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Sale!Style/Date: Victorian Materials: 14K yellow gold, white chalcedony Description: Classic Victorian gold Masonic Royal Arch keystone fob/pendant.
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Sale!Style/Date: 1940's Materials: Sterling silver Description: Hefty circular sterling pin with overlay dragon motif.
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Style/Date: 1920's Materials: 830 silver, marcasites, chalcedony Description: Unusual Swedish made deco silver necklace with marcasites and buff top cabochon chalcedony in the pendant. Attached to a double sided fancy linked chain. All original, hallmarks on the reverse of the pendant, the connector ring to the bail and on the spring ring...all original!
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Style/Date: After 1912 Materials: 14K yellow gold Description: Gold Equitable Life Assurance Co. Stickpin. It was custom made from the company's emblem, based on a lithograph. "Image of an advertisement for Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York City; image of a marble statue of goddess Athena with a spear and upraised shield protecting a mother and her child." (Huntington Digital Library.) Thanks for the help Elyse Zorn Karlin (ASJRA,), Annamarie Sandecki, (Tiffany archivist,) and Ben Pless, (ASJRA member!)
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Style/Date: Late 1800's Materials: 14K yellow gold, opal, ruby, seed pearls Description: Gold brooch from the late 1800's with wishbone and fly, which is made up with opal, round faceted ruby and seed pearls. To understand what the significance of this piece is, click here.
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Sale!Style/Date: 1930's Materials: 800 silver, dyed blue jasper Description: 800 silver Italian Renaissance Revival necklace with dyed blue jasper (Swiss lapis.) Very detailed with design on both sides. In the style of Peruzzi and Cini.
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Style/Date: Late 1800's Materials: 800 silver, amethysts, pearls Description: Finely detailed Austro-Hungarian 800 silver pendant with one large prong set amethyst and 3 smaller collet set ones. Also there are pearls surrounding the center. The back is a delight to observe intricate floral design. The chain is almost 18" and is sterling.
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Sale!Style/Date: 1950's Materials: Sterling silver and coral colored glass Description: Sterling Mexican choker with coral colored glass lentil beads by Los Costillo.
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Style/Date: Edwardian Materials: Platinum, 14K yellow gold, sapphire Description: Platinum topped 14K yellow gold filigree bow shaped brooch with square cut blue sapphire made by the Krementz company. They were one of the finest jewelers in Newark, New Jersey, ( a major jewelry manufacturing center in the 19th-20th centuries.)
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Style/Date: Etruscan Revival, 1880's Materials: 14K yellow gold Description: 14K gold Etruscan Revival cross pendant with a bloom finish. The bloom was created when dipped in acid and the alloy in the gold would disintegrate and just pure gold would remain. This would give the effect of ancient gold which was the desire of the day.
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Style/Date: Victorian Materials: 14K yellow gold, variscite Description: 14K yellow gold brooch with twisted wire floral design and large variscite cabochon. Variscite is found in southwestern USA, and is very similar chemically to turquoise (it has no copper!) The pin exhibits "bloomed gold." This was a process in which it was dipped in acid and the alloy would disintegrate and leave behind a matt finish hi carat gold, which was desired at that time. Also called "Romanization."
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Style/Date: Victorian Materials: 15K 3 color gold Description: Stunning English gold brooch with applied flowers, shamrocks (good luck) in the center and forget me nots (true love) interspersed between laurel around the outside. On the reverse, is a 4 leaf clover under glass. A custom brooch given to a gal for courtship. Thankfully in its original box!
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Sale!Style/Date: 1920's Materials: Gilt silver Description: Vintage gilt silver filigree panel link Chinese export bracelet with 7 jadeite cabs.
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Sale!Style/Date: 1940's Materials: 14K green, white, rose gold and round faceted sapphires, .33ct each approx. Description: Interlocking rings of rose, green, and white gold withe round faceted blue sapphires set into 4 prongs. Non pierced screw-ons.