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Item Ships From: USA
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Ancient Byzantine Bronze Coin Two-Tone Pendant Necklace
By Vicki Orr
Located in Naples, FL
Authentic ancient Byzantine bronze coin (Justin 1, Follis, Constantinople mint, 518-527 A.D.) set in oxidized sterling silver and 22k yellow gold hand...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Contemporary Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
22k Gold, Sterling Silver, Bronze, Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
Pair of Antique Georgian English Sterling Silver Tea Caddies by Francis Crump
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine matched pair of English 18th century tea caddies.
In sterling silver.
Marked for Francis Crump, London, and 1758.
Having ce...
Category
Mid-18th Century British Georgian Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Art Deco Platinum Engraved Classic Wedding Band
Located in Great Neck, NY
Beautiful Antique Art Deco Platinum Engraved Classic Wedding Band. This classic wedding band is in great condition and has G. E. N To F. E. Y. Nov 19 - 1931".
Item #R1111
Metal: Pl...
Category
18th Century Unknown Art Deco Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Platinum
Antique Mughal Indian Enamel and Diamond Cup Saucer & Spoon Set
Located in New York, NY
Antique Mughal Indian Enamel and Diamond Cup Saucer & Spoon Set
A 200+ year old masterpiece: Incredible enamel on gold tea cup, saucer, and spoon. Set w...
Category
18th Century Indian Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Enamel
Ancient Roman Bronze Carved Signet Ring with 22 Karat Gold Bezel
By Vicki Orr
Located in Naples, FL
Authentic ancient Roman carved bronze signet ring (1st-4th century AD) with newly added 22k yellow gold bezel. Ring measures approximately size 7....
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Contemporary Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Gold, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold, Bronze
Amethyst Galaxy Pendant Necklace in 18k Rose Gold
By NIBIRU Collection
Located in Miami, FL
This is a necklace made of a 16 carat amethyst with 10 grams of rose gold18k, the amethyst has a pentagon cut and is all made by hand in Milan, Italy.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Anglo-Indian Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Amethyst, Rose Gold
Ancient Roman Cameo High Karat Gold Ring
Located in Chicago, IL
Roman Empire, 2nd – 3rd century A.D.
This massive solid gold ring with broad shoulders is of a very fine workmanship. The ring is crafted in high karat gold (about 24K). It is centered with a conical banded three layer agate superbly carved with a cameo of a goddess (likely Minerva, the goddess of wisdom). Her hair is elaborately styled and adorned with a double stephane (tiara).
For a closely related roman agate...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Classical Roman Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Gold
Antique Georgian 18th Century Diamond 18K Gold, Silver Topped Gold Earrings
Located in New York, NY
The most beautiful 18th Century Georgian earrings we have seen in a very long time, museum worthy.
Elegant, very long, unusual Rococo design at its best with intricate interconnected diamond encrusted scrolls glinting mysteriously when catching the light. Exquisitely made of 18K gold topped with silver to create the best setting for the Rose cut and European cut diamonds, totaling approximately 5 Carats.
Lovely movement, these earrings are articulated.
80mm or 3.125 inches long for spectacular impact.
Exceptionally fine condition with a desirable conversion to post pierced backs with substantial secure 18K gold backs.
Estate sourced
Tested for 18K gold, unmarked except for the 18K backs
With an antique velvet lined box or a modern black velvet...
Category
18th Century Georgian Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Silver
Antique Late 18th Century Gold and Multi-Gemstone Double Heart Ring
Located in New York, NY
An antique Georgian ring in the form of a double heart comprised of an opposed pear-shaped rose-cut diamond and a ruby in corresponding surrounds...
Category
1780s Georgian Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, Multi-gemstone, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 1...
Antique Spanish Jet Amulet Pendant with Figa
Located in Chicago, IL
AMULET PENDANT WITH FIGA
Spain, c. 1620–1630
Jet, silver, and enamel
Weight 60.7 grams; dimensions 85 × 49 × 18 mm
Large pendant in the shape of a hand carved from jet with a clinched fist in the figa (Spanish higa) gesture. In the palm of the hand is a heart carved in relief and on the back a six-ray star in a circle. The silver mount covers the wrist like a cuff and is decorated with a frilled border, and on the front with collet-set bosses with silver C-scrolls against blue enamel; on the back is a roundel in relief with floral motif. Domed base for the pendant loop in pea-pod form.
The figa (also fica or higa) represents an age-old symbol of protection against the evil eye and other demonic threats. Its origins were pagan and buried deep in antiquity. Roman examples, such as one found recently in an archeological excavation in London, also make it clear that the protective qualities are based in a sexual symbolism–particularly the power of the phallus. The Roman bone figa/phallus in effect represents the phallus twice; that is, the gesture made by the figa hand is generally explained as fingers representing the female genitalia (vulva) penetrated by the phallus of the thumb. But other interpretations are less specific, including explanations that the left hand is the feminine principle, and the right hand is the masculine.
In Spain, jet figa are common; we see one in the portrait of Anne of Austria the infanta (p. 75). That is not to say that the objects are not sumptuous or treasured. Jet was a very valuable material, and in many examples like this one, the figa is embellished with beautiful enameling or is even gem-studded. Comparable objects occur in equally sumptuous materials such as rock crystal.
The enameled setting allows a dating of these objects that otherwise might prove difficult, given that the production of such objects in Spain is so consistent over centuries. Indeed, there is another, even more elaborately carved example in this collection, attached to the “magic belt” (no. 9). That example may belong to an earlier group.
That figa includes deeply excavated carving, including on the upper surface, an M-shaped design that Walter Leo Hildburgh links to the heart shape (as it occurs more explicitly on this example). Hildburgh argues that its presence is especially common on these objects and that it originally represented the Sacred Heart of Mary...
Category
Early 17th Century Spanish Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Silver
Antique Victorian 18k Yellow Gold Diamond Ruby Sapphire Three Stone Ring
Located in Great Neck, NY
Beautiful Antique Victorian 18K Yellow Gold Diamond Ruby Sapphire Three Stone Ring. This incredible ring features an old mine cut diamond, natural ruby, and natural sapphire surround...
Category
18th Century Unknown Victorian Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Sapphire, Diamond, Ruby, Yellow Gold
22 Karat Gold Key Ring
By Romae Jewelry
Located in Brooklyn, NY
22K Yellow Gold Key Ring by ROMAE Jewelry - Inspired by an Ancient Roman Design. Our solid gold "Securitas" ring is based on an ancient Roman ring t...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Authentic Ancient Greek Silver Coin and Octagon Ring
By Vicki Orr
Located in Naples, FL
Authentic ancient Greek silver coin set in 22k yellow gold and mounted on a brushed/ textured sterling silver octagon shaped ring band. Size 6 1...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Contemporary Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Gold, 22k Gold, Sterling Silver, Yellow Gold, Silver
Large Antique 18th Century Greek Icon of Saint George and the Dragon
Located in New York, NY
Large, unusual 18th century antique Greek Orthodox icon of Saint George and the Dragon with scenes from the life of the Saint.
This rare, multi-fa...
Category
18th Century Greek Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Rob Crook 18 Karat Yellow Gold Open Faced Keywind Pocket Watch, circa 1845
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Rob Crook
STYLE / REFERENCE: Open Face / Pocket Watch Keywind
METAL / MATERIAL: 18kt Yellow Gold
CIRCA: 1845
DIMENSIONS: Diameter 47mm
MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Key Winding / 13 Jewels
DIAL / HANDS: Original Enamel with Roman Numerals / Blued Steel Hands
WARRANTY: 18 months on the movement.
LIFETIME SERVICE COMMITMENT
This high grade English chain driven watch...
Category
Mid-18th Century Unknown Greek Revival Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Aztec Ring in 18k Gold with Ruby and Two Diamonds
By NIBIRU Collection
Located in Miami, FL
The aztec ring is a ring to use normally in the small finger, its a aztec design with a ruby in the middle of 0,40 carat, and two diamonds in each side of 1...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold
Antique Mother-of-Pearl Gaming Counter Pendant in Gold and Blackened Silver
By Sarosi By Timeless Gems
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This pendant features an original antique mother-of-pearl Chinese gambling counter that has been finely engraved with a beautiful scene depicting life in 18th Century China. These gaming counters were carved in China for export to Britain, where they were used in games, as markers, the way we use poker...
Category
Late 18th Century Unknown Artisan Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Pearl, Other, Yellow Gold, Silver, Gold, 18k Gold
22 Karat Gold Hercules Knot Cuff Bracelet
By Romae Jewelry
Located in Brooklyn, NY
22 Karat Yellow Gold Hercules Knot Cuff Bracelet by ROMAE Jewelry - Inspired by Ancient Roman Designs. Our gorgeous "Firmitas" cuff bracelet depicts the "Hercules knot," and is model...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Gold, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold
Triple Stacked 22 Karat Gold Ring
By Romae Jewelry
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Triple Stacked 22K Yellow Gold Ring by ROMAE Jewelry - Inspired by an Ancient Cypriot Design. Our lavish and substantial "Luxus" triple ring is a statement of luxury, and is modeled...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Greek Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Peridot and Ruby 14K Gold Georgian Bracelet
Located in New York, NY
A large octagonal step-cut peridont weighing approximately 8.50 carats sits in an intricate gold Georgian-style bracelet accentuated by 6 oval-cut peridots of approximately 1.50 cara...
Category
18th Century Georgian Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Peridot, Ruby, 14k Gold
Antique 18th C George III Sterling Silver Salt Cellar by Robert Hennell I
By Robert Hennell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Georgian salt cellar.
In sterling silver.
By Robert Hennell I.
With scroll handles, a beaded edge & foot, repousse decoration around ...
Category
Late 18th Century British George III Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Sterling Silver
European Vintage Wristwatches Anker, Omega, Orion, Lanco Swiss, Chronometre
Located in New York, NY
Vintage and Antique wrist watch collection. Total 22 watches . All of them in original condition.
Leather bends. The watches are functional but ne...
Category
16th Century Swiss Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Gold Neoclassical Ring with Carnelian Intaglio
Located in Chicago, IL
Neoclassical Ring Set with a Carnelian Intaglio of Dionysius
Likely Italy?, or perhaps England?, 18th century (intaglio); c. 1800 (mount)
Weight 5.8 gr.; bezel 21.6 x 18 mm.; circum...
Category
18th Century Neoclassical Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Carnelian, Gold
Fatima Bracelet in Gold & Silver with Emerald, Sapphires, Rubies and Diamonds
By NIBIRU Collection
Located in Miami, FL
This bracelet is a arabic inspiration design with a granite texture in the base, and with incrust-ion of precious stones like emerald, sapphires, rubies, its weight its 25 grams betw...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Aesthetic Movement Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, Gold, Silver
0.69 Carat Oval Emerald & Diamond Cocktail Ring in 18K White Gold
Located in Chicago, IL
This ring delights the eye with a bold pop of green color. It features a richly saturated 0.69 carat green Emerald. This gem is accented by 2.20 carat total weight of Tapered baguett...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Contemporary Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, White Gold
Antique Mother-of-Pearl Gaming Counter Pendant Necklace in Silver and 18k Gold
By Sarosi By Timeless Gems
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This pendant features an original antique mother-of-pearl Chinese gambling counter that has been finely engraved with a beautiful scene depicting life in 18th Century China. These gaming counters were carved in China for export to Britain, where they were used in games, just like we use poker chips...
Category
Mid-18th Century American Artisan Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Pearl, Yellow Gold, Silver
Rare Georgian Rose Cut Diamond Pendant circa 1700 14 Karat Gold Dutch Necklace
Located in New York, NY
This is a rare museum quality early Rose Cut Diamond Pendant dating to the Georgian Era set with an abundance of antique Rose Cut Diamonds set in silver atop 14 Karat gold as was the custom of the period. The pendant of great beauty and dating to the 1700s.
Diamonds were all the rage in the Georgian period and this is a wonderful example. Early pieces such as this are extremely difficult to find. This one is so immensely wearable as the size is just perfect for wearing either day or night. It has stunning period character and style.
The pendant is 68 mm (2 3/4 inches) long from the top of the bale to the bottom of the pendant. Without the bale it is 58 mm long. It is 45 mm (1 3/4 inches) wide at the widest point.
The rose cut diamonds are set in silver collets atop 14 Karat gold.
The gold bale is a later addition.
There has been some restoration of the pendant as is visible from the back - this is very typical of the early Georgian jewels...
Category
18th Century Dutch Georgian Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver, 14k Gold
Antique Gold Italian Renaissance Cameo Ring
Located in Chicago, IL
RENSAISSANCE CAMEO RING
Italy? 16th century in a 20th century setting
Gold and sardonyx
Weight 6.5 gr.; bezel 16.1 x 16.9 x 7.4 mm.; circumference 50.3 mm.; US size 5½; UK size L
In this oblong cameo, the bust of a woman wearing a necklace but otherwise nude stands above a blue ground. While her breast faces forward, her head is rendered in a strict profile and her hands gesture to her right. The minimalist gold setting is modern and dates to the twentieth century.
Cameos depicting nude female figures became popular in the court circles of sixteenth-century Italy, where newly-formed princely collections of ancient gems served as models for contemporary hardstone artists. Following ancient practice, the artist responsible for the current cameo has cut into two layers of the multicolor agate, creating a background of milky blue that contrasts with the white flesh of the woman above. The sharp profile of the woman’s face likewise recalls the art of the ancient Romans, who often used the profile view for portraits on coins, medals, and engraved gems...
Category
16th Century Renaissance Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Gold
Ancient Roman Garnet Intaglio Gold Ring
Located in Chicago, IL
A museum quality ancient Roman gold ring, circa 400 AD.
This hollow ring is bezel-set with a garnet intaglio of Hippocamp – a fish-tailed horse that w...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
18th Century Enamel Bonbonnière Form Of Love Birds Museum Piece Patch Box Snuff
Located in New York, NY
This is a Museum Quality Enamel on Copper Bonbonnière, Patch Box or Snuff Box in the form of Love Birds. The extraordinary bird form box is from the collection of the Indianapolis M...
Category
18th Century British George III Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Enamel, Copper
22 Karat Gold Garnet Ring
By Romae Jewelry
Located in Brooklyn, NY
22 Karat Yellow Gold Rectangle Garnet Ring by ROMAE Jewelry - Inspired by Ancient Roman Designs. Simultaneously stately and fun, our "Humanitas" ring is sure to be noticed! Here, a t...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Garnet, Gold, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold
Ice Jadeite Jade Buddha and Diamond Pendant, Certified Untreated
By Luxe Pieces
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is an all natural, untreated jadeite jade carved Buddha pendant set on an 18K white gold bail.
It measures 1.66 inches (42.2mm) x 1.68 in...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Burmese Contemporary Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Jade, 18k Gold
22 Karat Gold Woven Cuff Bracelet
By Romae Jewelry
Located in Brooklyn, NY
22 Karat Yellow Gold Woven Cuff Bracelet by ROMAE Jewelry - Inspired by Ancient Roman Designs. Our Clementia cuff bracelet is based on an ancient Etrus...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Etruscan Revival Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Gold, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold
22 Karat Gold Round Garnet Ring
By Romae Jewelry
Located in Brooklyn, NY
22K Yellow Gold Thin Ring with Central Round Garnet Cabochon Stone by ROMAE Jewelry Inspired by Ancient Roman Designs. Our delicate "Vibia" ring is a classic! Modeled after an ancien...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Garnet, Onyx, Freshwater Pearl, Gold, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold
14K Victorian Stick Pin Collection Tree Brooch
Located in Big Bend, WI
Victorian rose gold stick pin collection pin in the form of a tree. The pin is made from 8 stick pins that are 10K and 14K. The pins including: an opal, fleur de lis, freshwater pe...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Fifteenth Century Reliquary Pendant with Christ on the Cross
Located in Chicago, IL
Reliquary Pendant with Christ on the Cross
Germany, c. 1480–1500
Gilded silver
Weight 35 grams; dimensions 69 × 46 × 8 mm
A mixture of forms gives t...
Category
15th Century and Earlier German Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Silver, Gilt Metal
Antoine Lepine Rose Gold Ruby Cylinder French Pocket Watch, circa 1780s
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Lepine
STYLE / REFERENCE: Oversized Open Faced Pocket Watch
METAL / MATERIAL: 18Kt. Rose Gold
DIMENSIONS: Diameter 59mm
CIRCA: 1770 / 80's
MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Key W...
Category
18th Century Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Georgian Diamond and Carved Agate Gold Memorial Ring
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1780, 22k, England. This exceptional Georgian memorial ring features 1.50 carats of finely cut diamonds surrounding a carved agate featur...
Category
1780s English Georgian Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Agate, Diamond, Gold, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold
Ancient Egyptian Faience Funerary Figurine Pendant
Located in New York, NY
An Ancient Egyptian funerary figurine made of faience in a modern gold pendant mounting.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Yellow Gold
Renaissance Gemstone Ring with Garnet and Enamel
Located in Chicago, IL
Renaissance Gemstone Ring
Northern Italy, 16th century
Gold, garnet and enamel
Circumference 60 mm.; weight 4 gr.; US size 9; UK size R ½
The ...
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Gold
Antique Silver Spanish Cross Pendant with Rock Crystals
Located in Chicago, IL
Cross Pendant with Rock Crystals
Spain or Portugal, late 17th - early 18th century
Silver, gold, rock crystal
Weight 9.1 gr.; Dimensions 56.3 × 38.8 mm.
An elaborate and elegant cross pendant made of silver with rock crystals in closed settings. The center consists of a larger round gemstone surrounded by five irregular-shaped stones forming the cross. The openwork arms have a triangular shape and are formed of facetted rock-crystals in foliate settings. The obverse side of the cross consists of a layer of gold. An extension with two stones and an angular shaped frame is hooked into the pendant loop, probably to be worn on a velvet band. The pendant is in good, wearable condition.
After the Reformation, cross pendants were worn mainly in Catholic countries by men, women, and children. During the seventeenth century, the designs became ever more intricate, and the crosses were often embellished with gemstones, such as rock crystals in this example. These were sourced along the Alpine regions of France, Switzerland, Austria, and Southern Germany. The stones gave the appearance of diamonds.
The foliate settings are characteristic of late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century jewelry made in Spain...
Category
Late 17th Century Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
22 Karat/18 Karat Wide 18th Century Cuff Bracelet
Located in New York, NY
This 18 karat and 22 karat yellow gold cuff bracelet has a floral motif inspired by 18th century designs. The piece is timeless and feminine and can easily be worn with jeans and a t...
Category
18th Century Unknown Baroque Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
18k Gold
Jean-Antoine Lepine Rose Gold Ruby Cylinder French Pocket Watch, circa 1780
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Lepine
STYLE / REFERENCE: Oversized Open Faced Pocket Watch
METAL / MATERIAL: 18Kt. Rose Gold
DIMENSIONS: Diameter 59mm
CIRCA: 1770 / 80's
MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Key Winding / Jeweled / Breguet Style Ruby Cylinder
DIAL / HANDS: Original Cream Colored Enamel / Roman Numerals / Solid Gold Spade and Pointer Hands
WARRANTY: 18 months on the movement.
LIFETIME SERVICE COMMITMENT
Lepine is renowned for many inventions in science and watchmaking. In addition he was Abraham Louis Breguet's teacher. Lepine had a long and personal friendship with Voltaire and many historical French and European dignitaries. George Washington ordered a watch similar to this one after he saw the one purchased by Thomas Jefferson for James Madison...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Rose Gold
22 Karat Gold Cartouche Ring
By Romae Jewelry
Located in Brooklyn, NY
22K Yellow Gold Cartouche Ring by ROMAE Jewelry Inspired by Ancient Roman Designs. Our tiny and exquisite "Priscilla" ring features a cartouche with a b...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Gold, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Iberian Spessartine Garnet Yellow Gold Earrings
Located in New York, NY
A stunning pair of antique Iberian earrings featuring a long cascade of spessartine garnets mounted in yellow gold. Made in Portugal, circa 18...
Category
18th Century Portuguese Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Garnet, Yellow Gold
22 Karat Solid Gold Customizable Signet Ring
By Romae Jewelry
Located in Brooklyn, NY
22K Solid Yellow Gold Monogram Ring by ROMAE Jewelry Inspired by Ancient Roman Designs. Our classic and delicate "Victoria" ring modeled after an...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Baroque Italian Glass Rosette Ring
Located in Chicago, IL
ITALIAN GLASS DECORATIVE RING
Italy, 17th century
Gold and foiled glass
Weight: 4.4 g; circumference 57.6 mm; size: US 8.25, UK Q
Gold sexfoil bezel set with six diamond-shaped and table cut glass stones over foil. Each petal is interspersed with a round rock crystal bead, with a seventh in the center. The back of the bezel is sculpted to emphasize the floral shape of the ring. A fine D-ring hoop terminates in fluted shoulder molded to the underside of the second and fourth petals. The foils have oxidized to green on each petal with the exception of the fourth petal where the foil now appears a rust color. The ring is in very good condition.
The attention paid to gems over the goldsmith’s settings prevailed in the first half of the seventeenth-century. Examples of this new fashion in jewelry are evident in items from the Cheapside Hoard and in design books from across Baroque Europe. Often, as with the present ring, the gems were highlighted by their rosette style settings.
Literature
An almost identical setting for a hat ornament was found in the Cheapside Hoard (Museum of London A14082; see Princely Magnificence, Victoria and Albert Museum 1981, p. 25 and Forsyth, London, 2013). These rosette designs may have been inspired by Merovingian jewelry (see for example a fibula conserved in Saint-Omer; Le Nord de la France de Théodose à Charles Martel...
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold
Victorian Platinum Pearl and .50 Carat Diamond Pin, circa 1890
Located in Laguna Hills, CA
Victorian Platinum Pearl Pin Circa 1890
Quality pearls are matched and 20 items ranging from 5.60-6.06 mm each. The pearls have a high luster with c...
Category
Late 18th Century Unknown Victorian Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum
Orange Candy Ring in 18k Gold with Sapphires and Diamonds
By NIBIRU Collection
Located in Miami, FL
Ottoman design, 12 grams solid gold 18k ring with modern shape with a center orange oval sapphire of 0,56 carat, two 0,25 orange sapphires in the sides and two 1 point diamonds.
Category
16th Century Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Antique Spanish Hat Badge Pendant Carved in Jet
Located in Chicago, IL
BADGE WITH ST. JAMES THE GREAT
Northern Spain, 16th century
Silver, jet
Weight 18.2 grams; dimensions 44 × 43 × 12 mm
Round pendant with high-relief image of St. James the Great of Santiago de Compostela carved in jet. The saint is flanked by two pilgrims (their heads defaced); each holds a staff and rosary in his hand. Silver mount with plain flat backplate, corded wire surround and toothed edge as setting. Four pendant loops for sewing onto a hat or cloak.
According to the Roman naturalist Pliny, jet, the material of which this pin was made, prevented snakebite and was “thrown up by the sea.” The first quality would certainly have been reassuring for a pilgrim who owned this object and who had to make long journeys over unfamiliar terrain. The second quality made jet an especially fitting material to honor St. James, given that his body arrived in Spain mysteriously, carried there “by the sea” from the Holy Land. Santiago de Compostela was a major center
for jet carving from the late Middle Ages, and highly polished jet was a desirable and common material for pilgrimage souvenirs. One even finds scallop shells, the pilgrim’s badge...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Silver
Antique Italian Cameo Hair Pin with Double Portrait of Cosimo I de Medici
Located in Chicago, IL
Cameo with Double Portrait of Cosimo I de Medici and Camella Martelli
Cameo, Northern Italy, late 16th century; mount with pin 18th century and later
Gold, onyx
Weight 3.7 gr.; 14.88 mm.
Two-layered onyx cameo (white on translucent pale brown) with jugate heads facing to the right looking upwards. The male head with short curly hair, beard and moustache wears a tunic draped around his neck and shoulders. The female head in the background has her hair tied back. They are cut in the white layer of the stone with translucent pale brown background. The cameo is convex on the reverse and open-set in a pendant with plain gold collet and rounded edges. A long gold pin is attached to the pendant loop and the opposite end has a section of coiled wire
Literature:
Portraits of Roman Emperors were popular and highly fashionable during the Renaissance period, rulers would often be portrayed like their ancient counterparts, also as a double portrait with spouse, or known as jugate heads. The individual features of the couple portrayed here suggest it could be a double portrait of Cosimo I de Medici (1519-1574) at a slightly older age and his second wife Camilla Martelli, Duchess Consort of Florence (1545-1590) whom he married in 1570. Bust sculptures of Cosimo de Medici in the Galleria Uffizi by Baccio Bandinelli...
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Onyx, Gold
Athenas Ring in 18k Gold with Centered Sapphire, Rubies & Diamonds
By NIBIRU Collection
Located in Miami, FL
The Athenas ring is a absolute byzantine design, that weight 14 grams of solid gold 18k, with a center sapphire of 0,25 carat, two rubies of 0,10 carat and...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Baroque Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Ancient Medusa Gold Ring C300BC
Located in Chicago, IL
An Ancient Head of Medusa Gold Ring
circa 300 BC
This high carat gold Hellenistic ring is designed as a gold disc with a horizontally positioned archaic r...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
18K Gold Heart Motif Earrings
By Romae Jewelry
Located in Brooklyn, NY
18K Gold Earrings with Heart Motif by ROMAE Jewelry - Inspired by an Ancient Roman Example. Our darling "Octavia" earrings are delicate and sweet, and have a design that is so curren...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Mother-of-Pearl Gaming Counter 18k Yellow Gold & Silver Ring with Bands
By Sarosi By Timeless Gems
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This ring features an antique, mother-of-pearl Chinese gambling counter with motifs dating back to the 18th century. This piece was originally carved in China for export to Britain. ...
Category
Late 18th Century American Artisan Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Other, Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
Ancient Egyptian Carved Scarab Gold Pendant Necklace
By Vicki Orr
Located in Naples, FL
Authentic ancient Egyptian faïence Scarab (1000 BC) and 22k yellow gold spinner/reversible pendant on a 22k yellow gold tube link necklace.
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Contemporary Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Yellow Gold, Gold, 22k Gold
22 Karat Gold Bangle Bracelet
By Romae Jewelry
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Solid 22K Yellow Gold Bangle Bracelet by ROMAE Jewelry - Inspired by an Ancient Roman Design. Quintessentially timeless in its design, our "Fortuna" bracelet is notable for its gentl...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
22 Karat Gold Wrap Ring
By Romae Jewelry
Located in Brooklyn, NY
22K Solid Yellow Gold Wrap Ring by ROMAE Jewelry Inspired by Ancient Examples. Our incredible solid gold "Sapientia" ring recreates an ingenious...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique USA - Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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