Signed WMF Silver Plate Celluloid
By WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This charming Art Deco baby rattle was created in the 1920's. It is designed as a rabbit sitting quietly with its ears down. The rabbit has two little balls inside his hollow body. I...
Category
1920s European Art Deco Vintage Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique 1800 Love Token Sentimental Gift Intaglio Venus and Cupid Chalcedony
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This large intaglio was hand carved towards thew end of the eighteenth century or the very beginning of the nineteenth century. 1800 out of a large fla...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian George III Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Chalcedony
Antique Art Deco Silver Lighter
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This elegant little lighter will fit into any pocket or small handbag. It was created out of silver in 1920 ca. It has a beautiful engine turned decoration on the outside. It has a s...
Category
1920s European Art Deco Vintage Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique Belle Époque German 800 Silver Box Amor's Arrows Leaves Bird Roses
Located in Munich, Bavaria
A charming silver box, heavily guilt on the inside is marked with German Kaiserreich crown and moon silver hallmark, maker's mark J, a Swan, K in an oval surround.
The lid and the s...
Category
1880s German Belle Époque Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique Cut Steel Hair Pin Hair Ornament Butterfly Insekt Horn
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This charming hair ornament was handcrafted in the second quarter of thew 19th century. The hair pin is decorated with a butterfly made from small facetted steel nails that were rive...
Category
1830s English George IV Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Cut Steel
Antique Purse Micromosaic Painting Gilt Metal Gold, France
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This unique and extremely rare antique purse is made out of fire guilt metal. The pouch is decorated with six oval and one round painting on glas imitating roman micro...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
18k Gold, Gilt Metal
Antique Gold Scarf Ring Three Colour Gold Silver Swallow Butterfly Flowers
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This charming little scarf clip has been created in the Japanese taste popular in 1875 ca. The front of the scarf clip is decorated with animals and flowers in relief. Three differen...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, Silver
Antique Pair of Chinese Buttons Silver Crysanthemons
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This rare pair of silver Chinese buttons was created in the last quarter of the 19th century. There is an impressed mark on the reverse, signs in an upright rectangle. One can only p...
Category
1880s Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique Victorian Set of Three Buttons Cut Steel Black Brass white Polka-Dots
Located in Munich, Bavaria
These Victorian buttons were created in the middle of the 19th century out of brass. Each button is decorated with a rim made out of cut steel. The center of each button is made out ...
Category
1850s European Victorian Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Brass, Cut Steel
Egg with Polar Bear, Vermeil, Blue Enamel, 32 diamonds, 90 rubies, rock crystal
By Victor Mayer
Located in Pforzheim, DE
The objet de vertu features a miniature polar bear crafted from rock crystal, resting on a sphere of transparent rock crystal. The piece is crafted from vermeil (925/- sterling silve...
Category
2010s German Art Deco Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, Crystal, Rock Crystal, Silver, Vermeil
Rare Mughal Enamel and Diamond Cup, Early 19th Century
Located in Idar-Oberstein, DE
A rare Mughal Enamel and Diamond Cup, early 19th Century
The Mughal cup is finely decorated with a combination of red, white, blue, green "Meenakari" ename...
Category
Early 19th Century Indian Georgian Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Diamond, 22k Gold, Enamel
Antique Art Nouveau Silver Pine Cone Desktop Seal France
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This silver seal with an unused signet plate epitomizes strong French Art Nouveau design. Beautiful swirls, expressive pine branches and cones make uo this harmonious decor.
The sea...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique Art Nouveau Tie Pin Stick Pin Sapphire 14 Karat Gold
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This elegant Art Nouveau tie pin has been handcrafted out of 14 karat yellow gold. The strong and typical Art Nouveau line has been translated into a creation which uses a wide gold...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
Antique Belle Époque Walking Stick Parasol Handle Cockatoo Parrot Carved Bone
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This beautiful Belle Époque carving of a cockatoo was executed in around 1900ca out of bone. It was intended as a handle for a walking stick or a parasol. The head has beautifully ca...
Category
1890s Belle Époque Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Antique Cameo Portrait Profile of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) Shell
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This oval cameo was carved in the 2nd quarter of the 19th century out of a two layered shell. It shows a profile bust of the great German poet and writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. ...
Category
1840s Italian Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Montegrappa for Ferrari FB Annual Edition Fountain Pen Limited in Racing Red
By Montegrappa
Located in Berlin, DE
Montegrappa for Ferrari FB Annual Edition Fountain Pen – Dynamism in red, limited elegance
The Montegrappa for Ferrari FB Annual Edition Fountain Pen is a tribute to the legendary F...
Category
20th Century Italian Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Antique Hair Pin Head Ornament Gilt Silver Red Glass Heart Oak Leaves
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This hair ornament was handcrafted in the 1sthalf of the 19thcentury, most likely around 1830. It is made out of gilt silver and set in open claw settings withtwisted gold wiire deco...
Category
1810s Austrian Empire Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique Georgian Sterling Silver Vinaigrette Silver Box
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This delightful vinaigrette was hand crafted out of sterling silver in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. It is hallmarked in inside the lid and on the base with a bust of ...
Category
1820s English George IV Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sheaffer`s Balance Limited Edition Fountain Pen, B Nib
Located in Berlin, DE
Sheaffer`s Balance Limited Edition Fountain Pen, Nib Size B
This collector's item is new and unused, has never been filled with ink and comes from a private collection.
Slight sign...
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21st Century and Contemporary Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Antique Art Nouveau Gold Stickpin Tie Pin Square Cut Amethyst Pearl
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This elegant Art Nouveau stickpin was created out of 10K gold around 1900. The head of the pin is designed in the shape of a kite and decorated w...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Amethyst, Pearl, Gold, 10k Gold
Antique Shell Cameo Dionysus Boys with Billy Goat Leash Eros Gold Brooch
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This shell cameo in the form of a rounded rectangle was carved around 1900 ca. out of a three layered shell. The bottom layer is of a dark fudge colour, the next layer of a deep purp...
Category
1890s Italian Belle Époque Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, 14k Gold
South Indian Thali Tamil Nadu circa 1850s Ornament
Located in Idar-Oberstein, DE
A stunning ceremonial Hindu marriage ornament, also called ‘thali’ or ‘kazhutthuru’ from Tamil Nadu, mid 19th Century. This impressive gold pendant shows th...
Category
Mid-19th Century Indian Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
22k Gold, 24k Gold
Antique Victorian Gilt Metal Enamel Hair Comb Buckle Motif Suspended Ball
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This unusual hair comb is made out of gilt metal and features a buckle motif. It is decorated with a ball and a cone suspended from fine snake link chains.
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gilt Metal
Antique Silver Powder Box Compact box Enamel Painting Genre Scene Silver Gilt
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This exceptional quality powder compact was imported by H C Freedman Ltd of
Birmingham in 1914. The box is impressed on the inside with the makers mark, the date letter for 1914, 92...
Category
1910s European Belle Époque Vintage Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Antique Early 19th Century Georgian Pair Of Cut Steel Shoe Buckle Metal
Located in Munich, Bavaria
These exquisite Georgian shoe buckles with a cut out design were created in the 1st quarter of the 19th century. More than seven hundred facetted steel nails have been riveted onto t...
Category
1810s European George III Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Cut Steel
Antique Pair of Buttons Bag Piper Flower Girl Pastural Scenes Silver gilt
Located in Munich, Bavaria
These fine collectors buttons are made out of porcelain with printed and painted pastural scenes in the middle of the 19th century.. A boy with bare feet is resting in the grass hold...
Category
Mid-19th Century Early Victorian Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique French Silver Chatelaine Pharao Egyptian Revival
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This chatelaine was made from silver in France in the second half of the 19th century. It carries a French makers mark in an upright lozenge with the initials EG. Most probably it wa...
Category
1870s French Egyptian Revival Antique Germany - Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
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