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An extremely rare art nouveau era French pendant or charm in brass with beautiful enamelling featuring two pansy flowers and the words ‘a moi’, which means ‘mine’.
Curator’s note
This beautiful little charm features the French words ‘a moi’, which carry such sentiment and meaning. The pansies are also a classic symbol of loving thoughts during the Victorian era. Giving or wearing jewellery featuring pansies meant ‘I am thinking of you’ In fact the name ‘pansy’ comes from the French ‘Penser’ - to think, ponder or consider.
Details:
Date: Late Victorian, circa 1890
Size and weight: 25mmx18mm, 2.5g
Condition: Excellent
A vintage 9ct yellow gold, turquoise and old cut diamond ring with a flower design.
Curator’s Note:
This ring is a vintage piece in excellent order with four superb-quality deep blue, glossy and uniform turquoise cabochons. in the centre is a small old-cut diamond that catches the light and adds a sparkle to this pretty 9ct yellow gold ring.
Details:
Date - Circa 1970
Hallmarks ‘marked 9ct’ for 9ct gold
Size and weight: UK size M and a half, US size 6/6.5
Weight 3g
Condition: Excellent vintage condition
An extremely fine, attractively engraved 9ct warm gold signet ring or stacking band ring set with a small old-cut diamond of approximately .3 points.
Curator’s note:
Antique signet rings are having a moment, with chunky designs and especially those with star-set gemstones, becoming especially popular with modern collectors. These striking rings provide good finger-coverage and can be stacked with other rings of different periods and metals to create a curated look.
This ring is beautifully engraved and its old-cut diamond (in the ever-popular star-setting) makes this piece extremely covetable.
Details:
Weight and size: 4.5 grams, band width approx 0.9cm and UK ring size V, US ring size approx 11.
Date: Victorian, Circa 1890
Hallmarks: Marked 9K, tested as 9 carat
Condition: Excellent antique condition
A small and startlingly pretty sail boat charm in silver gilded with gold. The sails are set with tiny diamond chips and the base of the boat is set with three baguette-cut rubies.
Details:
Date: Vintage Circa 1990s
Size and weight: 1.5cm by 2 cm including the ring
Condition: Excellent vintage condition.
An elegant and delicate solid 9ct yellow gold vintage necklace with a y shape, adorned with lightweight, beautifully cast leaves.
Details:
Date:Vintage Circa 1980s
Hallmarks, Full hallmarks for 9ct gold
Size and weight: main necklace section is 18 inches long, with a further 2.5inch drop section
5.3 grams
Condition: Excellent condition.
A rare example of Peking glass created to emulate turquoise. The egg shaped charm is set with a handmade solid silver band and finished with a silver jump ring.
Curator’s note
This appealing charm would have been made in Beijing at the height of the Peking glass industry, during the mid 1800s. The layered glass was easier to work with than gemstones like turquoise and jade, which it replicated.
The speckled effect and clear layers visible on this pendant clearly mark this out as an earlier antique example and the use of the Chinese materials in the form of an egg, which was popular among Western consumers as a symbol of fertility and rebirth suggest this was made for the export market at the time.
Details:
Hallmarks: No hallmarks, tests as silver.
Date: Victorian circa 1860
Size and weight: 2.2cm by 1.5cm, 6.3 grams
Condition: Excellent antique condition.
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