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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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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.
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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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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: 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."