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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Period : Pre 1930 item #696546
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A fabulous sterling bracelet with six very large carved and pierced jade stones set in bamboo form frames. Marked CHINA, NO. 23 and SILVER. Circa 1900 - 1930. With a slide clasp and a silver openwork panel at the clasp. The silver panel matches the flower and fruit pattern of the jade stones. The silver has a slightly aged finish and has a light gold wash. From a Philadelphia estate.

Great size -- 1 3/8 inches wide and 7 inches long clasped. Excellent condition...

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Pre Victorian : Pre 1837 VR item #1129419
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Beautiful large antique brooch in unmarked silver, with large glass paste stones with tiny black dots painted in the centers, mimicking the open culet (the flat bottom of the stone) of early diamond cuts. Circa 1800. With C catch and extended pin stem. The setting is silver with parts possibly silver plated. The center stone is very large, 13mm/1/2 inch in diameter, and the surrounding stones are 8mm in diameter...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Pre Victorian : Pre 1837 VR item #774167
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Fabulous and early 19th century ring in silver with a center rectangular genuine pale aqua green beryl, genuine pearls, and surrounding tiny dark green stones which are probably glass. With two tiny illegible hallmarks. It tests positive for at least 800 or 900 silver. Ring size 5 1/2. The top of the ring is 5/8 inch by 5/8 inch. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Victorian : Pre 1910 item #697937
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Stunning heavy and substantial early silver wide curved link bracelet. Marked 835. Austrian or German. Circa 1900 or earlier. Substantial at 53 grams. With an ornate Etruscan revival design comprised of many large and small applied silver beads. With a slide clasp and safety catch. The backgrounds of the curved links have a fabulous oxidized gunmetal finish.

7 3/8 inches long and 1 1/4 inches wide. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #697102
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Beautiful antique Renaissance revival necklace in gold washed silver with garnets, wired genuine seed pearls, and glass cabochons simulating Persian turquoise. Austro Hungarian, very late 19th century. Marked with crown symbols in a cartouche and also marked S in a cartouche.

Substantial at 50 grams and drapes beautifully. Fabulously ornate in design; even the jump rings connecting the links are decorated with a tiny silver beaded rosette. With a slide clasp and safety catch...

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Edwardian : Pre 1910 item #697093
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Stunning antique Austro Hungarian silver Renaissance revival necklace with six very large genuine turquoise stones, three in robin's egg blue, and three in dark green. Circa 1900. Marked 830 on the main clasp and 925 on the clasp of the extender (more on the extender below). 830 silver was made in Austria-Hungary. Both pieces also have the same maker's mark, which looks like a conjoined HOH.

With a light gold wash. With fabulous heavy ornate lacy openwork designs...