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Couture Depose France Set PouredGlass Earrings & LampworkGlass 2Strand Necklace
By Chanel
Located in Chicago, IL
Since 1920, French costume-jewelry glass-master Louis Rousselet was among a handful of paruriers favored by the leading Parisian couture houses, primarily Chanel. Beyond the stamped ...
Category
1920s French Artisan Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Amber, Citrine, Topaz, Moonstone, Pearl, Silver, Brass, Gilt Metal, 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
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
Melissa Kaye Aria Stiletto Necklace
Located in Weston, MA
The Stiletto necklace is simple in design, but rich in detail. A modified lariat form with diamonds of graduating then tapering sizes that add dimension.
7.97 Total Carat Weight
18K...
Category
2010s Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
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
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
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
Round Brilliant Diamond Pendant in Platinum GIA Certified 2.02 Carat D Color SI1
By Tinguely Bijoux
Located in Boston, MA
A stunning round brilliant cut diamond pendant with diamond surround set in platinum. The center diamond weighs 2.02 carats, is assessed as D color and SI1 clarity via GIA certificat...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum
$20,250 Sale Price
55% Off
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
MidCentury SculpturalTexturedGoldBowClasp Graduated4Strand Snake Chain Necklace
Located in Chicago, IL
This mid-century shiny yellow-gold-plated snake-chain multi-strand necklace features a sculptural finely-textured gilt-metal bow that is positioned to rest on the upper left chest to...
Category
1940s American Modern Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Yellow Gold, Gold Plate, Base Metal, Gilt Metal
18k Carved Rare Blue Green Tanzanite Pendant
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
18K rare blue green carved tanzanite pendat with sapphire bail 2x2
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Tanzanite, 18k 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
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
16thCentury Renaissance Silver Repousse Lovers Pendant Or Engagement Hat Badge
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 16th-Century Renaissance silver-repousse round medallion "lovers" pendant depicts a romantic encounter in a rural landscape between a man and smiling woman wearing Europea...
Category
16th Century French Renaissance Antique Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Silver, Gilt Metal
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
MiriamHaskell 1930s Torsade Set GiltFiligreeCapped FauxPearls Earrings & Choker
By Frank Hess for Miriam Haskell
Located in Chicago, IL
During the Art Deco period, Miriam Haskell's first designer Frank Hess designed this blue-and-white glass-beaded hand-sewn torsade set of dangle earrings and a choker necklace, whose knotted string is capped with their characteristic Russian-gilt brass flora filigree. Coinciding with the American Great Depression, to offer some less expensive costume jewelry than her initial ready-to-wear styles featuring Parisian hand-crafted materials found in French couture, Haskell reduced the cost of some of her findings by locally sourcing stamped metal and incorporating hand-pressed glass beads from Germany and Czechoslovakia.
With a loop, the line from hand pressing the glass can only be found on the blue beads, while the white ones are coated in an organic material like authentic French faux pearls. The ends of the textured cords that string the beaded set were frayed to form a fuzzy opaque dome that hides the knots attached to the filigree caps.
No Haskell jewelry was signed before 1947. The unsigned necklace...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Brass, Gilt Metal, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s 18 Karat Yellow Gold Omega Layered Necklace
Located in Boston, MA
Vintage 1980's 18K Yellow Gold Omega Layered Necklace - The 18K gold links are 2.7mm wide with a brushed finish. The layered chain is attached with a leaf design link and the clasp i...
Category
1980s Unknown Modern Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
18k Lg Enhancer, Carved Aquamarine Lion, Sapphire Bail
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
18K beautiful hand carved aquamarine lion head pendant by master Idar Oberstien with detachable sapphire bail
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Aquamarine, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Art Nouveau Enamel Leaf Motif, Yogo Sapphire, & Diamond Festoon Necklace
Located in Boston, MA
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
Givenchy 1976TheMet Signed GG Logo GiltBarPendant SnakeChain TwoTone Choker
By Givenchy
Located in Chicago, IL
From the same 1976 collection by Hubert de Givenchy (1927-2018) as this metallic necklace, TheMet acquired a similar design (accession 1984.598.41). Without the rhinestones of the mu...
Category
1970s American Contemporary Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Gilt Metal, Gold, Silver
Azurite Malachite Sterling Silver Fish Dimensional Scales Taxco Mexico Necklace
Located in North Attleboro, MA
This unique, vintage Artisan necklace was handcrafted in Taxco, Mexico. Crafted of Sterling Silver, the eye-catching chain is comprised of linked fish-shaped panels of alternating in...
Category
1990s Mexican Artisan Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Malachite, Silver, Sterling Silver
Jadeite Carved Agate 14K Yellow Gold Swimming Angel Fish with Bubbles Pendant
Located in North Attleboro, MA
This lovely vintage749 pendant features a whimsical undersea tableau of a swimming angelfish. The angelfish is composed of carved orange agate with natural color gradations that give the fish interesting striping. The fish is prong-set in 14k yellow gold against a large circular "sea" of jadeite. The fish has plenty of personality, blowing bubbles of gold from its mouth.
The pendant is approximately 49.89mm in diameter. The agate fish...
Category
20th Century Unknown Modernist Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Agate, Jade, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Art Nouveau Silver Openwork Woman Profile Convertible Pendant Pin Brooch
Located in North Attleboro, MA
Lovely Art Nouveau sterling silver pendant and brooch featuring the profile of a woman. She is quite lovely, with flowing hair adorned with headband hair jewelry...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Brass Boomerang Necklace
By Oscar De La Renta
Located in Alford, MA
Gold tone necklace composed of boomerang-shaped components in graduated sizes is attributed to Oscar de la Renta, but unmarked. Chain in back is adjustable. Great statement necklace....
Category
Late 20th Century American Massachusetts - Necklaces
Miriam Haskell 1930 Fringe Glass & BrassBar Pendants ChainLink Art Deco Necklace
By Frank Hess for Miriam Haskell
Located in Chicago, IL
Featuring a relatively heavy fringe of dangling Russian-gilt brass bars and contrasting French-blue textural hand-pressed glass beads topped with filigree caps to resemble flower bud...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Brass, Yellow Gold, Gilt Metal
18K Gold Chain Necklace with Tahitian Pearl and Diamond Pendant
By Deborah Lockhart Phillips
Located in Nantucket, MA
An elegant 12mm Tahitian pearl pendant with three round, faceted diamonds in 18K gold at the bottom and an 18K gold end cap with fine graulation work at the top. The 18K gold chain ...
Category
Late 20th Century Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, Diamond, 18k Gold
Damiani 18K White Gold Diamond Necklace
By Damiani
Located in Newton, MA
Award winning Italian designer "Damiani" pendant offered by Alex & Co. This contemporary 18K white gold and diamond disc measures 22.57mm in diameter and features a frame of pave set...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Couture CocoChanel-Rousselet-Style GlassGold FauxCarnelianPearl Torsade Necklace
Located in Chicago, IL
Beginning in the mid-1920s, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel collaborated with Parisian Louis Rousselet for a wide variety of handcrafted unsigned glass-beaded costume jewelry to compliment h...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Carnelian, Pearl, Gold, Sterling Silver
Kieselstein Cord 18k Gold Link Necklace with Citrine and Diamond Pendant Suite
By KIESELSTEIN-CORD
Located in Weston, MA
Barry Kieselstein Cord founded his eponymous company in 1972 in the heart of Manhattan. The brand immediately became iconic, adored for its incredibly creative and distinctive jewelr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Retro Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Citrine, Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
18k Yellow Gold Leaf-Form Necklace
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
Late 20th Century Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Melissa Kaye Aria Y Necklace
Located in Weston, MA
Seamlessly blending feminine lines and geometric shapes, this necklace is set with glistening diamonds that beautifully highlight the unique integrated “Y” pendant.
18K yellow gold ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Dolce & Gabbana 1999 RunwayAccessory Silk Rosette Flower Cufflink Or Boutonniere
By Dolce & Gabbana
Located in Chicago, IL
Dolce & Gabbana featured silk-rose jewelry like this versatile pale-peach seven-inch-diameter accessory on many of the runway looks from the design-duo's Spring/Summer 2000 collection (see photo). The rose is a signature motif of this pair of Italian designers, while the Dolce & Gabbana brand tag is sewn to the back of this piece that was "Made in Italy" in 1999.
The unusual "cufflink" hardware on the back of the faux rose enables it to be secured through a buttonhole or as a pendant for a necklace, neckerchief, or narrow belt...
Category
1990s Italian Romantic Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Base Metal
Black/green Tourmaline and Gold Bead Chunky Necklace
Located in Boston, MA
Black/green Tourmaline and Gold Bead Chunky Necklace - This unique black/green Tourmaline bead necklace is strung with 22 rough cut tourmaline beads th...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Tourmaline, Gold, 18k Gold
MiriamHaskell Early SignatureGrapeCluster GlassPearl 1920s Pendant Necklace
By Frank Hess for Miriam Haskell
Located in Chicago, IL
Featuring the earliest white-swirled glass and enameled faux-pearl round beads handcrafted by Parisian lampwork-master Louis Rousselet for American entrepreneur Miriam Haskell and he...
Category
1920s American Baroque Revival Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, Silver
18K Petit Aquamarine Lionshead Hand Carved
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
18K aquamarine hand carved lionshead pendant by master Idar Oberstein carver. 15mm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Aquamarine, 18k Gold
Vintage 2000s 18 Karat Two-Tone Gold Cable and Horseshoe Link Necklace
Located in Boston, MA
Vintage 2000's 18K Two Tone Gold Cable and Horseshoe Link Necklace - The necklace is Italian made with 18k yellow gold cable links that measure...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold
Vintage 14k Yellow Gold Italian Wide Open Cable Link Necklace
Located in Boston, MA
This striking necklace is a true testament to Italian craftsmanship from the 1990s. Expertly crafted in luxurious 14k yellow gold, it showcases a bold and eye-catching open link cabl...
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1990s Italian Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
14K Gold Chain Necklace with Pink Tourmaline and Diamond Pendant
Located in Nantucket, MA
An elegant 14K gold chain necklace featuring an emerald cut center pendant with four round, brilliant cut diamonds on all four sides set in 14K gold. A heart-shaped faceted pink tou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Tourmaline, 14k Gold
Italian 14K Yellow Gold 9.50MM Curb Chunky Link Statement Necklace 18 Inches
Located in Newton, MA
The essence of timeless design is represented here and offered by Alex & Co. Crafted in 14 karat yellow gold this 18 inch curb link necklace is effortlessly polished and nonchalant. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
18K Hand Painted Springtime Butterfly Reverse Crystal wi Sapphire Bail
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
18k hand painted reverse crystal gem carving in quarts crystal backed with mother -of -pearl carved by master carverf rom Idar Oberstein with sapphire bai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Crystal, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Art Deco Tiffany & Company European Cut Diamond Circle Pendant
Located in Boston, MA
An Art Deco period Tiffany & Company diamond circle pendant in platinum. Set with 30 old European cut diamonds weighing a combined 3.00 carats. The diamonds grade as G/H color, and a...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
$4,396 Sale Price
20% Off
18K Diamond and Green Afghan Tourmaline Pendant
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
18K with diamonds surrounding magnificient green afghan tourmaline pendant
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Tourmaline, 18k Gold
Couture Late1920s ChanelRousseletStyle Pearlescent Pendants SilverChain Necklace
Located in Chicago, IL
Featuring 12 large patinated pearlescent charms distinctly handcrafted by Parisian Louis Rousselet--the master glass-and-metal-ornament parurier for French couture fashion houses since 1920--this heavy silver chain necklace is made in the unique chunky style of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel that she introduced in the late 1920s.
Capping Rousselet's signature Art-Deco-period handmade beads, his intricate multi-texture metal tops for these balls resemble organic shapes like the stems of acorns or fruit. In a bib arrangement, the duotone reflective heavy spheres--in black glass, blue-gray enameled galalith, and silver metal--conform to the cleavage of the wearer.
Aside from chain jewelry commissioned by Chanel, Rousselet-style jewelry was usually constructed with thin wires or braided string to enable his beads to attract the most attention. Notably, this necklace fastens with an enlarged spring-ring clasp that became associated with increasingly heavy Chanel costume jewelry. Like 1920s Chanel jewelry by Rousselet, the necklace is both unmarked for French origin and unsigned.
In subsequent decades, variations of chunky-charm chain necklaces were reproduced by Chanel with her other paruriers using different materials in which they specialized, such as a similar Chanel-signed piece in the 1960s by bronze-maker Maison Denez...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Brass, Gilt Metal, Silver
$3,780 Sale Price
50% Off
Italian Oval Double Graduated Chunky 14K Yellow Gold Link Statement Necklace
Located in Newton, MA
Offered by Alex & Co a refined Italian made double open oval link necklace. This chunky statement piece is crafted in 14 karat yellow gold and measures 21mm at its widest point at th...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
18K Silver Obsidian Horse Pendant
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
18K hand carved silver obsidian horse pendant with .30ct detachable sapphire bail
28x22x5.6
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
18k Gold
KineticPuppetStringsPinocchio GoldTexturedChainLink3Strand Early20thC. Necklace
Located in Chicago, IL
Acquired in The States and likely inspired by the American 1938-commissioned animated-feature movie, Pinocchio, that was produced for two years by Walt Disney based on an Italian children's story, this unsigned pre-WWII yellow-gold-gilt brass necklace with elegant draping chains features a three-inch-long playful kinetic multi-textured faux-carved-wood puppet-on-strings pendant with pointed hat, filigree-capped collar and waist, and flexible geometric-shaped limbs. Structured with three chains, notice the additional texture on the slightly larger links of the upper necklace.
Unlike the movie, as the marionette on our necklace wears a lace-like collar resembling the original character illustrated by Enrico Mazzanti in the book by Tuscany-born Carlo Collodi, The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883), the necklace otherwise could date no earlier than the turn of the 19th Century when the spring-ring clasp was first in use. Since that time, Pinocchio became one of the most reimagined characters in literature based on multiple authors whose protagonist was a similar anthropomorphic puppet.
To be conservative about its age as the necklace is in good condition, we suspect that Austrian-born Hattie Carnegie commissioned it to accessorize her "hat-to-hem" custom-made or ready-to-wear clothing that frequently featured amusing figural subjects with articulated parts, such as mythical creatures, fauna or clowns. Before her death at the age 69 in 1956, not all of the pieces in the costume-jewelry parures of her eponymous brand since 1919 were signed, while based on experience we assume that at least clip earrings accompanied this creative necklace...
Category
Early 20th Century American Artisan Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Yellow Gold, Gilt Metal, Brass
White Akoya Pearl Necklace with 2-Tone Interlocking Spiral
By Martha Seely
Located in Carlisle, MA
From the Orbit Collection - an 18 inch lustrous Akoya pearl necklace with an asymmetrically placed spiral, surrounded on either side by a 6mm heavy wall gold bead. The necklace is ma...
Category
2010s American Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, 14k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver, Mixed Metal
Vintage 1960’s 14K White Gold Diamond Heart Pin and Pendant
Located in Boston, MA
Vintage 1960’s 14K White Gold Diamond Heart Pin and Pendant. The heart contains 21 round brilliant diamonds prong set and weigh approximately 1.50ct....
Category
1960s American Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, 14k Gold, White Gold
18 Karat Engraved Lapis Lazuli and Sapphire Pendant
By Diane Griswold Johnston
Located in Cohasset, MA
18 karat Hand Carved Lapis Lazuli “Jupiter” pendant with .30 Sapphire Bail
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, 18k Gold
Emerald, Diamond and 22 Karat Gold Beaded Necklace by Deborah Lockhart Phillips
By Deborah Lockhart Phillips
Located in Nantucket, MA
A double strand of quality, large faceted Colombian emerald beads with diamond rondelles and 22K gold. Hand-made double chain of gold at the back and and optional length of 16 - 18"...
Category
Late 20th Century Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, 22k Gold
Vintage 1980's 14k Yellow Gold Layered Omega Necklace
Located in Boston, MA
Vintage 1980's 14K Yellow Gold Layered Omega Necklace - The necklace measures 15.5 inches long, the 2nd chain drops down another .75 inches and the width is 2.5mm. The necklace has a...
Category
1980s Unknown Contemporary Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Bakelite 1940s CoroCraft GoldGilt & Black Beads "Hugs&Kisses" TwoStrand Necklace
By Corocraft
Located in Chicago, IL
This mid-century like-new Bakelite and yellow-gold-gilt beaded double-strand necklace still sports the CoroCraft pegasus 1940s retail foil-tag as if never worn. As an elegant take on...
Category
1940s American Modern Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Gilt Metal, Yellow Gold
Chalcedony, 22 Karat Gold and South Sea Pearl Beaded Necklace
By Deborah Lockhart Phillips
Located in Nantucket, MA
This is actually two separate necklaces, both with tumbled and faceted chalcedony beads (great color), and 22K gold beads with fine granulation work...
Category
Late 20th Century Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Chalcedony, South Sea Pearl, 22k Gold
MiriamHaskell 1926-1929 Shell Glass FauxPearl Crystal Silver Art Deco Sautoir
By Frank Hess for Miriam Haskell
Located in Chicago, IL
In the late 1920s during the Art-Deco period, this Miriam Haskell white mostly glass-beaded sautoir was created in New York City by her first designer Frank Hess. This uniquely hand-...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Coral, Natural Pearl, Freshwater Pearl, Pearl, Crystal, Silver
Vendome 1948-55 Crystal Beaded Set Earrings & 3Strand Capped Faux Pearl Necklace
By Vendome
Located in Chicago, IL
Between 1948-1955 this early Vendome crystal set was made for a high-end line by Coro to include a three-strand tricolor beaded necklace with flowe...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Baroque Revival Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, Crystal, Silver, Base Metal
Artist Modern Sculptural SterlingSilverWire Script Letter H or Acrobat Pendant
Located in Chicago, IL
Like Alexander Calder's handmade wire jewelry since 1929, whose smallest one-of-a-kind sculptural subjects ranged from aerial acrobats and dancers to mono...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1980s 14 Karat Yellow Gold Italian Wide Double Cable Link Necklace
Located in Boston, MA
Vintage 1980's 14K Yellow Gold Italian Wide Double Cable Link Necklace - The classic Italian made gold choker necklace features a double cable links that graduate in isze from 3/4 in...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Aquamarine and 18K Gold Beaded Necklace by Deborah Lockhart Phillips
By Deborah Lockhart Phillips
Located in Nantucket, MA
A stunning aquamarine beaded necklace with 18K gold. The large aquamarines are a combination of beveled and faceted round beads of exceptional color and translucence. The gold bead...
Category
Late 20th Century Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Aquamarine, 18k Gold
Aquamarine and Pearl Necklace in 18K Gold
Located in Nantucket, MA
A stunning necklace with five faceted marquise aquamarines bordered in gold, interspersed with fresh water pearls with 18K gold chain in between. It has optional rings at the back t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Aquamarine, Pearl, 18k Gold
Black Tahitian Pearl and 22K Gold Beaded Necklace by Deborah Lockhart Phillips
By Deborah Lockhart Phillips
Located in Nantucket, MA
A sexy beaded necklace of 8-9mm black Tahitian pearls with 22K gold wire-work end caps among the pearls. The center features three staggered drops of pearls and 22K gold beads and el...
Category
Late 20th Century Massachusetts - Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, 22k Gold
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