Vintage and Antique Jewellery
Heavy brass and enamel collar necklace in the manner of Albert Gustav Bunge (1893 - 1967)
Price: £60
This is a very unusual and striking necklace comprising two pieces that make up as a collar with three heavy brass drops. Each drop has very unusual enamel work that is quite thick and has a piece of agate in the centre.
The style is very similar to the designs of Albert Gustav Bunge (1893 - 1967). He was a German metalworker and enamel artist best known for his elegantly crafted bracelets, plates, cups, book ends, and other household objects. Bunge combined utilitarian properties of design with decorative depictions of colourful, geometric shapes and stylized animals.
The piece is unmarked and therefore a firm attribution is not possible but the parallels are striking nevertheless.
Two complementary Bracelets in a Greek Key design
Price: £20
This is an interesting lot of two bracelets that match one another well. They are both finely made and are decorated in the typically stylish Greek Key design. Continental and marked 925. The ‘Greek key’, also known as the ‘meander’, is a repeating geometric motif that has been used in a wide variety of decorative contexts for centuries. The pattern can be found in a variety of forms. At its most basic, it is a band consisting of short horizontal and vertical lines, connected at right angles. But it can be more complex, forming labyrinths and interlocking key patterns.
Edwardian Scottish agate panel bracelet
Price: £50
This is a lovely and delicate bracelet comprising both carnelian and banded agate plaques, mounted in brass with an integrated clasp.
Very unusual banded carnelian panel bracelet
Price: £30
This is a very striking bracelet comprising six large banded carnelian panels interspersed with carnelian beads on typical stretch elastic. This is especially beautiful because the stones have natural inclusions. The origin of this bracelet is not clear. Could be Scottish or possibly Chinese.
1940s Dutch coin braclet
Price: £15
This is a fun bracelet comprising 9 10 cent coins all bearing the Queen Wilhelmina and dated between 1937 and 1941. The coins are silver and the 1941 coins were the last silver 10 cent coins that were produced. Post 1941 the Germans produced Zinc versions. The findings on this bracelet do not appear to be sliver but silvered metal. Has a hook fastening and good security chain.
Scottish Agate bar brooch
Price: £25
This is a very simple and elegant brooch comprising on stone of the typical black and white banded agate.
Exceptional strand of Scottish Moss agate beads
Price: £35
This is a lovely example of these Art Deco beads as they have very clear stones where the inclusions are bright and noticeable. They are graduated with a silver clasp.
Cherry amber Bakelite necklace 1920s
Price: £150
This is a very beautiful necklace comprising bright and clear amber Bakelite beads. These necklaces are quite rare and the clear red colour is one of the most collectible.
Detailed miniature porcelain plaque
Price: £10
This is small oval plaque that is painted with a very detailed pastoral scene of a young boy with a goat. It would have been mounted in a pendant or locket at one time. There appears to be some sort of mark on the reverse.
Necklace with FA cup pendant
Price: £75
This is a very unusual necklace that has a large silver pendant in the form of what appears to be the FA cup, or the The Football Association Challenge Cup which is a big thing in Britain. It is very finely made with full English hallmarks.
Exceptional Paste necklace 1940s
Price: £15
This a very delicate and bright paste necklace with seven floral stations interspersed with single stones. Set in brass with barrel clasp.
Art Deco chalcedony brooch or pendant
Price: £35
This is a lovely and delicate brooch with bail for a pendant. It is set in silver that has a modern floral design is both polished and textured giving it a very fine and detailed look. The stone is a Scottish chalcedony stone. Marked 925
Art Deco Scottish moss agate ring
Price: £75
This is a very striking ring that is mounted with a very unusual Scottish agate stone that has both red and green inclusions. Mounted in an architectural Art Deco setting. Marked 925
Art Deco Scottish bloodstone brooch
Price: £15
This a petite brooch comprising one piece of work bloodstone.
Gilt brass and glass stone bangle bracelet 1930s
Price: £20
This is a stunning costume bracelet comprising an ornately designed central raised part that has been attached to a simple brass bracelet It has the original green glass stones and is in immaculate condition. Probably French or Austrian.
Victorian Grand Tour Wedding Cake glass necklace
Price: £150
These glass beads are very unusual due to their age and condition. It is a perfectly graduated set of 25 beads with original brass findings. These beads are gold in colour decorated with detailed floral and scroll work. The stations are interspersed with amber glass spacer beads.
Intricate Czech glass necklace 1930s
Price: £30
This is a beautiful necklace comprising an indicate multi layered design set with purple and lavender stones. The metal work is in the typical filigree design and it is silver tone.
Stunning demi parure by Hobe 1950s, necklace and bracelet
Price: £350
This is a beautiful set of necklace and earrings be Hobe, one of the most collected makers around. It comprised a large statement necklace with three strands of large glass bead stations in amber and black glass with gold tone fittings. One of the most striking parts of both the necklace and bracelet is the corresponding clasp on each that is a large black stone surrounded by the amber glass stones that perfectly complement the piece. This also means that it can be work with hair up or hair that is in a shorter style. The bracelet has the same elements as the necklace. Both are marked Hobe. It is worth noting that these are in pristine condition which makes them all the more rare. All the findings are original.
Hobé et Cie was founded by Jacques Hobé in France in 1887. While he was trained as a master goldsmith, his business focused primarily on finely crafted sterling silver jewelry. William Hobé, his son, moved to the United States around 1920 bringing his family's acuity for producing high quality jewelry with him. (Credit: Google)
Victorian Silver Buckle set with Paste Stones, German circa 1900
Price: £90
This is a striking silver buckle of rectangular form with two bands of brilliant paste stones surrounding four stylised flower head paste stone clusters, the reverse plain and marked 900 which implies manufacture in Germany where the standard for silver was a minimum of 800 parts to 1000 with 900 parts to 1000 as one of the alternatives (as opposed to the more usually found 925). There is in addition a double mark with a star and a wheel which may well be the maker's mark, but this is hard to identify.
The sparkling stones and high quality mounting (there is a considerable weight of silver in this piece) would have made this buckle a striking addition to the Victorian ladies' wardrobe and it could equally well catch the eye today.
Gilt metal and Glass Bead Necklace by Louis Rousselet, French 1920s
Price: £70
Louis Rousselet was born in 1892 and apprenticed to M.Rousseau at the age of eight, where he learnt the techniques of lampwork beads. He set up a shop in Paris in 1922 and began the manufacture of glass beads and jewellery being joined by his daughter in the 1940s. Rousselet Jewellery became well known and production continued until 1975 when the last trained craftsman retired. Rousselet died in 1980.
This necklace comprises three delicately modelled gilt metal stylised flower heads with yellow glass beads at the centre, joined on either side by further glass beads and flower heads and then a chain with fine metal and glass bead links.
Lapis Lazuli and Turquoise Bead Necklace with an Egyptian Style Pendant, 20th Century
Price: £50
This is an interesting necklace comprising lapis lazuli and turquoise beads with two gilt metal beads in addition, all separated by small blue beads and metal rings, with a gilt metal plaque at the end modelled to one side with a scarab and the other with hieroglyphs, in an 'Egyptian Revival' Style.
Silver Brooch in the form of a Butterfly, Taxco 1940s
Price: £50
A silver Brooch in the form of a Butterfly with modelled wings set with beads in metal and turquoise, the slender body terminating in two antennae. Marked Made in Mexico, Sterling with the maker's mark AE in a heart shape. There is also an Eagle mark which indicates the Taxco workshop but this is difficult to identify.
Large Scottish agate specimen brooch 1910
Price: £65
This is a unique large oval brooch set with a slice of agate with that has beautiful markings that really highlight the stone.
Victorian Chinese turquoise beads 1900
Price: £400
This is a Chinese graduated turquoise bead necklace. The stones are untreated and natural colours and markings really make this a stunning example. It is very finely graduated so they imperceptibly decrease in size which adds to the elegance and quality.
Outstanding swirl Bakelite necklace with faux cameo, 1920s
Price: £45
This is a very rare necklace comprising matched brown swirl Bakelite stations and a central pendant mounted with a celluloid cameo of a neo classical style helmeted warrior, possibly Paris, all combined with stations of French jet glass beads.
Long Art Deco carnelian, bloodstone and goldstone necklace 1930s
Price: £150
Wow where to start with this necklace. It is a very long opera length that is constructed with numerous stations using brass findings and glass bugle beads. The stations are carved carnelian panels and beads with bloodstone panels that have been mounted with goldstone to create duplets that can be worn on either side. It ends in a large pendant that is bloodstone and goldstone with carnelian drops. The stones are definitely of Scottish origin so the necklace is either Scottish or English.
Goldstone is a type of glittering glass made in a low-oxygen reducing atmosphere. The finished product can take a smooth polish and be carved into beads, figurines, or other artifacts suitable for semiprecious stone, and in fact goldstone is often mistaken for or misrepresented as a natural material. It was first made in the 17th century in Italy. (Credit: Wikipedia)
Large Cinnabar and filigree silver brooch, 1930s
Price: £55
This is a large carved cinnabar lacquer brooch that was very typical of the 1930s. The carefully detailed plaque, modelled with peony blooms, is mounted in silver with a filigree work border.
Pair of Edwardian Chinese silver brooches, c. 1910
Price: £45
This is a lovely and delicate pair of brooches comprising Chinese filigree work in the form of a fan. The both have a floral motif.
Victorian silver bracelet set with garnets 1900
Price: £25
This is a lovely and delicate bracelet comprising intricate silver mesh set with garnet stones and silver spheres. The clasp is a buckle that is very typical of this period.
Mexican silver bracelet set with turquoise plaques, c1990
Price: £65
This is a very striking hinge bangle bracelet set with turquoise (perhaps sodalite) plaques. It has an integrated clasp where you press down on the lower part to release. It is marked 'Mexico 925'.
Egyptian Revival scarab ring, 1930s
Price: £40
This is a wonderful and unusual ring in the form of a scarab with filigree work on the shoulders. Bears marks that are illegible but most likely this is Egyptian silver.
Art Deco continental black spinel and marcasite ring, 1920s
Price: £75
This is a beautiful ring comprising a rectangular slice of black spinel surrounded by architectural silver work and marcasite stones. Marked 925 Silver
Chinese cord bracelet with jade stones carved as fish
Price: £15
This is a modern bracelet comprising six carved fish beads interspersed with round beads. it is on a typical adjustable cord.
Tibetan turquoise and silver necklace 1930s
Price: £40
This is a a very unusual necklace comprising numerous small discs of turquoise that graduate down to a minute size. They are interspersed with silver and onyx discs. The metal is silver however probably a lower grade or 800 silver. It is quite small for all you swans, but could easily work with an extender.
American 1980s statement necklace with intaglio pendants
Price: £55
This is a very striking and large statement necklace comprising a chunky choker with 5 faux intaglio pendants. All are mounted in an antique gold tone setting. The maker is unknown but could have been a 'runway' piece, few of which are marked.
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Art Deco Czech glass necklace with enamel and glass stones, 1930s
Price: £35
This is a stunning statement necklace that is typical of Czech glass jewellery. It is inset with stones to emulate aquamarine. It also has unusual enamel work set on an architectural design that is quintessentially Art Deco. It is brass that would have been more gold in colour in its time.