Florenza Gold Victorian Revival Cameo Pin Pendant with Faux Pearls, Mid 1900s

A stylish retro French pin, featuring a Victorian-era lady painted on a round ceramic centerpiece, set in a decorative silver-tone setting. Can be worn as a...

A luxurious accessory by 1950s fashion jewelry designer Scitarelli. This pin brooch can also be worn as a pendant and features stylish goldtone bow motifs accented with cyan-blue cry...

A large pendant with a dangling motif. Perfect when you need to make a statement! Features an assortment of natural gemstones including quartz and mother of pearl. Colors include an ...

This accessory features an abalone shell inlay in a round sterling silver setting. Excellent Mexican silver craftsmanship. Can be used as either a necklace pendant or a pin/brooch. ...

Approx total weight: 4.70cts Diamond Color: E-F Diamond Clarity: Vs Cut: Excellent As noted we are vetted and rated a Top Seller on 1stdibs falling into the top 25% of dealers listed...

This TRULY EXQUISITE piece of antique of CORAL cameo jewelry. The frame is made of solid yellow gold that is unmarked, a common trait of antique jewelry. All pieces are acid tested and guaranteed to be 14k. Can be worn as a pin or Pendant. Matching earrings are listed on our storefront as well. Mid to Late Victorian (c.1860-1900) 14K yellow gold & caved coral cameo brooch...

The story goes that pop-art figure Andy Warhol once said: “I always visit the Bulgari store, because it is the most important museum of contemporary art...

18ct gold & silver set Art Nouveau Diamond Opal Pendant/Brooch dated circa 1900 Five round opals with an articulated pear shaped opal drop, very well matched with lively play of colours and iridescence in reds, greens, blues and gold. Set in 18 carat yellow gold claw collets Two main transitional cut (old mine) diamonds 0.70ct. Mix of old mine and rose cut diamonds in an 18 carat yellow gold with “silver Set” channel setting , approx 1 ct total. G/H/I, VS2-SI2. Total diamond weight: approx 1.7carats Setting diamonds in gold with a thin layer of silver, “silver set”, was a technique used in the Georgian/Victorian/Art Nouveau period as white coloured gold and platinum were not yet available. A very thin layer of silver was applied to the gold, on which the diamonds were set, to show them off to their best advantage (as the yellow would reflect and distort the white colour of the diamonds). The Art Nouveau period was a short lived but worldwide movement which reached its peak at the end of the 19th Century and the first decade of the 20th Century. It had its roots in the Pre Raphaelite and Arts and Crafts movements in Britain in the 1860’s. Artists, such as William Morris, took their inspiration from the flora and fauna of nature and rejected the mass industrialisation and mechanisation of the Victorian age. Art Nouveau continued with this theme and has a distinctive appearance with soft, curved shapes and lines and often depicted natural designs such as flowers, birds and the female form. Before the Art Nouveau period, the emphasis had been to design pieces with an emphasis on gem stones, diamonds, rubies emeralds etc. However, during the Art Nouveau period, jewellers adopted the idea of using other semi–precious stones “from nature” such as agate, garnet opal, moonstone, aquamarine and experimented with a wide variety of new techniques e.g. enamelling. The “New Art” style became a worldwide movement encompassing all disciplines of the arts, and world class artists as far afield as Gaudi with his “modernisme” architecture in Spain, Louis Comfort Tiffany in New York with objects, Galle Glass in France and the Liberty & Co Archibald Knox designs in Britain, Jugendstil in Northern Europe and Faberge in Russia. The movement flared brightly but briefly and by 1910 it was already going out of style to be replaced by Art Deco. Detachable 18ct brooch...