Antique pendants can also have original shapes: zodiac animals, initials, everyday objects, symbolic flowers, pearls and stones in solitary. And do not forget the perfect Love medal from Augis !
Antique pendants can also have original shapes: zodiac animals, initials, everyday objects, symbolic flowers, pearls and stones in solitary. And do not forget the perfect Love medal from Augis !
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Art Nouveau medal signed Pautot in 18-karat rose gold (750). A child inscribes “M.J.A July 25, 1925” on a ribbon. Three birds are watching him. Circa 1920/1925, Art Nouveau, France.
Eagle head hallmark. Signed.
Dimensions (with bail): 25 x 18 mm
Condition: patina, small dents on back.
Weight : 0.92 gr
Small pendant in gold. Pendant in 14-karat rose (585) depicting a kneeling woman, planting an arrow, or perhaps a flower.
585 hallmark and another illegible hallmark.
Dimensions (including the bail): 18 mm x 12 mm
Note : unfortunately, we have not found the iconography related to this representation.
Condition: scratches from use
Weight: 0.51 gr
Charm Pendant L’ca de Padrinhos in 19.2 karat yellow gold (800). Portuguese pendant with the inscription in black enamel “L’ca de Padrinhos,” meaning “from the godparents,” framed by two red enameled flowers with green enameled leaves. Pendant from around 1920, Portugal.
800 hallmark (Portuguese hallmarks)
Dimensions (including the bail): 15 mm x 10 mm
Condition: scratches from use
Weight: 0.50 gr
Learn more: These traditional charm pendants from Portugal are also called “dizer.” These pendants refer to the title of the person giving the jewelry, like saying “from” or “with love.”
Long French necklace barrel clasp in 18k rose gold (750). This antique necklace consists of a long flat-link chain that twists; it can be worn as a single strand, doubled, or tripled. The clasp is a box clasp, known as a barrel clasp. It has six facets decorated with enamel and inscriptions: one facet bears the word “Friendship,” another “Fidelity,” and a last one “Souvenir”; the remaining facets are adorned with enameled flowers.
Hallmark: Eagle head (French state hallmark for 18-karat gold). Late 19th century.
Length: 106.3 cm
Clasp Dimensions: 6.67 mm x 23 mm
Condition: enamel loss, scratches from use, minor dent
Weight: 12.73 g
Arthus Bertrand Lamb Medal in 18-karat yellow gold (750 thousandths). On the obverse side of the medal is depicted the Lamb of Cluny, a symbol of Christ, carrying a cross adorned with a chi-rho. Around the edges of the medal is the inscription “IN CELO MAGNUS, HIC PARVUS SCULPOR AGNUS,” meaning “In heaven, I am great, but here I am carved like a little lamb.” The bail is oval in shape.
Eagle head hallmark and Arthus Bertrand silversmith hallmark (Paris)
Dimensions (including the bail): 25 x 18 mm
Condition: scratches from use
Weight: 3.71 g
Art Deco Edwardian pendant 13 in 18-karat rose gold (750) and platinum. Lucky charm pendant featuring the number 13 at its center, set with 3 synthetic rubies and 4 rose-cut diamonds. These small lucky charm medallions were fashionable in the early 20th century, during the Art Deco period, around 1920-1930.
Traces of an eagle head hallmark
Dimensions (including the bail): 21 x 10 mm
Note : watch the video to get an idea of the size.
Condition: scratches from use
Weight: 0.96 g
Antique enameled cross pendant in 18 karat rose gold (750). Cross-shaped pendant, featuring on one side the raised Christ on a blue enamel background, topped with the inscription INRI (Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum); on the other side, a blue and white enamel decoration with a plant, triangles, and green and red colored dots. The pendant holds three teardrop-shaped pendants (or tears). Jewel from Puy en Velay, a regional Christian pendant from the late 19th century. Auvergne, France.
Horse head hallmark (1838-1919) and unreadable goldsmith’s mark.
Dimensions (including the bail): 56 mm x 29 mm
Condition: scratches, enamel losses.
Weight: 6.25 gr
Large French regional clasp in 18-karat rose gold (750). This large Normandy clasp is made of hollow gold. It is richly decorated with colorful enamels. On one side, three partially enameled flowers blossom in the center of the clasp within a cartouche. The cartouche is surrounded by a frieze of dots and semicircles. On the other side, a flower basket composed of pansies, wheat, a rose, and a tulip is featured within a blue enameled cartouche. The presence of pansies is typical of the iconography of sentiment jewelry from the early 19th century, signifying “think of me.”
This Normandy regional clasp is a French sentiment jewel from the early 19th century.
Clasp Dimensions: 35 mm x 19 mm.
Condition: Scratches from use, missing enamels, slight indentations.
Weight: 3.30 gr
Heart gold pendant in 18 karat rose gold (750). This pendant is gently engraved with delicate foliage motifs. It dates back to around 1900 in France.
Eagle’s head hallmark (French state hallmark for 18 karat gold)
Dimensions: 25 mm x 17 mm.
Condition: Depressions and scratches from wear.
Weight: 1.17 gr
*The antique gold chain is not sold with the jewel*
Virgin Mary medal in 18k white gold (750). This oval-shaped religious pendant features a mother-of-pearl plaque depicting the Virgin Mary wearing a halo in a profile view. The medal is surrounded by fine pearls and bears the inscription “Janine 12 juin 1953” on the reverse side. An antique Christian pendant from the first half of the 20th century, France.
Partially worn eagle head (french state hallmark for 18 karat gold)
Dimensions: 30 mm x 19 mm.
Weight: 2.83 gr
*The antique gold chain is not sold with the jewel*
Georgian Maltese cross chalcedony pendant in 14k gold (585). This antique reliquary cross is made of four chalcedony elements forming a cross, held together by a central gold element with delicate engraving. This central element likely originally contained a woven lock of hair beneath glass, although it is no longer present. The pendant has an intricately decorated bail. This Georgian cross t is from around 1820.
Dimensions: 60 x 34 mm.
Note: Similar Georgian Maltese crosses can be seen in the Victoria & Albert Museum in England.
Condition: Missing the central protective glass, some oxidation.
Weight: 11.26 gr
*The antique gold chain is not sold with the jewel*
Enamel barrel pendant in 18 karat rose gold (750). Crafted from an antique regional clasp, this pendant takes the form of a barrel or cylindrical shape with six facets. Three of the facets are adorned with enamel decorations: one features a black and white enameled hunting dog in a natural scene, the second depicts a black and blue enameled bird of paradise framed by blue flowers, and the third is decorated with an intricate floral branch. The remaining three facets are blank cartouches. At the end of the clasp, there’s a cruciform notch into which a missing catch would have been inserted to “lock” the jewelry. A bail has been added to the piece to convert it into a pendant. The original clasp dates back to the 19th century in France.
Dimensions (including the bail): 25 x 8.6 mm.
Condition: Surface abrasions, enamel losses, small indentation.
Weight: 1.72 gr
*The antique gold chain is not sold with the jewel*