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A small c1870 Victorian-era pendant with a blue and white enamel laurel detail against an engraved case. The reverse has a crystal covered compartment with a scrap of grey silk inside. The bezel can be lifted out carefully with a razor blade to place something inside, though the procedure is sometimes best done by a jeweler. Built in 15K gold. Weighs 4.0 grams.
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An unusual Art Deco bracelet with geometrically patterned black and blue enamel links on sterling silver.
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A pair of saphiret marquise shaped cabochon earrings. Saphiret is a rare Czechoslovakian glass produced in the 19th century by fusing gold into sapphire-colored glass. The earrings were converted from a pair of Victorian gold filled cufflinks with new 14K gold wires. The foil behind the stones has partly oxidized, lending an attractive spotted pattern. Two slightly different pairs available.
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A lovely c1880 Victorian engagement ring with an old mine cut cushion diamond weighing 0.54 carats set in a 10k rose gold mounting with a striped detail on the shoulders.
Currently a size 5-1/4 and could be resized in the 4 to 6.5 range.
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A c1880 Victorian solitaire engagement ring with a small old mine cut diamonds in an 18K yellow gold belcher setting with hand carved detailing on the shoulders. Weighs 2.1 grams.
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A c1890 Victorian-era solitaire engagement ring with a slightly oval old mine cut diamond weighing 0.59 carats. A simple profile with patterning cut into the shoulders of the ring. Built in rosy-yellow 14K gold.
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A vintage c1980 pendant with a very high quality pear-shaped peridot set beneath three brilliant cut diamonds set in 18K yellow gold. Beautifully made. Hangs on an 18 inch 14K rope chain. Total weight is 6.2 grams.
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A simple c1930 Art Deco solitaire set with faceted oval uranium glass. Built in 10K rosy-yellow gold.
Uranium glass (aka vaseline glass) is a material more common to decorative glassware than jewelry, that fluoresces a strange green in daylight-- owing to trace amounts of uranium in the glass.
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An unusual c1980 vintage ring designed with a wide domed profile that cuts away to reveal a diamond "spine" inside. Built in 18K white and yellow gold with approximately 0.40 carats of small brilliant cut white diamonds.
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An unusual handmade kinetic ring with a sculptural yellow gold form an a white gold wire than twists from one side of to the other where it terminates with a round diamond. Three little disks slide along it. Very comfortable to wear and a satisfying fidget. Marked GCL inside with an Israeli 585 gold hallmark. Perhaps a studio jeweler associated with the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem. Weighs 8.5 grams.
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An estate ring with an unusually cut shield-shaped orangey-red garnet set in 18K yellow gold. A maker's mark that resembles phases of the moon is punched inside the shank, along with a hand engraved "18K." Obviously made by a very good studio jeweler, but the maker wasn't identified. Weighs 4.0 grams.
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A pair of antique c1890 niello decorated silver watch chains connected together to form a 20 inch necklace.
Niello is a black mixture of copper, silver, and lead inlaid into engraved silver. It's a centuries old technique, but it was particularly popular in France, Germany, and Russia at the end of the 19th century.
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A Victorian-era gold locket with the face of a lion with old mine cut diamond mouth eyes. Built in 9K gold. Dates to c1890. Space inside for two photographs. Weighs 6.7 grams.
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A nicely made orange enamel and gold fish pendant on a new 16 inch gold filled cable chain. Sturdily made in hollow cast 18K gold.
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A beautifully detailed alligator pendant in solid 10K gold. Likely dates to the 1960-80s. Weighs 5.6 grams.
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A large c1970 hand pendant gesturing the "sign of the horns" or "Mano Cornuto" a protective symbol used in both Buddhist and Mediterranean traditions to ward off evil. Sturdy hollow cast in 14K yellow gold. On a new 16 inch gold filled chain.
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A Victorian era cluster ring with an array of old mine cut diamonds totaling approximately 0.65 carats. Built in 14K rosy gold. Dates to c1890.
Currently a size 4-1/2 and could be resized in the 4 to 6 range.
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