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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Pre 1940 item #1178258
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Fabulous early Art Deco Egyptian revival necklace with five tiers of colorless round beads festooned between two sterling silver mounted incredible green glass paste scarabs, with sterling filigree slide clasp. 1930s. The clasp is marked STERLING. Probably French. The colorless beads are probably rock crystal. They don't look like glass...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Rhinestone : Pre 1940 item #1170733
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$165.00
Beautiful early Art Deco bracelet, circa 1930, in rhodium plated metal, with sparkling paste rhinestones framed in millegrain detailed geometric links. With hidden slide clasp. Top quality and substantial. Nice size -- 7/8 inch wide and inches wearable length. Just over 3/4 inch wide -- 13/16 inch wide and 7 inches wearable length. Excellent condition with some slightly darkened rhinestones near the clasp, not noticeable when worn. All stones sparkle and are better than the photos...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Deco : Pre 1920 item #1170732
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Fabulous early Art Deco hinged bangle bracelet in sterling silver with large square cut brilliant glittering paste stones. Circa 1910 or 1920. These bracelets are getting more and more difficult to find. With very detailed engraving on the sides, and decorative pierced work on the inside. Hidden slide clasp. The safety chain is a new sterling silver replacement. 3/16 inch wide and 6 1/2 inches inside circumference. Excellent condition. All stones are brilliant and better than the pictures...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Art Nouveau : Pre 1920 item #1170731
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$115.00
Fabulous substantial wide antique sterling silver bracelet with cast very detailed links with Art Nouveau flower form motifs, a hidden slide clasp, and a safety chain. Circa 1900 - 1920. Not marked but tests positive for sterling silver, and guaranteed. It weighs 35 grams. 7/8 inch wide and wearable length 7 1/4 inches. Perfectly silver in color; pink areas are reflection. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Deco : Pre 1930 item #1170730
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$95.00
Beautiful unusual substantial sterling silver Art Deco bracelet with graduated circles decorated on all sides with very detailed geometric and vine pattern motifs. Circa 1920. Spring ring clasp. Not marked but tests positive for sterling silver, and guaranteed. It weighs 29 grams. 7/8 inch wide and 7 3/4 inches wearable length. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail...
All Items : New Century : Fashion : Accessories : Purses : Pre 1990 item #1169077
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$495.00
Fabulous versatile vintage genuine lizard box bag in navy, with beautiful Art Deco revival two tone gold- and silvertone hardware, and a long shoulder strap which hinges down into the bag, allowing it to be used as a clutch. Marked RODO and ITALY on a goldtone metal plaque inside. The hardware is beautifully finished, with a textured "molten" effect at each end, very characteristic of later 70s/early 80s design. It opens by flipping up the triangular goldtone metal clasp. With Rodo signa...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Fashion : Accessories : Pre 1950 item #1169063
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$195.00
Glittering black glass microbeaded box bag with a tortoise Lucite top and dark brass hardware, and heavy black glass beaded handle. Black satin lining and snap close. 1940s. These bags are fabulous headturners. 7 1/2 inches wide, 5 inches long and 3 1/2 inches deep. The handle drop is 5 1/2 inches. Overall excellent condition. No losses to beaded exterior. There is a very very faint hairline in the Lucite at the clasp, not visible at a short distance. There is black discoloration inside,...
All Items : New Century : Jewelry : Necklaces : Pre 1990 item #1166376
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Super chic vintage Art Deco revival Yves Saint Laurent necklace with a centerpiece in slightly matte goldtone metal with large red resin stones, on a "gaspipe" chain finished in dark gunmetal tone. Marked YSL. Circa 1980. 1 7/8 inch wide at center and 16 inches wearable length. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail....
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Designer : Pre 1950 item #1166354
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Amazing huge vintage signed Ledo bracelet in rhodium plated metal with pave large and small brilliant strass rhinestones in an Art Deco design. Marked LEDO. This is the mark of the Polcini jewelry company, founded in New York in 1911. The Ledo mark dates from the late 1940s. With slide clasp and safety chain. Great size -- 1 3/4 inches wide and 7 inches wearable length. Excellent condition. All stones are bright and much better than the photos. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged ...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Strands : Pre 1930 item #1162946
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Lovely antique necklace of carved round coral beads in dark salmon. Circa 1920 - 1940. The coral is undyed Mediterranean. Continuous strand with no clasp. The beads are 3 to 4 mm in diameter. 52 inches long and long enough to wear doubled as shown. Great to wear alone or layer with other similar necklaces. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail. ...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Strands : Jewels : Pre 1930 item #1143686
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Lovely Art Deco pools of light necklace circa 1920 or 1930, made from 19 genuine rock crystal orbs, undrilled, held in silverplate wire, with a spring ring clasp and connecting jump rings. The clasp is marked but illegibly except for the number 211 in a cartouche. The metal is dark brass or other goldtone base metal with traces of silver or white gold plating, however most of the plating is lost. Guaranteed genuine rock crystal; images viewed through the orbs are shown upside down and backwards....
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Bakelite : Pre 1930 item #1143685
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Beautiful Art Deco 1920s Bakelite barrel bead necklace with original screw barrel matching Bakelite clasp, in dark cherry amber color at the clasp lightening slightly to a lighter cherry amber color with some cognac in it, at the center. Tests positive for Bakelite with Simichrome. 59 beads not counting the clasp. It weighs 66 grams. Wearable length is 30 inches. About 7/8 inch wide at center. The largest bead is 27mm by 20mm and the smallest beads are 8mm by 7mm. Excellent condition with very s...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Bakelite : Pre 1930 item #1143680
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$95.00
Beautiful long flapper necklace of early plastic beads carved with Chinese motifs. Possibly Chinese in origin. 1920s. Continuous strand. Hand knotted with matching thread. 52 inches long and 1/2 inch wide. The beads are 11mm in diameter. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail. ...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Deco : Pre 1940 item #1132647
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$175.00
Lovely vintage necklace of large carved palest pink rutilated rose quartz beads with matching sterling mounted cabochon, and front slide clasp. The large oblong beads graduate from large to small and back to large. Marked STERLING. Circa 1930. Possibly Chinese. This necklace has been professionally restrung with hand knotting on pale pink silk thread. 15 inches wearable length. The center is 1 1/8 inches top to bottom and 1 1/2 inches side to side. Excellent condition. All the beads and the ...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Deco : Pre 1930 item #1129421
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Beautiful early silver necklace with 35 large graduated faceted bezel and prong set brilliant glass paste stones. Marked GERMANY on the jump ring. Not marked but all the elements except the clasp are silver. Circa 1920 or 1930. 17 inches wearable length. The largest stone is 10 mm in diameter. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail. ...