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Style/Date: Early 1980's Materials: Sterling silver Description: Vintage Mexican hanging earrings from Taxco. -
Style/Date: 1950's Materials: Sterling silver Description: Silver 5 of diamonds earrings. What does it mean? This is what Google says... Five of diamonds is a card of reconciliation. Couples pledge to be together for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health. The Five of diamonds is a sign that your difficulties and misfortunes should not ruin your love. It means that your relationship is not beyond repair. Yes, these were cufflinks in a former life! -
Style/Date: Contemporary Materials: 18K yellow gold, 14K yellow gold wires, lapis, turquoise, coral Description: Unique hand made dancing dangles of fine coral, lapis and turquoise. -
Style/Date: 1940's Materials: 835 silver Description: Silver link bracelet, industrial, geometric. Germany? Austria? Hallmarks are stamped in the middle on top. Why? -
Style/Date: 1929 Materials: 14K yellow gold Description: Hand engraved gold golf medal award dated 1929, from the Manchester Country Club to Henry W. Ekstrom for the New Hampshire Golf Championship. -
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!) -
Style/Date: 1950's? Materials: Sterling silver, round cultured pearls Description: Hand made silver peacock brooch with pierced design and hand chasing and decorative well matched round cultured pearls. -
Style/Date: 1890's Materials: 14K yellow gold, green onyx cabochon Description: Shield shape gold stickpin with green onyx cabochon in bloomed gold. -
Style/Date: Early 1900's Materials: 10K yellow gold, faux pearls Description: Classic gold starburst brooch with handset faux pearls. -
Style/Date: Late Victorian Materials: Sterling silver, turquoise Description: Oval sterling scroll decorated brooch with natural American turquoise probably from Nevada, as evidenced by the chert (black area.) Catch has been replaced. -
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. -
Style/Date: Modern Materials: 14K yellow gold, amethysts Description: Gold earrings with bezel set oval cabochon deep purple amethysts surrounded by 2 rows of tiny spheres. -
Style/Date: 1960's Materials: 18K yellow gold, 14K yellow gold posts and earnuts Description: Gold round button shaped angelskin coral surrounded by spiraled twists of gold. -
Style/Date: 1920's Materials: 10K white gold and stone cameo Description: 10K white gold stickpin with bezel set white on black onyx cameo. -
Style/Date: 1970 Materials: 14K yellow gold Description: British made motorcycle charm. The wheels actually turn! -
Style/Date: Early 1900's Materials: 14K yellow gold, amethyst, pearls Description: Gold brooch from the early 1900's with oval faceted amethyst and surrounding pearls set atop tendrils made by the famous Newark, NJ maker Krementz. -
Style/Date: Modern Materials: Keshi pearls, vermeil potato chip beads and toggle catch, two 22K beads Description: Unique keshi pearl "power strip" necklace interspersed with vermeil potato chip beads, finished with two 22K beads and a vermeil toggle catch. -
Style/Date: 1970's Materials: 14K yellow gold Description: 3 dimentional gold bass fish charm -
Style/Date: 1970's Materials: 18K yellow gold Description: Gold Elephant Charm -
Style/Date: 1970's Materials: 14K yellow gold Description: Gold Setter Charm -
Style/Date: 1970's Materials: 14K yellow gold Description: Gold bird in cage charm -
Style/Date: 1970's Materials: 14K yellow gold Description: Charming gold ballerina in her tutu. -
Style/Date: Victorian Materials: 14K rose and green gold, amethyst Description: Hand chased decoration on this hanging Victorian brooch with center round faceted amethyst. Catch has been replaced. -
Style/Date: 1950's Materials: 14K yellow gold, smoky quartz Description: Italian Etruscan Revival style gold charm with 3 round faceted smoky quartz. This was a general style of charm made with different gemstones, all hanging from a charm bracelet. -
14K yellow gold button earrings, originally were cufflinks! -
Style/Date: 1920's Materials: 14K yellow gold, pearl Description: Detailed graceful gold feather pin with pearl, perfect for a lapel or a sweater or even a hat! -
Style/Date: 1920's Materials: 930Silver, enamel Description: Fab silver oval pendant with faceted silver (to look like marcasites.) The center has a flower bouquet (giardinetto) on top of light blue Guilloche enamel with a swirling line of navy enamel decorating the outer edge. Comes with a new 18" sterling curb chain. -
Style/Date: 1940's Materials: 18K rose gold Description: Handmade French rose gold forget me not flower brooch. Catches the light so beautifully. -
Style/Date: Late 1890's Materials: 14K yellow gold, pearl Description: Hand chased late 19th c gold American eagle stickpin with seed pearl eye and American fresh water pearl dangling from the beak. -
Style/Date: 1930's Materials: Yellow bakelite Description: Adorable petite sized bakelite gavel for your favorite judge! -
Style/Date: Contemporary Materials: Sterling silver, chalcedony druzy Description: Handmade sterling silver pendant with round chalcedony druzy. Made in Poland. -
Style/Date: 1895 Materials: Sterling silver Description: Elegantly decorated pierced sterling silver lettuce fork, Chantilly pattern, by Gorham in 1895. And NO monograms! -
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! -
Video PlayerStyle/Date: Early 1900's Materials: Black opal set in platinum, 18k white gold stick Description: Fab French stickpin with a broadflash pearshape black opal set in platinum. The opal is bezel set with surrounding miligraining. The stick is 18K white gold.00:0000:00 -
Style/Date: 1900's Materials: Sterling silver and glass Description: Sexy Arts & Crafts pendant with cat's eye glass and black enamel. New sterling 16" chain included. -
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! -
Style/Date: 1950's Materials: 14K yellow gold Description: Georg Jensen USA 14K yellow gold linked bracelet design by Henry Pilstrup. The bracelet has a safety chain and a figure 8 safety on the catch. -
Style/Date: 1950's Description: 14K yellow gold men's ring with oval green onyx cabochon. Can be sized. -
Style/Date: 1920's Description: 14K white gold filigree ladies ring with sard (dark orange chalcedony) bezel set cameo. Can be sized. -
Style/Date: 1950's? Materials: Sterling silver, coral Description: Unique handmade sterling silver brooch with small coral beads and twisted wire design with center stylized pine tree. -
Style/Date: 1980's-90's Materials: 14K yellow gold with an 11.3cts square step cut blue green tourmaline Description: Custom made organic style branches embracing a beautiful step cut BLUE GREEN tourmaline. Can be sized -
Style/Date: Victorian Materials: Sterling silver Description: Sterling silver Victorian repousséd swallows brooch. -
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." -
Style/Date: 1920's Materials: 18K white gold, aquamarine, diamonds Description: 18K white gold filigree ring with square emerald cut aquamarine, 2.5cts approximately. Flanked by 2 small single cut diamonds. Can be sized. Aquamarine is the birthstone for March! -
Style/Date: Early 1900's Materials: Platinum, 14K gold, moonstone Description: Carved moonstone of a ladies head facing left, set in miligrained platinum filigree bezel on a 14K yellow gold stick. -
Style/Date: 1970's Materials: 18K yellow gold, blue enamel Description: 18K yellow gold round dome ring with a gold net over rich navy blue enamel. Great underneath gallery and tapered textured shoulders. Can be sized.
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