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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 - Necklaces
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. Each crystal can be manually rotated.
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 - Necklaces
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gilt Metal, Bronze, Copper
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 - Necklaces
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
16thCentury Renaissance Ultramarine Angel GiltFiligree Crystal Medallion Pendant
Located in Chicago, IL
With artistic value as a Renaissance chiaroscuro miniature painting with precious ultramarine lapis-lazuli pigment, this early 16th-Century period gilt-filigree silver pendant medall...
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Crystal, Silver, Enamel, Copper, 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 - Necklaces
Materials
Silver, Silver Plate, Gilt Metal
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 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 brass, which include a fold-over clasp, are found in more obviously Haskell-Hess pre-WWII jewelry...
Category
1930s American Artisan Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Brass
AncientRevival Gold MotifRondelles Carnelian Beads Knotted BlackSilk Necklace
Located in Chicago, IL
Featuring yellow-gold sinuous-pattern rondelles and carnelian rock-crystal round 8mm beads, this ancient-revival heavy necklace is knotted in stations a...
Category
19th Century American Early Victorian Antique Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Carnelian, 14k Gold, Gold-filled, Gold
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 - Necklaces
Materials
Onyx, Sapphire, 18k Gold
KJL 1980s MuseumCollectedDesigner TwoStrandResin Boxed MidnightRose Necklace
By Kenneth Jay Lane
Located in Chicago, IL
Kenneth Jay Lane--whose monogram KJL is signed on the white-rose-decorated gold-tone clasp of this double-strand black-resin beaded necklace--is only one of four bylined jewelry designers collected by The Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection At The Metropolitan Museum of Art from the two-decade period between 1970-1989, which was dominated by such bold big shapes in mostly black, white and gold.
A must for any collector of the world-renowned American-founded beauty-brand Avon, its rare limited-edition retailed necklace by Lane titled "Midnight Rose" is among the most distinctive that it produced among its lines of primarily perfume, cosmetics, and personal-care products whose origin dates back to 1886 in New York. Notably, the life-sized shiny cast-acrylic rose has the look of a far more expensive carved stone, such as one cut and polished from light-filled saturated-white chalcedony, which is a hard semi-precious stone favored by Lane.
Like Lane's own line when it was originally signed KJL, the decorated clasp is uniquely designed. It locks underneath with a semi-circular hinge, which enables the stylized three-dimensional smooth rose to be perfectly positioned on the right side of the upper chest with the bud facing upwards above its three-leaf sepal in contrasting gilt textured metal. This position adds sparkle from above to the three pave rhinestones in a gold-tone setting at center of the rose, as if its dew-covered bud was beginning to open in strong moonlight. To balance the bold rose shape, the black strands cross each other below at a single point, which adds another eye-catching element to the concealed-string-tied necklace.
In mint condition with no sign of wear, the necklace was acquired in its original lavender Avon retail box. In contrast, the paper shows wear and tear from handling, while still featuring the jewelry designer's full-name script signature, title, and text details like how to care for this synthetic jewelry. The metal-stamped hallmark is "KJL for Avon...
Category
1980s American Contemporary Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Gilt Metal
Trifari Philippe1940s JellyBelly & PearlFlowers GoldPendants SignedChainNecklace
By Alfred Philippe for Trifari
Located in Chicago, IL
Among the most in-demand designs by Trifari artistic director Alfred Philippe were his flora and "jelly belly" fauna jewelry from the 1940s. Both iconic styles can be mixed as the go...
Category
1940s American Modern Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, Gold, Vermeil, Yellow Gold
18K Lapis Star Pendant
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
18K lapis star pendant hand craved by master Idar Oberstein
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, 18k Gold
$2,250
22K Gold Beaded Necklace, India Mid-1900's
Located in Nantucket, MA
A stunning 22K gold Indian beaded necklace with dramatic gold pendant spears made using the lost wax technique. The gold beads and pendants all have beautiful hand-tooled and granul...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
22k Gold
14ky Pendant necklace with Ethiopian Opal and Diamonds
By Martha Seely
Located in Carlisle, MA
From the Blue Hour Collection - this is a single, elegant pendant in 14ky with a 7.5mm round and flashing blue Ethiopian Opal cabochon surrounded b...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Opal, 14k Gold
Tumbled Amethyst and 18K Gold Necklace
By Deborah Lockhart Phillips
Located in Nantucket, MA
A stunning chunky necklace with large tumbled and faceted amethyst beads with 18K gold spacers and large diamond-shaped gold beads using the lost wax technique. A 2.25" large pear-s...
Category
Late 20th Century Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Amethyst, 18k Gold
ArtDeco 491 ProngSetCrystals SchreinerStyle SilverSolder 35" Belt ChokerNecklace
Located in Chicago, IL
With settings and construction like Art-Deco-period unsigned crystal costume-jewelry by Bavarian-born blacksmith Henry Schreiner (1898-1954), this mid-century unsigned silver-soldere...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Crystal, Silver, Base Metal
18k gold Petit Jasper horse head pendant with chain
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
18k carved Jasper horse head by Master carver Idar Oberstein. The petit size is a smaller version of the larger horse head available with the sapphire bail. It can be worn alone or l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Jasper, 18k Gold
22K Gold, Hand-Painted Ganesh Pendant Necklace, India
Located in Nantucket, MA
A charming and auspicious pendant necklace featuring a finely detailed, hand-painted Ganesh (the Hindu deity known as is the remover of obstacles). It is encased in 22K gold with a ...
Category
Late 20th Century Indian Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
22k Gold
Trifari 1970s Necklace and Chandelier Earrings
Located in Alford, MA
c.1960s-'70s Trifari necklace and earrings set, the necklace comprised of three gold chains, the shortest of which features a large pendant with free-...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Massachusetts - Necklaces
MiriamHaskell c1930 Hess GoldGiltChain CappedAquaGlass ThumblessClasp Bib Choker
By Frank Hess for Miriam Haskell
Located in Chicago, IL
Around 1930, Miriam Haskell's first designer Frank Hess designed this Russian-gilt brass ribbed-chain link bib necklace featuring 27 strands of varying length each wired to aqua faux-turquoise pressed glass beads with characteristic gold pronged-bell caps and thumbless spring-ring clasp. After the Great Depression began in the United States in 1929, to keep her popular European-style costume jewelry affordable among fashionable ladies, Haskell began using less expensive imported handcrafted glass beads, which included Czech and German pressed glass. Initially when she opened her handmade ready-to-wear costume-jewelry business in 1926 in New York City's downtown McAlpin Hotel, she had used only the finest Parisian glass beads and findings like French couturiers including Coco Chanel who soon became her competition. which Haskell promoted with the French name of her first boutique Le Bijou de L'Heure.
If interested in assembling a suitable set of early Haskell-Hess pieces with similar aesthetics, please see our other listings for the aqua glass-and-enamel scalloped button clip earrings and the "peacock" coil arm-band bracelet with Parisian lampworked glass, faceted crystal, painted galalith beads, and cupped rose...
Category
1930s American Baroque Revival Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Turquoise, 24k Gold, Yellow Gold, Brass, Gilt Metal
Emerald, Diamond and 22K Gold Choker Necklace
By Deborah Lockhart Phillips
Located in Nantucket, MA
Two rows of faceted Colombian emerald beads comprise this necklace with 22K gold spacers with rosecut diamonds and rosecut diamonds with Kundan enamel work at the collar bone. it fi...
Category
Late 20th Century Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, 22k Gold
18k lapis enhancer, roman soldier with Lion Intaglio
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
Lapis Lazuli pendant, gold Intaglio of a Roman Soldier with a Lion. !8k, 18K bail.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, 18k Gold
MiriamHaskell 1945 PeacockBeads Parure Wired Bracelet Earrings 16Strand Necklace
By Miriam Haskell
Located in Chicago, IL
Miriam Haskell's first designer Frank Hess--before 1947, when the brand mark was added and while couture-style adjustable-hook necklaces were in demand in post-war America--produced ...
Category
1940s American Baroque Revival Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Crystal, Pearl, Gold, Gilt Metal, Yellow Gold
1950sRobertGoosensStyle CastOakLeaf Talisman BaroqueFauxPearls GoldChain Sautoir
Located in Chicago, IL
While contracted as an independent craftsman to create one-of-a-kind costume jewelry for French Masion Degorce from 1953 until it closed in 1957, Parisian goldsmith Robert Goosens (1927-2016) was initially commissioned by Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel to craft one-of-a-kind Byzantine-style long decorative-chain necklaces with sculptural gilt-metal or faux-pearl charms, while she intended to layer many of them to accessorize her couture clothing for clients and herself.
Relevant to the unclear designer of our vintage nine-pendant ribbed-chain sautoir with an unsigned gold-gilt silver barrel clasp and five unique kinds of intricately textured vermeil and baroque faux-pearl charms, a similar lost-wax-cast center pendant with three-lobed-foliate prongs also in the shape of oak leaves can be seen in the book (p.28), Bijoux de Haute Couture: Collection Robert Goossens, by Gilles Plazy and Chantal Bizot published in Paris in 2000. The same year, that Chanel-signed pendant necklace was auctioned by Christie's in a lot including an unsigned long chain sautoir attributed to Chanel. Further, another 1stDibs dealer currently has a $12,500 listing for an unsigned but book-published early-1950s faux-pearl sautoir for Chanel that also features intricate pinecone talismans like ours, but decorated with poured glass and crystals crafted by Maison Gripoix.
When Chanel relaunched her post-war business ventures, Goosens soon became her favorite parurier before founding his eponymous Maison Goosens, whose venerable workshop later designed metal work for its own jewelry-and-furnishings brand Goosens Paris.
Notably, Chanel did not add a brand signature to costume jewelry until the late 1950s, while some pieces prior to this by multiple paruriers are documented to lack any identification that Chanel was earlier known to stamp such as "France", "Made In France" and/or "Depose". Recently, a similar unsigned/unmarked longer chain sautoir with fewer filigree-and-pearl pendants that was believed to be by Robert Goosens for Chanel...
Category
1950s French Byzantine Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, Yellow Gold, Gilt Metal, Silver, Vermeil
Edwardian European Cut Diamond Lavalier Necklace in Platinum
Located in Boston, MA
Aston Estate Jewelry Presents:
An Edwardian style pendant necklace featuring intricate latticework and scroll motifs.
Adorned with European cut diamonds totaling 0.85 carats, G col...
Category
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
18k carved lapis goddess Diana pendant with sapphire bail
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
18k pendant enhancer with carved lapis goddess Diana. Pink Sapphire bail.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
14 Karat, Madeira Garnet and Diamond Multi-Comet Necklace
By Martha Seely
Located in Carlisle, MA
This is a very special necklace - made in 14k with Madeira garnets and diamonds.
The joyful movement of this design is made with garnet comets, moving ...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Garnet, 14k Gold
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 - Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, Gold
Art Nouveau Amethyst Festoon Necklace in 14 Karat Yellow Gold by Durand
Located in Boston, MA
Aston Estate Jewelry Presents:
An exquisite Art Nouveau bib necklace from 1900, crafted in 14k yellow gold. This remarkable piece showcases a series of mixed-cut amethysts, totaling...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Amethyst, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
$3,596 Sale Price
20% Off
18k lapis enhancer, multi mini fleur de lis intaglio
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
Lapis lazuli round pendant, carved with multi gold mini flour de lis. 18k bail
Category
2010s American Modern Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, 18k Gold
18thC EnamelDoublePainting SilverFiligree SpanishRococo AprilBirthday Pendant
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 18th-Century Spanish Rococo period silver-filigree double-sided pendant with dangle features miniature colorful enamel devotional paintings on both sides of a white porcelain centerpiece, which are associated with an April birth.
One side depicts a mountain landscape with a haloed richly-robed dark woman holding a lap-seated dark child and a holy orb...
Category
Early 18th Century Spanish Rococo Antique Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Turquoise Seed Pearl 14k Yellow Gold Vintage Convertible Brooch Pendant Necklace
Located in North Attleboro, MA
This one-of-a-kind vintage necklace is a stunning combination of turquoise and pearls. The pendant is crafted from 14k yellow gold shaped in a stylized bow made from interlocking ova...
Category
1930s Victorian Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, Turquoise, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
18K Gold Chain Necklace with Burmese Pink Ruby Beads
Located in Nantucket, MA
A simple and lovely 18K gold hand-wired link necklace with faceted Burmese ruby beads. Rubies from this area tend to be more pink than that your traditional red ruby. S-hook clasp i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Ruby, 18k Gold
LeCoultre Minute Repeater Chronograph in 18 Karat Gold with Royal Belgian Proven
Located in Boston, MA
Aston Estate Jewelry Presents:
A fine and rare LeCoultre minute repeating chronograph pocket watch in 18 karat gold. With exceptional engraved case displaying Greater and Lesser ver...
Category
Early 20th Century Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Gold
22 Karat Gold Nava Ratna Pendant on Hand-Rolled Gold Chain, India
Located in Nantucket, MA
A lovely 22K gold Nava Ratna pendant comprised of precious and semi-precious stones. Fine tooling on the border and reversible to a repousse` floral and vi...
Category
Late 20th Century Indian Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, Garnet, Cultured Pearl, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire...
English Art Nouveau Peridot & Pearl Pendant in Yellow Gold
Located in Boston, MA
Aston Estate Jewelry Presents:
An elegant pendant necklace in 15k yellow gold. Featuring a quartet of antique cut peridot weighing 2.00 carats total weight. The peridot are a vibrant green, set within an intricate Art Nouveau leaf...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, Peridot, 15k Gold, Yellow Gold
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Cartier Large Carved Jade Fish Pendant in 18 Karat Yellow Gold
By Cartier
Located in Boston, MA
Aston Estate Jewelry presents:
A captivating mid century pendant necklace by Cartier. The design showcases a fish-shaped jade pe...
Category
1960s Modern Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Jade, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique 2.16ctw Mine Cut Diamond Fringe Necklace in 14 Karat Rose Gold
Located in Boston, MA
Aston Estate Jewelry Presents:
An antique drop necklace in 14K rose gold, adorned with old mine cut diamonds. The necklace features a series of antique mine and old marquise diamond...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
Keshi Tahitian Pearl Necklace
By Deborah Lockhart Phillips
Located in Nantucket, MA
A necklace of 9mm Keshi Tahitian pearls with a sterling silver clasp. Dimensional and unusual with nice lustre. By Deborah Lockhart Phillips.
The fine jewelry collection is sourced,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, Sterling Silver
18k Carved Eagle Head Pendant
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
18 Karat Hand carved Jasper Eagle head one-of-a-kind pendant, Idar Oberstein Master Carver
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Jasper, 18k Gold
18K Lapis Poseidon Pendant With Sapphire Bail
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
carved lapis poseidon detachable pendant 24mm round with 18K .30 blue sapphire bail
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Sapphire, 18k Gold
18K Lapis Cressent Moon Pendant
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
18K hand carved by master Idar Oberstein lappis cressent moon pendant
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, 18k Gold
Eros Intaglio Blue Agate Pendant
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
Blue agate hand engraved Eros riding on a sea horse. Set in an 18 karat yellow polished gold frame and loop. Available in 2 sizes : Large (shown here) stone...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Agate, 18k Gold
18k gold Petit snowflake obsidian horse head pendant with chain
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
The petit horses are a smaller version of the larger horses with the sapphire bails. It can be worn alone or layered,
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
18k Gold
Edwardian Suffragette Amethyst & Demantoid Garnet Lavalier Necklace
Located in Boston, MA
An Edwardian period amethyst, and demantoid garnet lavalier necklace in 15 karat gold. Crafted in England at the turn of the 20th century, this beautif...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Amethyst, Garnet
$3,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Trifari 1930s Alfred Philippe ArtDeco GreenGoldGlass MicroBead 20Strand Necklace
By Alfred Philippe for Trifari
Located in Chicago, IL
On this Art-Deco period glass micro-bead 20-strand necklace, the yellow-gold-plated clasp is stamped with a crown-topped Trifari signature without a U.S.-copyright symbol, which Indi...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Gold, Yellow Gold, Base Metal, Gold Plate
$875 Sale Price
30% Off
Couture RobertGoosens 1969-1971 MadameGres RockCrystal Stone HammeredWire Choker
By Robert Goossens
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Greek Revival Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Rock Crystal, Crystal, Brass
$3,156 Sale Price
60% Off
18k Enhancer, Rose Gold Horse Head, sapphire bail
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
Beautiful Rosegold horsehead with Blue Sapphire bail.
Modelled after the Horses of Constantinople standing in St.Marks Square in Venice,Italy.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Rose Gold
18k enhancer, carved black onyx horse head, sapphire bail
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
black onyx hand carved horse head pendant with 18K mane and sapphire bail (chain not included)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Onyx, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Antique ArtDeco Meets BelleEpoque WWI WhiteGold Openwork Link Choker Necklace
Located in Chicago, IL
Victorian Belle-Epoque and Edwardian styles transitioned to Art-Deco period jewelry with semi-precious materials and machine-age shapes around WWI when this unique 20-link choker nec...
Category
Early 20th Century American Belle Époque Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
White Gold
Trifari 1940s Philippe 4PieceParure CrystalFloraMotif GoldNecklaceEarringsBrooch
By Alfred Philippe for Trifari
Located in Chicago, IL
In the late 1940s, Trifari French-born artistic director Alfred Philippe, who had earlier created fine jewelry for Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels, designed this flora-motif crystal-s...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Crystal, Diamond, Gold, Gold Plate, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1990s Italian 14k Yellow Gold Bold Choker Necklace
Located in Boston, MA
Vintage 1990s Italian 14k Yellow Gold Bold Choker Necklace
Specifications
- Metal: 14 karat yellow gold
- Weight: 71.72 grams
- Length: 17 inches
- Width: 13.5 millimeters
- Origin...
Category
1990s Italian Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
18K Reverse Crystal Lynx Pendant
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
18k reverse crystal hand painted backed with mother of pearl pendant
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Crystal, 18k Gold
Aaron Henry Gold Leaf Necklace, Bracelet and Earring Suite
By Aaron Henry
Located in Weston, MA
Comprising a necklace set with a series of links in the form of 19k and 18k yellow gold leaves of varying shapes, with ‘AH’ maker’s mark; and a pair of earrings of similar design, wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
Couture 1920s Chanel Rousselet Hearts Camellia Metallic Glass Bracelet & Sautoir
By Chanel
Located in Chicago, IL
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's earliest fashion motifs of camellias, hearts, and topaz are combined in this Art-Deco period tightly silk-strung metallic-glass couture set of a mixed-bead ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Gold-filled, Yellow Gold, Silver, Brass, Copper
Antique ProngSetWhiteJade GoldMilgrainFiligree ConvertibleBrooch Ring Pendant
Located in Chicago, IL
Known as "mutton fat", this natural milky white tremolite nephrite jade 10mm-long hand-carved oval cabochon is prong set on an antique Edwardian-period convertible tiny brooch...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Nouveau Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Jade, Gilt Metal, White Gold
$2,220 Sale Price
60% Off
Lapis Lazuli Star Pendant with Gold Bezel
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
"Exquisite original Carving in Lapis Lazuli of a "Star" etched in Gold Colour. Approximately 25mm round bezeled in 18 karat gold with a detachable .30 carat sapphire bail. Carving do...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Cat'sEye 21 BallCut Moonstones Antique Victorian 14KGoldFill TubularLinkNecklace
Located in Chicago, IL
All featuring white cat's-eyes, the 21 gray 3mm ball-cut moonstones of this necklace are beaded symmetrically on this antique choker between stations of shiny 14-karat gold-filled tu...
Category
Late 19th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Moonstone, Cat’s Eye, 14k Gold, Gold-filled
Art Nouveau Enamel Leaf Motif, Yogo Sapphire, & Diamond Festoon Necklace
Located in Boston, MA
Aston Estate Jewelry Presents:
An exquisite Art Nouveau bib necklace from 1900, crafted in the United States. This remarkable piece features a central motif of delicately enameled leaves, adorned with natural pearls. The necklace is highlighted by two European-cut Yogo no heat blue sapphires, totaling 0.80 carats, set in 14k yellow gold. Known for their vibrant, cornflower blue color Yogo sapphires are named after the mine where they are found in Yogo Gulch Montana...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Natural Pearl, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
$2,796 Sale Price
20% Off
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 - Necklaces
Materials
Gold, Yellow Gold, Gilt Metal
Abel and Zimmerman Gold Link Necklace
By Abel & Zimmerman
Located in Weston, MA
Linkmanship extraordinaire!
Comprised of graduating 18k yellow gold links of interlocking design, this piece celebrates the craftsmanship of its Pforzheim-based maker founded in 188...
Category
1970s German Retro Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold
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