Victorian French enamel foiled paste cross pendant in silver. This cross is in silver with filigree decoration, forming a cross adorn with paste faceted pink glasses on spangles meant to have a look of pink topaz. A black enamel decoration with white dots covers the entire pendant. A glass bead adorns the upper part of the composition. The bezels are completely closed. French work from the beginning of the 19th century
Victorian double snake ring in yellow gold 18 karats (750) and silver. This ring is made by two snakes wrapping around the finger. The heads of the two reptiles are surmounted by a Dutch rose-cut diamond. The heads are delicately chiselled and come to rest on the two rows formed by the body of the animal. Antique ring, France, Victorian period, late 19th Century.
Eagle head hallmark
Finger size : 63 EU or 10.25 US (can be resized)
Dimensions of the design : 11.7 x 18 mm Width of the head : 10 mm
Marius Hammer Skønvirke necklace in silver. Art Nouveau “drapery” necklace, composed of a line of sky-blue and white enameled elements with filigree decoration, holding four linked chains decorated with enameled pendants. In the center, a three-lobed element in plique a jour enamel completes the composition and holds three drops. The necklace closes with a fine bayonet clasp. Attributed to Norwegian Art Nouveau jeweler Marius Hammer. Art Nouveau necklace, circa 1900.
Length: 43.5 cm Dimensions of central elements: 16 x 5.5 cm
Condition: slight oxidation, two metal rings, small white enamel chips
Weight : 18.56 gr
A similar model of this necklace is listed at Tadema Gallery, London. : click here
Precision: Skønvirke is the term used to define the Art Nouveau or Arts & Crafts period in Norway. The period spans from 1900 to 1925.
Abalone silver powder compact with mother-of-pearl flowers in 800 thousandths silver and vermeil. This powder box is adorned with inlaid white mother-of-pearl flowers on a background of black abalone mother of pearl. The center of the flowers is embellished with black glass cabochons. The powder box opens to reveal a compartment with a faceted mirror; the interior of the box has been cleaned and still has its ostrich feather applicator. Modern-era powder box, circa 1950, France.
Hallmarks: Wild boar’s head (French state hallmark for silver) and SM silversmith’s hallmark.
Garnet bangle bracelet in 18-karat rose gold (750) and silver. This delicate bracelet forms a wire bangle, adorned with a circular element made of gold and silver serving as the clasp. The clasp is set with a significant cabochon garnet and features scroll motifs. The central element dates back to the 19th century and has been subsequently assembled into this fine bracelet.
Hallmarked with “charançons” (french state hallmarks for 18-karat gold) and a partially legible maker’s mark.
Inner circumference: 17 cm (approximately 6.7 inches)
Clasp dimensions: 14 x 13.8 mm
Retro ruby diamond compact powder in sterling silver and vermeil. The case is in silver, decorated in the centre with a large vermeil band with a floral composition in a vase. The flowers are decorated with six ruby cabochons and eight rose-cut diamonds.
The powder case contains a bevelled mirror. It opens in two parts. French work in the taste of Boucheron Paris, circa 1945.
Boar hallmark, goldsmith’s mark Jacques Lucien DELETTREZ and Son (1920-1955), worked for René Boivin, traces of numbers.
Victorian paste stone enamel pendant. This pendant is composed in the upper part of a white enamelled flower with black dots surrounded by four faceted pink paste stones imitating topaz. This motif is linked to a central element by three chains set with past stones and fine half pearls. The central element, the most important, is composed of an oval faceted pink paste stones, framed by four enamelled flowers and four foiled paste stones. It supports two drop-shaped pendants. French jewel of the Second Empire, circa 1860, Victorian period.
Length with the clasp: 6.5 cm Width: 2,2 cm
Note: the ring of end and the chain are not of origin.
Weight : 7,1 gr
**The pendant comes with a silver chain. Weight 2,4 gr. Length 44 cm**.
Victorian portrait diamonds brooch in silver and rose gold 18 karats (750). Antique brooch with a lady’s portrait painted on ivory and protected by a glass. The portrait is surrounded by a pink gold border and a silver decoration forming a knot and foliage, set with 54 rose-cut diamonds. Late 19th century antique portrait brooch, Victorian period.
Owl and swan hallmarks
Dimensions : 35 x 25 mm Dimensions of the portrait : 21 x 18 mm
Georgian diamond portrait ring in rose gold 18 karats and silver 800 thousandth. Antique ring composed of a hexagonal bezel enclosing a lady’s portrait. The miniature portrait is painted on ivory, it is highlighted by a surround of thirty rose-cut diamonds in a silver setting. The basket is beautifully crafted, decorated with scrolls in cartouches corresponding to the hexagonal shape of the jewel. This ring is a transformable piece of jewellery. The bezel can be removed by means of a pin located at the basket.
It is likely that the portrait, once removed from the ring, could be worn as a brooch or pendant by fitting it to another suitable structure.
Enamel Victorian silver bracelet 800. It is composed of five circular elements alternating sticks with poly-lobed tips and connected by rings. The bracelet is entirely decorated with blue, green and black cloisonné enamel on gilted silver. The clasp ratchet box is subtly hidden under a link. Antique Victorian bracelet dating from the late 19th century, France.
Boar and CPS hallmarks
Dimensions : 22 mm x 25 mm Inside dimension : 18 cm
Note : the clasp works
Condition: some missing and slight dents
Retro Tank Topaz Ring made of silver (925) with a bezel-set topaz of blue color in the center of the ring with geometric lines. The ring is also worked in openwork. Foreign work, end of the Retro period.
Partially erased silver hallmark, 925 hallmark, SM silversmith’s mark in an oval
Finger size: 56 EU or 7.5 US (no adjustment possible)
Silver Art Deco ring. Ring decorated with an important synthetic spinel of intense light blue color. The ring has geometric and round lines, it has a typical volume of this period. Art Deco ring, circa 1930.