Catalog: Estate Jewelry (446)

Fabulous singular clip earrings in substantial cast solid goldtone metal studded with brilliant prong set champagne peach color rhinestones, and goldtone metal beads wired between the top and bottom elements. 1960s or 1970s, not marked. Probably French. They have the same rhinestone studded metal construction and back construction as the signed French Simone Edouard earrings I have listed. Great size -- 3 1/8 inches long and 1 3/8 inches wide. Excellent condition...

Fabulous 1960s or 1970s big glass beaded necklace with jewel tone art glass beads, most likely French. Silvertone French style screw barrel clasp. 18 3/4 inches wearable length and the largest bead is 1 1/4 by 1 1/8 inches. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail.

Fabulous vintage clip earrings by Kenneth J. Lane in dark japanned metal with opaque black glass prong set stones. Marked K.J.L. Late 1960s, from a Philadelphia estate with a huge collection of 60s and 70s American and European designer jewelry. I am also listing another pair of KJL earrings from this estate.

Great size -- 4 1/8 inches long from the top and 2 1/4 inches wide. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail.

Fabulous collectible signed Hattie Carnegie pendant necklace with pendant that converts to a pin, in Chinoiserie style with a resin dragon simulating angel skin coral, with a rhinestone eye. Marked HATTIE CARNEGIE. 1960s. Spring ring clasp. Goldtone metal with textured finish. Greek key motif. The color of the dragon is slightly variegated to simulate the coloring of angel skin coral. Color is warmer than the photos may show...

Stunning, dramatic, and big vintage bib or collar necklace in Egyptian revival style. Circa 1960. An unsigned Schreiner piece. Many Schreiner pieces were made for designers such as Christian Dior, Norman Norell, Pauline Trigere, and others, and were unsigned because they were made to be shown or sold as accessories to the designer's couture clothing collection. Signed Schreiner pieces were made to be sold individually in stores...

Huge vintage statement size signed Kenneth Lane clip earrings in goldtone metal with brilliant colorless rhinestones. 1960s. Marked K.J.L. on the backs of the clips. From the estate of a New York socialite. Great size -- 4 1/8 inches long and 1 5/8 inches wide. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail.

Big statement vintage 1960s mixed metals copper with brass appliques and green onyx stones hinged bangle bracelet by Mexican maker Casa Maya. Marked MAYA MEXICO. With pin closure. The copper has a darkened decorative finish. The green cylindrical stones are held with bolts. 2 1/8 inches wide and 7 inches inside circumference. The inside diameters are 2 3/8 and 2 1/8 inches...

Fabulous faux lariat glass beaded necklace and matching screw back drop earrings with a great modern look. By the French maker Louis Rousselet. The screw back of one earring is marked MADE IN FRANCE (difficult to photograph)...

Luminous vintage glass beaded necklace in pale blue transparent glass beads clustered in groups, with large and small silvertone metal hollow beads, and melon shaped blue glass beads at the ends, with small silvertone spacers. Circa 1965. This piece is French; the shapes of the poured glass beads and the wired clustered construction are distinctively French. A fabulous piece in a great statement size and perfectly of the moment; the statement necklace is the "it" accessory of the season...

Gorgeous vintage 1960s signed Kramer bracelet in goldtone metal with amazing huge brilliant headlight glass stones in prong settings. Marked KRAMER. With box slide clasp with matching smaller rhinestone. 6 3/4 inches wearable length and 9/16 inch wide. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail.

Fabulous vintage wired sautoir with coral color poured glass beads in many different shapes spaced along a goldtone chain. Probably French, circa 1950. Spring ring clasp. 60 inches long and 1/2 inch wide. Most beads are about 3/4 inch long. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail.

Fabulous statement size long four tiered clip earrings with color changing alexandrite glass beads wired in silvertone filigree elements, in the style of Miriam Haskell and early Chanel, to look like Indian moghul jewelry. Circa 1960. The beads appear blue lavender in white light/daylight, and purple lavender in yellow incandescent light. Great size -- 3 3/4 iches long and 1 1/8 inches wide. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail.

Fabulous signed French necklace in dark silvertone metal with brilliant pink, green, lemon, and colorless glass stones. Circa 1960, and possibly for Dior by Countess Cissy Zoltowska (Cis) or by Francis Winter. Slide clasp. It appears that there originally was a signature tag on the back of the clasp (pictured). I am also listing separately the matching earrings, which are marked very faintly MADE IN FRANCE and with another mark on each earring. The additional mark is very faint...

Stunning statement vintage late 1960s necklace by Mimi di Niscemi for Brania, with many strands of translucent and opaque resin beads, and a huge decorative box slide clasp with very unusual glass rhinestones, prong set in goldtone metal. Marked BRANIA...

Fabulous very wearable and versatile long sautoir necklace of very large turquoise poured glass beads and baroque glass based pearls, all wired with dark goldtone metal. Circa 1950 or 1960 or possibly earlier; the clasp is an early spring ring without the thumb tab. Probably French. 44 inches long and 1/2 inch wide at turquoise beads. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail. Display form is life size.

Fabulous French glass beaded necklace in transparent chartreuse, opaque pink, opaque light green, and glass faux pearl beads. Not marked but probably by the French maker Louis Rousselet, who produced jewelry for many French couturiers. Circa 1960. With three strands of glowing chartreuse beads alternating with very small baroque faux pearls, and a very big center element with pink bell shaped beads, light green disk shaped beads, faux pearls, and clear faceted beads in a slightly darker green th...

Fabulous vintage beaded necklace in turquoise and jewel tone beads, circa 1965. Marked CADORO on an attached metal hang tag at the spring ring clasp. With seamless Lucite beads in two shades of turquoise, goldtone metal spacers and findings, and amazing huge poured glass beads in glowing jewel tones, including red, green, peach, cobalt, and amber. The glass beads are probably by the French maker Gripoix. The colors are more intense than the photos depict. A stunning statement necklace. Big el...

Stunning vintage French clip drop earrings in silvertone metal with prong set colorless strass stones, faux pearls, and melon shaped openback poured glass stones in a fabulous green. With open wire clip backs. The connecting elements have dainty engraved decoration. The stones are probably Gripoix. Circa 1950 or 1960.

Nice size -- 2 3/4 inches long and 1 1/8 inches wide. Excellent condition. There are a few tiny fleabites on one pearl but it is not visible when the earrings are worn. The ...