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Item Ships From: Massachusetts
18k Blue Octopus Intaglio enhancer w sapphire bail
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
18k carved blue Octopus Intaglio on white Cocolite enhancer. Sapphire bail.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
18k amethyst scarab ring
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
18k ring. Carved Scarab Amethyst Cabochon.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
18k lapis Intaglio ring, Nefertiti"s cartouche
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
18k lapis Intaglio ring. Nerfertiti's Cartouche
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
18k Multi-Color Elongated Earrings with Clusters of Gemstones & Diamonds
By Martha Seely
Located in Carlisle, MA
These Multi-Color Gemstone Earrings, are made with elongated clusters of gemstones and diamonds. The colored gemstones are bezel set and the diamonds are prong set. These earrings ar...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Amethyst, Citrine, Diamond, White Diamond, Garnet, Yellow Sapphire, Tanz...
18k Turquoise ring, carved Sanskrit Intaglio
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
18K turquoise script ring
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Turquoise, 18k Gold
Sterling Silver Elongated Earrings with Sapphires, Tanzanites and Diamonds
By Martha Seely
Located in Carlisle, MA
The Elongated Dangle Earrings are a celestial marvel designed to illuminate your daily ensemble and highlight your intrinsic elegance. Martha Seely Design presents a creation that tu...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Sapphire, Tanzanite, Sterling Silver, Silver
Couture 1938 France Depose ElsaSchiaparelli Pagan FeatherCrystalGold Bird Brooch
By Elsa Schiaparelli
Located in Chicago, IL
Unusually decorated with small partridge feathers like the yellow-gold gilt necklace commissioned by Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) that is featured on the front-and-back covers and centerfold of the French costume-jewelry hardcover book Lina Baretti Parures authored by Patrick Mauries, this unique pave-crystal yellow-gold gilt metal partridge-on-a-branch brooch is further distinguished as an unsigned Parisian-couture piece for Italian-born Schiaparelli with its combination of embossed text "Made In France" and "Modele Depose", along with the trombone clasp often used in the early 20th Century for custom-made French small brooches.
The book centerfold on pages 90-91 shows a closeup of the feathered necklace created by French-born Corsican Baretti, whose intricate decoration often mixed ready-made textural or shiny materials like velvet, cork, wire, rhodoid or raffia with custom-made metal, plastic or glass by specialized Parisian workshops such as Maison Gripoix. The Baretti-book caption about the attributed necklace notes: "Collier realise pour Elsa Schiaparelli. Liege, soie, cannetille, perles de verre et plumes de perdix. Chaine en metal." While none of the captions date this necklace--which could have been from the same commission as our brooch--Baretti created one-of-a-kind jewelry for Schiaparelli from the 1930s to the early 1950s until the fashion designer retired.
Our brooch was most likely made for a fashion-show debut of one of Schiaparelli's themed clothing collections in the late 1930s for which she commissioned many costume-jewelry paruriers including Baretti. See our photo of a Schiaparelli 1930s...
Category
1930s French Artisan Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Crystal, Gold, Yellow Gold, Gilt Metal
Schiaparelli Signed MidCentury Leaves Motif Austrian Crystals Gilt Link Bracelet
By Schiaparelli
Located in Chicago, IL
Signed "Schiaparelli" in script, this mid-century link bracelet features a textural-leaves motif characteristic of costume jewelry by the Parisian couturier Elsa Schiaparelli. Like m...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-War Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Crystal, Yellow Gold, Base Metal, Gilt Metal
Antique Amuletic Dozen RockCrystals CagedRing Medieval Style Gilt Bronze Pendant
Located in Chicago, IL
This antique amuletic bronze framed pendant cages a dozen 7mm-diameter single-cut rock crystals that each feature a table-cut decagon crown, deep pavilion, 21 facets and uncut girdle, while the culets range from off-center to blunted. They are tightly set within four linked rings to overlap at the same angle in a sparkling single row. Seeming to retain a little of its original yellow-gold gilding on just the interior, the frame that surrounds each of the four sections of three crystals enables them to reflect pale-yellow-and-lime light when the pendant is viewed from certain angles.
Suggesting French heritage, the Medieval Frankish culture in northern France made jewelry in similar segmented or openwork shapes of wheels or whorls, which were worn as gem-decorated disk-shaped brooches or gold-caged rock...
Category
18th Century French Renaissance Antique Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gilt Metal, Bronze, Copper
Artist BertoiaStyle Hammered SterlingSilver SquiggleSpiral UndulatingWire Brooch
Located in Chicago, IL
Strongly resembling the Harry Bertoia Foundation's archived c.1947 unsigned small brooch (D.JE.27) that is essentially an elegant hammered silver curvilinear three-humped squiggle by...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Sterling Silver
ArtDeco 1927-1936 Mazer Faux Citrine GrayDiamond Stylized Heart GiltLinkBracelet
By Joseph Mazer
Located in Chicago, IL
Signed with the earliest "Mazer Bros" signature on the colorless-crystal-decorated silver metal clasp, Joseph Mazer designed this Art-Deco period gold-gilt s...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Citrine, Crystal, Black Diamond, Gilt Metal, Gold, Silver
Couture Chanel 1930s Byzantine PurpleHeart RealPearls&Gems Gold Medallion Brooch
By Chanel
Located in Chicago, IL
When French Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was at her peak during the Art-Deco period as a Parisian couture-fashion designer in the early 1930s, this one-of-a-kind handcrafted gem-fringed and gilt-chain medallion brooch with trombone clasp was commissioned by her to accessorize one of her clothing designs. Marked only "FRANCE" like some early 1930s Chanel couture jewelry (without a brand stamp until the 1950s), its artistic origin is most likely from ornate organic-form sketches by her favorite parurier Fulco di Verdura. The Sicilian duke began creating fabric patterns for Chanel in 1927, which shortly expanded to fine jewelry beginning with custom pieces for herself. These included the iconic Byzantine-influenced gem-adorned cuffs referencing the Maltese-military cross, which the French designer can often be seen wearing in circa-1930s photos.
This bright-yellow gold brooch suits goldsmith Verdura's early anti-Art-Deco aesthetic that was considered a radical departure from 1920s silver-tone jewelry, which otherwise featured linear geometric designs or figurative representation. The softly-shaped deconstructed gem-bouquet mixes amethyst and rose-quartz beads with natural Keshi pearls and intricate tiny gilt leaves, which are wired to a Baroque-motif open-work frame that dangles another gem surrounded by a thick gilt-rope halo. Notably, Verdura is credited with re-introducing since Victorian times the rope motif to jewelry.
Since 1930, Verdura's unique style was influenced by travels with Chanel to explore Byzantine art, Baroque architecture, and exotic flora-and-fauna among his native Italian aristocratic estate. The legendary fashion-editor Diane Vreeland and American entertainment-stars were among the first Chanel clients to acquire couture real-gem-adorned jewelry made by Verdura, while one of the two brooches treasured by Vreeland was titled "Theodora". See our photo of the Byzantine mosaic of Empress Theodora, whose image wearing many teardrop pearls above her chest and surrounded by a golden halo seems to be the inspiration for this brooch.
As one of the most important modern-design collaborations, Chanel's close relationship with Verdura lasted largely undocumented years in Paris, until he launched his first outside jewelry venture with a Hollywood designer-boutique after emigrating to the United States in 1934. By 1939 as a financially-backed in-demand goldsmith, he founded the namesake jewelry-company Verdura in New...
Category
1930s French Byzantine Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Amethyst, Pearl, Quartz, Gold, Gilt Metal, Yellow Gold
Rolex 36MM Stainless Steel Black Dial DateJust on Oyster Bracelet
By Rolex
Located in Boston, MA
Aston Estate Jewelry Presents:
A Swiss Rolex Datejust timepiece crafted in stainless steel.
The round case measures 36mm in width, featuring an engine-turned bezel that adds a touc...
Category
1990s Contemporary Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Stainless Steel
Omega Seamaster Vintage Mens Stainless Steel Automatic Wrist Watch
By Omega
Located in Boston, MA
Aston Estate Jewelry Presents:
A classic Omega Seamaster wristwatch with a round shape, crafted in stainless steel, featuring an automatic movement.
The watch showcases a silver su...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Stainless Steel
Omega Mens Vintage Day Date Automatic Wrist Watch in Stainless Steel
By Omega
Located in Boston, MA
Aston Estate Jewelry Presents:
A Swiss Omega timepiece crafted in stainless steel.
The round case measures 35mm in width, featuring a smooth bezel that complements the watch's slee...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Stainless Steel
Omega Seamaster 600 Vintage Mens Wrist Watch in Stainless Steel
By Omega
Located in Boston, MA
Aston Estate Jewelry Presents:
A Swiss Omega Seamaster 600 crafted in stainless steel.
The round case measures 34mm in width, featuring a smooth bezel that complements the watch's ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Stainless Steel
Louis Rousselet ArtDeco Glass FloralLampwork BlackBeaded SilverToggle Necklace
By Louis Rousselet
Located in Chicago, IL
With a distinct silver twisted toggle clasp and multiple kinds of nubby rondelles dating to the late 1920s, Parisian parurier Louis Rousselet's workshop handcrafted this glass beaded...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
HenrySchreiner Early Set ProngSet Crystal Silver Spray Tiered Earrings & Brooch
By Henry Schreiner
Located in Chicago, IL
Henry Schreiner, the Austrian-born blacksmith founder of Schreiner in New York in 1932, handcrafted this demi-parure of prong-set colorless crystal stylized-foliage sprays after he b...
Category
1940s American Victorian Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Crystal, Diamond, Rhodium, Silver
Krementz 1950s Boxed RoseFlowerCharms TriColor GoldPlate Chain Link Bracelet
By Krementz & Co
Located in Chicago, IL
Featuring five intricate rose-flower charms, Krementz finished this chain link bracelet with its characteristic multi-color gold gilding, which is known for being as much as 30 times thicker than the overlay of other jewelry companies as a testament to the enduring quality of its designs. The elegant textured linked shapes and flowers recall the Art- Nouveau style that distinguished the earliest designs by Krementz for women in the 1920s. The brand signature is on
the fold-over clasp.
As three pieces of this listing, the excellent-condition bracelet comes with its original signed green-velvet...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Nouveau Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Gold Plate, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique ImperialJadeite TranslucentGreen IntricateCarvedFlora 1890sScrewEarrings
Located in Chicago, IL
Made during the crossover Arts & Crafts and Art-Nouveau movements, these antique Chinese earrings feature rare Burmese natural untreated translucent im...
Category
1890s Chinese Arts and Crafts Antique Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Jade, Brass, Gilt Metal, Yellow Gold
Rolex Mens 16233 Datejust 18 Karat Gold & Stainless Steel
By Rolex
Located in Boston, MA
Aston Estate Jewelry Presents:
A Rolex Datejust wristwatch, model 16233, crafted in stainless steel and 18k gold.
The watch features a sunburst silver dial with baton indexes, comp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Stainless Steel
Blue Sapphire and Diamond Buttlerfly Motif Ring
Located in Nantucket, MA
A fun butterfly motif ring featuring a center, round faceted blue sapphire and round, brilliant cut diamonds comprising the wings. Set in sterling silver. Blue sapphire is .55 car...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sterling Silver
Diamond, Aquamarine and Emerald Drop Earrings.
Located in Nantucket, MA
A classic and yet unusual double drop pair of earrings featuring oval cabochon aquamarines with an oval, cabochon emerald in between. The aquamarines are bordered in pave`-set, roun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Aquamarine, Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, Sterling Silver
Black Onyx cat with pink sapphire band ring
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
18K, beautifully hand carved Onyx Cat Head, Carved by Master Carver Idar Oberstein. Citrine eyes, .80 carats of Pink Sapphires in eternity band.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Onyx, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold
Couture Fruit HandPainted WoodCherries RedGreenCharms ChainLink Vintage Necklace
Located in Chicago, IL
This vintage cherry-fruit charm necklace featuring red hand-painted wood is constructed of silver chain links and its clasp extension-chain is decorated with a single red bead. The green leaves that trim the berry beads are a surprising two-tone plastic, indicating that they were also handcrafted.
Notably, the fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli is famous for including custom plastic elements in her mostly unsigned jewelry that accompanied her couture collections in the late 1930s.
Please see TheMet online archive to view Schiaparelli's most well-known couture necklace structured from plastic supporting metal insects...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Silver, Silver Plate, Gilt Metal
Couture 1930s ElsaSchiaparelliStyle FuchsiaFauxRubyGoldGlassBeads Tassel Sautoir
Located in Chicago, IL
Elsa Schiaparelli famously embraced "shocking pink" for her Surrealist-aesthetic couture clothing and handcrafted costume jewelry, which she commissioned from Parisian paruriers beginning in the late 1920s--when some of the most expensive gems were fuchsia Burmese rubies. In this antique glass-beaded sautoir tassel necklace, 37 unusual fuchsia faux-pearls are each delicately caged like hot-air balloons by seven textural strands of faux-pearl-and-gold seed beads. These spherical stations are spaced by lustrous white medium-size faux pearls, ending in a four-strand seed-bead tassel that cages four of the fuchsia beads. The beads are strung on bright magenta silk cord without a clasp.
Sautoirs were an essential element of flapper style since Schiaparelli's couture-mentor Paul Poiret changed the silhouette of clothing in the 1920s, while the long necklaces remained popular until wartime 1939.
To compete with her rival couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, Schiaparelli (1890-1973) relied on the same French glassmakers, Maison Gripoix and Louis Rousselet--the masters of faux pearls at the time who added organic-ingredient coatings to their handmade glass beads. Either glass workshop that was established by the 1920s could have been commissioned to make the progressive hot-pink pearls for this unsigned necklace that dates to the Art-Deco period.
The design of this highly-textural tricolor sautoir featuring fuchsia spheres could suit the style of one of Schiaparelli's most frequent paruriers through the 1930s, Jean Clement. Some of his relevant unsigned work for Schiaparelli is in museum collections like The Met, including highly-textural tricolor sphere-decorated buttons/brooches and a fuchsia-toned metal-rosebud bead necklace.
After Schiaparelli had become associated with fuchsia, she made particularly prolific use of this bright magenta in the late 1930s. In her demi-couture collections such as "Circus" and "Comedia del' Arte" (see our 3 photos), fuchsia jackets are adorned with similar colorful spherical glass beads among embroidered appliques and animal/clown brooches, as well as whimsical painted-ceramic buttons...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Pearl, Gold
Couture 1950s WestGermany DiorDesigner Crystal DoubleTrimmed EmeraldCut Earrings
By Christian Dior Haute Couture
Located in Chicago, IL
While making similar Christian Dior haute-couture costume-jewelry since 1955, parurier Max Muller based near Kaufbeuren, Western Germany, created these exceptionally-clear crystal si...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Modern Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Crystal, Silver, Gilt Metal
Opal and Diamond Dangle Drop Earrings
Located in Nantucket, MA
A lovely mix of opals, a round Brazilian opal at the post with round brilliant cut diamonds on the border; The drop is an Owhyee opal also surrounded b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Opal, 18k Gold, Sterling Silver
Shooting Star Pendant Necklace in Sterling with Gemstones
By Martha Seely
Located in Carlisle, MA
The Shooting Star pendant is a celestial, moon-shaped necklace that is made in sterling silver and accented with gemstones. The lunar shape is 2”...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Moonstone, Sapphire, Topaz, Silver, Sterling Silver
YBA YoungBritishArtist Sculpture Jewelry Costume First US Exhibit NYC 2000-2001
By Contemporary
Located in Chicago, IL
Young British artist (YBA) Philippe Bradshaw (1965-2005) was represented by blue-chip international art galleries when he was the first to reimagine iconic-art images as tapestry-like metal-chain installations in multimedia environments. He is best known for transforming hand-assembled colorful anodized-aluminum links into shimmering semi-transparent layered curtains, whose hanging long strands uniquely amplified the light and sound of his projected camcorder videos and DJ'd music.
In Bradshaw's first American exhibition "Disco Damage" in 2001 at NYC's legendary avant-garde art gallery, Deitch Projects, this jewelry-costume sculpture became part of the artist's live-in evolving studio installation. While later celebrating 15 years of art happenings that had occurred at that Soho exhibition space, its gallerist-cum-museum-director Jeffrey Deitch--who was physically scarred during this unforgettable chaotic several-month experience orchestrated by Bradshaw--recounted this show in his retrospective hardcover book "Live The Art".
When Bradshaw drowned in the Parisian-river Seine in August 2005 while living the high life of his skyrocketing success in Europe, he left a small body of large installations that is mostly distributed among the world's top private art collections. Notably, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles has acquired one of his multimedia works. More recently, another assembly of his chain curtains made a rare public appearance at new modern-art museum, Heidi Horten Collection, during its inaugural exhibition in Vienna.
Since winning a major British visual-art prize in 2000 that marked Bradshaw's art-world ascent following fellow Goldsmiths-College YBAs who were close friends, this sculpture evolved from one of his most elaborate jewelry costumes that he created in London while seducing the American who became his girlfriend. Unlike other pieces of jewelry that he made as gifts to participating acquaintances while video taping...
Category
Early 2000s British Contemporary Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Mixed Metal
Antique Diamond Black Onyx 14k White Gold Victorian Mourning Pinky Signet Ring
Located in North Attleboro, MA
Lovely antique Victorian-era mourning ring in 14k white gold, circa the late 1800s. The face of the ring is a rectangular black onyx with angled corners set with ornate prongs. The o...
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Late 19th Century American High Victorian Antique Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Onyx, Diamond, White Gold, 14k Gold, Gold
Ollendorff 56 Diamonds 2.0cttw Platinum Art Deco Ladies Wristwatch Circa 1920s
Located in North Attleboro, MA
This is a WOW, WOW... WOW!!!
Absolutely stunning Art Deco platinum and diamond Swiss-made, spring-wound wristwatch by Ollendorff circa the late 1920s! It's not just a timepiece, it's a gorgeous, luxurious and hand-crafted piece of historical fine jewelry. 56 diamonds, 2.0cttw. With its tiered rows of 16 round-cut glittering diamonds reaching from either side of the platinum case to the lugs, the design was likely inspired by the iconic terraced crown of the Chrysler Building in New York City. If the diamond and platinum case weren't luxe enough, the original watch band is comprised of two buckles set with 10 diamonds, leading to 30 chevron-shaped platinum links with milgrain detailing, each set with their own diamond as well! The watch has a total of 56 diamonds for approximately 2.0cttw. This watch is a sparkling show-stopper, a rare piece. Total length of 6.75 inches; suggested maximum wrist circumference is 6.5" for a comfortable fit. Links could be removed by your local jeweler if you prefer a smaller circumference.
* Swiss movement
* Model number 10456
* Seventeen jewels. The watch is fully jeweled, meaning that the watch uses jewels (in this case rubies) as bearings in the inner mechanical movement from the balance wheel all the way to the center wheel pivot.
* Inside of caseback marked .900 PLAT .100 IRID
The watch was serviced by a master watch craftsman in 2016. Runs and keeps time; please note future performance cannot be guaranteed due to the age of the piece.
Free of monograms or inscriptions - the perfect clean canvas for your own personal gift message!
The Ollendorff Watch Company was founded in 1868 by Isador Ollendorff. The company imported watches from Switzerland and was run by the family in New York City until it was sold to the Gotham Watch...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum
18K Gold and Emerald Indian Bangle Bracelet
Located in Nantucket, MA
a fine 18K gold Indian bangle bracelet with fine tooling and granulation work and 7 round, faceted emeralds spaced out along the top of the br...
Category
Late 20th Century Indian Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Emerald, 18k Gold
Couture 1936-49 Schiaparelli-Dali-Style Set FauxSapphire&Pearl Earrings & Brooch
Located in Chicago, IL
This handcrafted faux-sapphire-topped-pearl cluster brooch and clip-earrings set dates to around WWII, when fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli (18...
Category
1940s American Modern Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Crystal, Pearl, Sapphire, Mixed Metal
Couture Chanel Late1920s MadeInFrance WiredPearlLampworkGlass BrassClip Earrings
By Chanel
Located in Chicago, IL
Stamped "Made In France" on their antique brass back-plates like the initial unbranded couture costume-jewelry commissioned by French Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel beginning in 1924, these floral-motif wired earrings with early handcrafted brass flat clips are decorated with button-like cultured mother-of-pearl disks mixed with Parisian organically-coated lampwork glass, which we photographed in indoor sunlight for the most accurate iridescent ecru colors. The pair were designed by Chanel to accessorize a one-of-a-kind clothing ensemble (likely including cultured-pearl buttons) for a client of this pearl-associated couturier whose earliest one-of-a-kind jewelry such as pieces for herself--unlike other 1920s fashion designers--sometimes mixed real and faux gems.
The intricate glass artistry, wired cluster arrangement and earring findings are characteristic of one of Chanel's first Parisian paruriers, Louis Rousselet. He was a lampwork master with a workshop since 1920 that became recognized for faux-pearl glass beads and wire-work construction. As the three-piece flat-brass lever clips without hinge-holes on both sides predate Rousselet's wire-horseshoe clips, they can be dated like the patinated brass hardware to the mid-1920s.
The beads of various sizes and ecru colors that are wired to each earring include five round flat graduating iridescent mother-of-pearls, along with lampwork glass replicating nine baroque pearls, five round pearls and two seed pearls. There are natural imperfections on the green-and-rose-reflecting cultured pearls, while there is some nacre-enamel loss on the glass beads that is not eye visible. On closer view, one of the central round glass beads has a lighter blister, which appears like the texture of some uncultured pearls.
Of note, Chanel did not include a brand signature on any of her couture costume jewelry prior to the mid-1950s. As many of her clients who came to Paris for their couture-clothing fittings were foreign, the coordinated unique jewelry that was expected to leave the country was merely stamped "Made In France" or "France".
We acquired these earrings in The States along with a similar set with fewer but larger "petals, berries and leaves", which we priced the same in a different listing despite the slightly greater size and weight of this pair. So we know that they both were created for a single commission of multiple unique earrings with like lampwork-glass shapes and findings to be paired with the button-like mother-of-pearls provided by Chanel. While we have acquired over a dozen pre-signature pieces commissioned by the founder, these are the earliest earrings that we have discovered by Chanel. We have never found a single match to contradict our recognition of her early couture creations nor to attribute them to another designer.
Further, Art Deco couture...
Category
1920s French Artisan Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Pearl, Cultured Pearl, Brass
Antique Art Deco 1.5cttw Diamond + Sapphire 18k Gold Shield Cocktail Ring, 1920s
By Belais
Located in North Attleboro, MA
This is a fine antique Art Deco diamond and natural sapphire ring circa the 1920s. This stunning ring is comprised of 7 diamonds and 4 natural blue sa...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Sylva & Cie Diamond Rose Gold Crown Eternity Ring 14k Thorn Tiara Stacking Ring
By Sylva & Cie
Located in North Attleboro, MA
This gorgeous Sylva & Cie 14k rose gold crown eternity band exudes a regal presence. The ring is scalloped, rising to seven peaks that create the "crown" look. It is set with 35 shimmering round brilliant cut diamonds on the blackened rose gold. It's the perfect alternative to the traditional wedding band and would also make the perfect top to a stacking collection. It's gorgeous, modern, and infinitely wearable!
Inscribed with 14K and the maker's hallmark, SYLVA & CIE. Diamonds .40cttw. Solid 14k rose gold. Size 6.25.
Renowned jewelry designer Sylva Yepremian was born in Lebanon and raised in Paris. Sylva’s father produced fine jewelry for many prestigious jewelry houses in Europe including Cartier. At the age of sixteen, Sylva and her family moved to Los Angeles to run the family’s jewelry business. Under her father's skilled tutelage, Sylva received and old-world, proper training at the craftsman’s bench...
Category
2010s American Art Deco Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Gold
Bulgari Pink Tourmaline, Amethyst, Blue Topaz and Citrine “Celtaura” Cuff
By Bulgari
Located in Weston, MA
In the 1950s, Bulgari established itself as a master of creating bold designs highlighting cabochon-cut colored gemstones set into 18k yellow gold. The smooth rounded style stones wi...
Category
1990s Contemporary Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Amethyst, Citrine, Topaz, Tourmaline, Blue Topaz, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Pair of 22K Gold and Emerald Drop Earrings by Deborah Lockhart Phillips
By Deborah Lockhart Phillips
Located in Nantucket, MA
A stunning pair of 22K gold drop earrings with a hand-tooled flower motif on the stud. A wire-work end cap sits on top of a Colombian tumbled emerald. For pierced ears. Designed a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Emerald, 22k Gold
Couture Chanel Late1920s MadeInFrance WiredPearl&LampworkGlass Clip Earrings
By Chanel
Located in Chicago, IL
Marked "Made In France" on their antique brass back-plates like the initial unbranded couture costume-jewelry commissioned by Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel since 1924, these beaded early-handcrafted-clip earrings are arranged with wire in a floral motif featuring button-like mother-of-pearls accented by smaller balls of lampwork glass with an ecru organic coating that mimics pearl nacre. The pair were designed to accessorize a one-of-a-kind clothing ensemble (likely including cultured-pearl buttons and a brooch) for a client of the pearl-associated French couturier whose earliest jewelry--unlike her fashion-designer peers--sometimes mixed real and faux gems.
The glass artistry, clustered arrangement and earring findings are characteristic of one of her Parisian paruriers, Louis Rousselet. He was a lampwork master with a workshop since 1920 specializing in faux-pearl glass beads and wire-work assembly, along with other decorative elements. Since the three-piece flat-brass lever clips without hinge-holes on both sides predate Rousselet's wire-horseshoe clips, they can be dated like the patinated brass hardware to the mid1920s.
The beads of various sizes and shades of white that are wired to these earrings include four round graduating iridescent mother-of-pearl disks, along with lampwork glass replicating four baroque pearls, three round pearls and two seed pearls. There are natural impurities present on the green-and-pink-reflecting cultured pearls, while we can clean dust from the coated-glass crevices upon request.
Of note, Chanel did not include a brand signature on any of her couture costume jewelry prior to the mid-1950s. As many of her clients who came to Paris for their couture-clothing fittings were foreign, the coordinated unique jewelry that was expected to leave the country was merely stamped "Made In France" or "France". We acquired these earrings in The States along with similar pair with additional but smaller "petals, berries and leaves" from the same Rousselet commission.
Further, Art Deco couture...
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1920s French Artisan Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Pearl, Cultured Pearl, Brass
Art Nouveau Opal 18k Gold Leaves and Branch Finely Detailed Edwardian Pin Brooch
Located in North Attleboro, MA
Stunning antique 18k yellow gold leaf and branch brooch with a gorgeous cabochon opal. The opal has exceptional color play with intense peacock blue, bright green, indigo and peach d...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Antique Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Opal, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
William Spratling Earliest Designs 1930s/40s Half Ball Earrings 980 Silver Taxco
By William Spratling
Located in North Attleboro, MA
Simple and timeless, these earrings are quite special as, according to Spratling's biography "File on Spratling", this is one of his earliest designs. The earrings are two half-globe...
Category
1940s Mexican Modernist Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Silver
Cartier, Paris Art Deco 1920's Diamond & Onyx Wrist Watch in Platinum
By Cartier
Located in Boston, MA
Aston Estate Jewelry Presents:
A Cartier art deco period wrist watch crafted in platinum.
The square case measures 20mm in width, featuring a silver dial adorned with Breguet numer...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Onyx, Platinum
Art Deco 5.31 CTW European Cut Diamond Engagement Ring in Platinum
Located in Boston, MA
Aston Estate Jewelry Presents:
An exquisite engagement ring from 1920. Crafted in platinum, this piece features a captivating 4.03 carat European cut diamond, graded I color and SI2...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
Antique Art Deco Diamond 18k White Gold Filigree Engagement Ring, circa 1920s
Located in North Attleboro, MA
Make a statement with this one-of-a-kind antique Art Deco diamond engagement ring! Crafted in exquisite 18K white gold, this ...
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1920s Art Deco Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Seaman Schepps Retro Gold, Diamond and Ruby Bangle
By Seaman Schepps
Located in Weston, MA
This magnificent 1940 Seaman Schepps bracelet was part of the personal collection of Andy Warhol. It was exhibited in Possession Obsession: Objects from Andy Warhol’s Personal Collec...
Category
1940s Retro Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 14k Gold
18k white south sea pearl earrings w pink sapphire/diamond Huggies
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
18k White South Sea Pearl earring w star cap. Huggies are pink sapphire/diamond reversible.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
South Sea Pearl, 18k Gold
Couture 1939-50 Schiaparelli-SchlumbergerStyle GlassBeads ProngSetCrystal Brooch
By Artisan NYC
Located in Chicago, IL
In the style of Elsa Schiaparelli couture costume-jewelry and one of her paruriers since the late 1930s, Jean Schlumberger, this handcrafted highly-textural glass-and-crystal rhodium...
Category
1940s American Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Crystal, Pearl, Silver, Rhodium
Rolex Vintage 5512 Gilt Underline Dial Pointed Crown Guard Submariner Full Set
By Rolex
Located in Boston, MA
Aston Estate Jewelry Presents:
A vintage Rolex Submariner, model 5512, with rare Underline gilt dial and pointed crown guard case.
The round case measures 40mm in width, featuring ...
Category
1960s Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Stainless Steel
18K Onyx and Cocolong Panda Pendant with Sapphire Bail
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
18karat hand carved onyx and cocolong panda pendant with sapphir bail
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Onyx, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Trifari 1930s Philippe YellowGold HeavyChain Tassel Sautoir Textural Demi Parure
By Alfred Philippe for Trifari
Located in Chicago, IL
Signed "Trifari" with a crown and without a post-1955 U.S.-copyright symbol on all three matching pieces, this likely late-1930s highly-textured yellow-gold-plated demi-parure was designed by American Trifari's French-born head designer Alfred Philippe after he had honed his fine-jewelry craftsmanship while creating luxury parures for Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels. The set features a heavy tasseled eight-strand chain sautoir necklace and earrings with dropped fluted-ball pendants,
With French-style signed clip fastening, the contrasting-texture two-inch-long earrings each have two twisted fluted round beads in different sizes, with the larger one capped at both ends with additional shapes and textures.
On the necklace, this textural contrast is amplified with the inclusion of many chains. The decorative chain caps and...
Category
1930s American Baroque Revival Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Gold, Yellow Gold, Gilt Metal
22K Gold Chandelier Earrings, India Mid 20th Century
Located in Nantucket, MA
An amazing and rare pair of Indian 22K gold chandelier earrings. Multiple balls dangling from 4 levels creating movement and texture. Floral motif post for pierced ears. Mid 20th ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
22k Gold
Couture 1937-40 ElsaSchiaparelli MarcelVertes Harlequin Duck GlazedCeramicBrooch
By Elsa Schiaparelli
Located in Chicago, IL
Between the first ad campaign that legendary fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) commissioned from internationally-admired Paris-based Hungarian-born multimedia artist Marcel Vertes (1895-1961) for her blockbuster perfume "Shocking" in 1937 and in 1940 when they left France after launching her perfume "Sleeping" shortly before the Nazi occupation during WWII, the illustrator-cum-ceramist distinctly handmade, while traditional materials for couture costume-jewelry were scarce in Paris, this whimsical red glazed ceramic brooch depicting a duck holding a "wet" umbrella dripped with dashes of turquoise or black glaze.
Significantly, the trombone clasp of the brooch pin, the long-pronged gilt frame, and the text stamped on its back plate "Made In France" match a similarly sized glazed-ceramic brooch of a decoratively-chained bear that was published in the book Bijoux (page 146). The author Deanna Farenti Cera dated that likewise unbranded unsigned brooch to 1938 when it was commissioned for one of Schiaparelli's fashion shows themed "Circus". The invitation to that show, which was illustrated with circus characters and performing animals by Vertes' Parisian peer Christian Berard, included a domesticated white duck--notably not holding nor wearing a fashion accessory.
Unusually, Schiaparelli had commissioned couture umbrellas from other artisans in the 1930s--a couple of which were acquired by TheMet museum. Another relevant Met acquisition of the designer's couture evening gown, which it dates to Summer 1940, features three large glazed-ceramic fasteners in a contrasting color matching our brooch.
The like findings, materials, construction, text, object, and palette aside, accessory-adorned ducks were also among the figurative animals commissioned by Schiaparelli for that last collection before the Germans dominated Paris by June 1940, which is evidenced by the photo of the dated gilt hatpin depicting a bejeweled head with a bill that appears in the book by Patrick Mauries about another Schiaparelli-associated French parurier Lina Baretti (pages 124-125). See our other listing for one of Baretti's uniquely feathered designs, which likewise has a pronged gilt frame with trombone clasp like ours, but whose partridge subject best suits an earlier Schiaparelli collection for Fall 1938 titled "Pagan".
For us, distinguishing our brooch from other one-of-a-kind ceramic pieces created for Schiaparelli couture...
Category
1930s French Artisan Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Gold, Yellow Gold, Gilt Metal
18K Lapis Lazuli Carved Scarab Ring
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
18K carved lapis lazuli scarab ring
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, 18k Gold
Couture 1930s CocoChanel Lina Baretti SatinBlackCamellias PaveCrystals Gold Set
By Chanel
Located in Chicago, IL
This rare signed couture set of pave-crystal and gold-plated brooch and earrings from the Art-Deco period is marked in the manner of one-off costume jewelry commissioned...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Crystal, Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
MiramHaskell c1930 Stamped Brass FloralMotif Pendants Link Chain Choker Necklace
By Miriam Haskell
Located in Chicago, IL
Featuring stamped-brass findings c1930, this Miriam Haskell collar necklace was made by her first designer Frank Hess in an Art-Nouveau style with ornate floral motifs for its 15 dangling bud-shaped or fluted-ball pendants, along with intricate textural patterns on the stamped bands that link the oval-ring chain choker. Among the festoon of graduating charms, the largest centered pendant is 1.5 inches long and 0.75 inches in diameter. One of our photos show that the surprisingly light-weight pendants are hollow--some with a hole punched at the bottom.
The distinct stamped bands, which include a fold-over clasp, are found in more obviously Haskell-Hess pre-WWII jewelry...
Category
1930s American Artisan Vintage Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Brass
Pearl and Diamond Beaded Bracelet
Located in Nantucket, MA
A three strand beaded pearl bracelet with 4 diamond bars between the pearls and a sterling silver and diamond snap-shut clasp. Pearls total 39.50 carats, Diamonds total 1.11 Inside...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, Sterling Silver
Sleeping Beauty Turquoise and Diamond Drop Earrings
Located in Nantucket, MA
Highly desirable Sleeping Beauty turquoise in an oval cabochon cut. Bordered with a double row of round, brilliant cut diamonds in a pave` setting. French clip backs for pierced ea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Massachusetts - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Turquoise, 18k Gold, Sterling Silver
