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A gorgeous, lengthy sapphire necklace. We love how versatile and on trend this piece is while still being unique. Wearable as a layered necklace, or even as a bracelet! The double-ca...

Gorgeous and antique this spanish cross is worked in the black oxidation technique on the front and in the back side it is carved. The tree trunk design is...

Delicate, Celluloid and Sterling Silver Perfume Bottle Necklace. Bottle comes with working screw-top and perfume stick. Sterling Silver chain ...

Georg Jensen exceptionally rare Amber and Opal No 4 Necklace C.1915. The foliate links with oxidized stippled background against polished silver each bezel set with pairs of oval cor...

Vintage 9-carat Rose Gold Pocket watch chain with "T" Bar, Hallmarked by Birmingham 1929. Albert watch chain was named after Prince Albe...

A delightful Art Deco Imperial Jade Necklace, the pendant of Type A, untreated jadeite bestowed with a vivid green color. The fanciful, pierced ...

This exquisite Art Deco jade drop necklace features a trio of floral carved natural jadeite sections of a soothing, mesmerizing and crisp apple green color. The reticulated, pierced ...

Mikimoto Kōkichi became fascinated with pearls as a young child in Japan. He would in time invent a process for creating what became the first cultured pearl —a blister pearl— and later seed pearls and half-pearls. In 1920 Mikimoto achieved his ultimate goal when he successfully cultured the first commercially viable round pearls. The necklace featured here is an extraordinarily rare and 100% original strand of early 1920s cultured Akoya pearls created by Mikimoto, the Japanese company founded by Mikimoto Kōkichi. This historically significant necklace pre-dates the 1937 World Exposition in Paris at which Mikimoto displayed a brilliantly innovative and unique jewel featuring his miraculous and perfect cultured pearls together with diamonds, emeralds and calibre cut sapphires: the Yaguruma Sash Clip. It was this piece of jewelry that placed Mikimoto front and center on the world stage. The early 19" Art Deco necklace you see her was created before Mikimoto had established himself as a legend. Composed of 101 luminous round pearls that range in size from 3.33 mm to 7.06 mm. The pearls display excellent luminosity and orient. They are a creamy-white color with gold overtones. These pearls more strongly resemble natural, uncultured pearls because of their thick, high-quality nacre. Nacre (pronounced NAY-ker) is the luminous, magical substance of which natural pearls are composed. Cultured pearls contain a bead of shell or tissue around which nacre forms. Nacre takes time to develop. But the longer a pearl remains in the mollusk, the greater the chances for irregularities and imperfections to occur. So one must balance the time allowed for thick nacre to occur while at the same time achieving a round pearl without blemishes or pitting. Today, it's common for a commercial-quality cultured pearl to spend as few as eight months in the water achieving a bead-round pearl with high luster but at the price of thin nacre which can wear-away in very little time. However, early cultured pearls like these remained in the water for much longer —sometimes years— resulting in a very thick layer of nacre. Which is why these pearls have such extraordinary luster and orient. "Orient" is the play of light —the glow— that seems to come from within the pearl and not all pearls display orient because thick nacre is required for this display to occur. For many years I sought a strand of antique Mikimoto pearls because I have always been especially fascinated by an artist's first work, not necessarily their most famous. Over the years I have encountered many strands of pearl necklaces...

Very large and fine carved Art deco jade necklace set with diamonds and cabochon rubies on a silk tassel. Most likely made in France but unmarked.

An Art Deco gold cross of fairly impressive size measuring 2" long x 1.13" wide (maximum dimensions). Engraved to the front with a engine-turned p...

Gold tone necklace with a spring bolt clasp, featuring five beautiful iridescent green scarab beetles, with a textured finish and dropping from the chain. As these are real beetles...

Vintage c.1920's Art Nouveau ornamental brass-toned and hand painted Czech portrait necklace. Three hand painted portrait cameos fixed in a circ...