Archive for the ‘Vintage Jewellery’ Category

ONYX CAMEO, ENAMELLED GOLD RING OF RENAISSANCE TYPE, GERMAN SILVER GILT BELT BUCKLE

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

JEWELLERY
AN ENAMELLED GOLD CROSS PENDANT set with eleven table-cut and two rose-cut diamonds in chased collets within a pierced border, enamelled black and white, the back with conventional foliate decoration in black and red on a white ground, pendant pearl below, 2in. high (5cm.) probably Dutch, mid-18th Century, the pearl later, enamel chipped.
A FRENCH OR [...]

LIMOGES ENAMEL PLAQUE, SPANISH ENAMELLED GOLD DEVOTIONAL PENDANT, ITALIAN OVAL SHELL CAMEO

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

JEWELLERY
AN AUGSBURG ENAMELLED GOLD OVAL PLAQUE of silver gilt, champleve enamelled in translucent and opaque colours with Jacob dreaming and Jacob’s ladder, (3.5cm.) 17th Century, now mounted in a contemporary Spanish enamelled and gilt metal frame, reduced to fit the plaque.
AN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE CIRCULAR AGATE CAMEO finely carved in high relief with the Entombment of [...]