130,00€
Antique chimeras brooch in gilded silver. Antique bar brooch decorated with two facing chimeras. Late 19th century, France.
Hallmarked with the boar’s head (french state hallmark for silver)
Length: 50 mm
Width: 10 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Condition: signs of wear, old solder repair
Weight: 12.59 gr
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Antique chimeras brooch in gilded silver. Antique bar brooch decorated with two facing chimeras. Late 19th century, France.
Hallmarked with the boar’s head (french state hallmark for silver)
Length: 50 mm
Width: 10 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Condition: signs of wear, old solder repair
Weight: 12.59 gr
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Georgian mourning hair ring in 9k pink gold. An antique locket ring keeping a braid of hair enclosed behind glass crystal. It is framed by a halo of 16 seed pearls and the settings is formed by two separated strands adorned with an openwork pattern. Jewel from the beginning of the 19th century, circa 1810-1830.
Trefoil hallmark (French State hallmark for 9-karat gold)
Finger size: 53 EU or 6.5 US (adjustment possible)
Ring Head Size: 11 x 11mm
Condition: old trace of size adjustment, wears on the glass, indentations behind the head of the ring.
Weight: 2.11 gr
Hair jewellery was very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. Jewellery with compartments made it possible to keep a lock of hair of a lover or a missing person (later it will be the photograph). It can be a medallion or a ring for example. There are also jewels made from hair, such as necklaces, chains, bracelets and rings. These hair jewels are worked like textiles: they are woven, embroidered, twisted. A whole craft industry developed around this new fashion, which lasted until the end of the 19th century.
Read our article “how to recognize a real pearl?”
*The antique box is not sold with the jewel*
Victorian grisaille brooch miniature in 18 karat rose gold and silver. Of circular shape, a lady’s portrait dressed as in 18th Century fashion is painted in grisaille (different shades of greys). The portrait is encircled by a rose gold circle, two branches with flowers inlaid with pearls cross each other on the upper part of the jewel. Six pearls decorate the contour of the brooch to highlight the lovely portrait. Antique brooch from the Victorian period, 19th century.
Swan and owl hallmarks
Height: 3,1 cm
Width: 2.8 cm
Note: the fastening system works.
Condition: oxidation, wears, soldering to keep the compartment locked.
Weight : 7,56 gr
*The antique box is not sold with the jewel*
Marquise diamond ring in yellow gold 18 karats and platinum. In the center, a line of 5 diamonds in bezel setting, one more important in the center, surrounded by rose-cut diamonds on platinum. Belle époque navette ring, early 20th century.
Mascaron hallmark, owl hallmark
Finger size : 46 UE or 3,75 US (resizing possible)
Dimensions of the ring head : 20,25 mm x 7.2 mm
Note: the diamonds in the central line are brilliant cut, except for one which is old cut 8-8
Condition : scratches from use
Estimated diamond weight : 0,30 carat
Weight : 2,32 gr
*The antique box is not sold with the jewel*
Victorian Spaniel brittany dog ring in rose gold 9 karats. Antique ring with a painted miniature, showing a sitted dog, looking to the right. It is most probably a hunting dog, Spaniel Brittany type. The miniature is painted on a white background (it could be ivory or vellum). 19th century ring, Victorian period, probably from England.
Clover hallmark (later add)
Finger size : 50 EU or 5,5 US (possible sizing)
Dimensions of the ring head : 1,8 x 1,3 cm
Conservation : this ring is very old and has a miniature, it should not be worn near water (shower, washing up, bathing)
Condition: good general condition of the miniature. Some iridescence visible under the paint. Traces of oxidation, traces of soldering on the ring.
Weight : 3,32 gr
*The antique box is not sold with the jewel*
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