Shell Cameo in 14 K Gold Brooch/Pendant
$1,115Sale Price|20% Off
Shell Cameo in 14 K Gold Brooch/Pendant
Located in Bad Kissingen, DE
14 k yellow gold shell cameo 19. century Germany 13 gram size 50 x 42 mm
Antique 1880s English Brooches
14k Gold
$1,115Sale Price|20% Off
Shell Cameo in 14 K Gold Brooch/Pendant
Located in Bad Kissingen, DE
14 k yellow gold shell cameo 19. century Germany 13 gram size 50 x 42 mm
14k Gold
14 Karat White Gold and Diamond Cameo Brooch/Pendant
Located in Washington Depot, CT
14 Karat White Gold Cameo Brooch Pendant- This stunning cameo features a lovely lady in profile set in beautifully detailed 14K white gold filigree. Accented with one round old min...
Diamond, White Gold
14 Karat Yellow Gold and Diamond Cameo Brooch / Pendant
Located in Washington Depot, CT
Vintage 14 Karat Yellow Gold and Diamond Cameo Brooch/Pendant This stunning cameo features a lovely lady in profile accented with one round European cut diamond framed in delicate 1...
Diamond, Yellow Gold
14 Karat White Gold and Diamond Cameo Brooch / Pendant
Located in Washington Depot, CT
Vintage 14 Karat White Gold and Diamond Cameo Brooch / Pendant This stunning cameo features a lovely lady in profile framed in 14K white gold filigree and accented with one round ol...
Diamond, White Gold
Antique 14 Karat White Gold Cameo Pendant or Brooch
Located in Washington Depot, CT
Antique 14 Karat White Gold Cameo Pendant/Brooch- This stunning cameo features a lovely lady in profile holding a rose up to her face. Two sparkling old mine cut diamonds are set a...
Gold
Unavailable
H 2.13 in W 1.76 in D 0.38 in
Antique Victorian Goddess Psyche Hard Stone Cameo Pendant Brooch
Located in London, GB
Museum Quality hard stone cameo brooch and pendant depicting Psyche, it is unusual seeing the wife of Eros depicted alone because most of times she's depicting companied by Eros. Thi...
Agate, Pearl, 18k Gold
Vintage 14 Karat White Gold, Emerald and Diamond Cameo Brooch/Pendant
Located in Washington Depot, CT
Vintage 14 Karat White Gold Emerald and Diamond Cameo Brooch/Pin- This lovely cameo features a lovely lady in profile set in beautifully detailed 14K white gold filigree. Accented w...
Diamond, Emerald, White Gold
Estate Victorian Carved Conch Shell Cameo with 10 Karat Yellow Gold Bezel
Located in Birmingham, AL
The 10 K yellow Gold Bezel is beautifully engraved! One could easily add a Bale to this brooch so it could convert to a pendant as well, if you so desired!
10k Gold
Sold
H 2.5 in W 2 in D 1.5 in
Antique 19th Century Ivory 14 k Gold Pre-Raphaelite Cameo Brooch Pendant 1870
Located in Portland, OR
A very elegant carved ivory & 14 karat gold cameo brooch & pendant, Italy, circa 1870. This very lovely cameo is carved as a beautiful Pre-Raphalite maiden, the cameo is finely & dee...
Gold
Antique Victorian God Mars Shell Cameo Pendant Brooch
Located in London, GB
Museum Quality Victorian Cameo Brooch depicting Ares (Mars) the God of War. This is a cameo of surpassing beauty an incredible work of art and very detailed, carved by an artist....
15k Gold
Gold is the feel-good metal, the serotonin of jewelry. Wear vintage and antique gold necklaces, watches, gold bracelets or gold rings and you feel happy, you feel dressed, you feel, well, yourself.
Gold, especially yellow gold, with its rich patina and ancient pedigree going back thousands of years, is the steady standby, the well-mannered metal of choice. Any discussion of this lustrous metal comes down to a basic truth: Gold is elementary, my dear. Gold jewelry that couples the mystique of the metal with superb design and craftsmanship achieves the status of an enduring classic. Many luxury houses have given us some of our most treasured and lasting examples of gold jewelry over the years.
Since its founding, in 1837, Tiffany & Co. has built its reputation on its company jewelry as well as its coterie of boutique designers, which has included Jean Schlumberger, Donald Claflin, Angela Cummings and Elsa Peretti. There are numerous gold Tiffany classics worth citing. Some are accented with gemstones, but all stand out for their design and the workmanship displayed.
For the woman who prefers a minimalist look, the Tiffany & Co. twist bangle (thin, slightly ovoid) is stylishly simple. For Cummings devotees, signature pieces feature hard stone inlay, such as her pairs of gold ear clips inlaid with black jade (a play on the classic Chanel black and tan), or bangles whose design recalls ocean waves, with undulating lines of lapis lazuli and mother-of-pearl. And just about any design by the great Jean Schlumberger is by definition a classic.
Even had he eschewed stones and diamonds, Southern-born David Webb would be hailed for the vast arsenal of heavy gold jewelry he designed. Gold, usually hammered or textured in some manner, defines great David Webb jewelry. The self-taught jeweler made very au courant pieces while drawing inspiration from ancient and out-of-the-way sources — East meets West in the commanding gold necklaces made by Webb in the early 1970s. The same could be said for his endlessly varied gold cuffs.
In Europe, many houses have given us gold jewelry that sets the highest standard for excellence, pieces that were highly sought after when they were made and continue to be so.
Numerous designs from Cartier are homages to gold. There are the classic Trinity rings, necklaces and bracelets — trifectas of yellow, white and rose gold. As a testament to the power of love, consider the endurance of the Cartier Love bracelet.
Aldo Cipullo, Cartier’s top in-house designer from the late 1960s into the early ’70s, made history in 1969 with the Love bracelet. Cipullo frequently said that the Love bracelet was born of a sleepless night contemplating a love affair gone wrong and his realization that “the only remnants he possessed of the romance were memories.” He distilled the urge to keep a loved one close into a slim 18-karat gold bangle.
BVLGARI and its coin jewelry, gemme nummarie, hit the jackpot when the line launched in the 1960s. The line has been perennially popular. BVLGARI coin jewelry features ancient Greek and Roman coins embedded in striking gold mounts, usually hung on thick link necklaces of varying lengths. In the 1970s, BVLGARI introduced the Tubogas line, most often made in yellow gold. The Tubogas watches are classics, and then there is the Serpenti, the house's outstanding snake-themed watches and bracelets.
A collection called Monete that incorporated the gold coins is one of several iconic BVLGARI lines that debuted in the 1970s and ’80s, catering to a new generation of empowered women. Just as designers like Halston and Yves Saint Laurent were popularizing fuss-free ready-to-wear fashion for women on the go, BVLGARI offered jewels to be lived in.
Since Van Cleef & Arpels opened its Place Vendôme doors in 1906, collection after collection of jewelry classics have enchanted the public. As predominantly expressed in a honeycomb of gold, there is the Ludo watch and accessories, circa the 1920s, and the golden Zip necklace, 1951, whose ingenious transformation of the traditional zipper was originally proposed by the Duchess of Windsor. Van Cleef's Alhambra, with its Moroccan motif, was introduced in 1968 and from the start its popularity pivoted on royalty and celebrity status. It remains one of VCA’s most popular and collected styles.
Mention must be made of Buccellati, whose name is synonymous with gold so finely spun that it suggests tapestry. The house’s many gold bracelets, typically embellished with a few or many diamonds, signified taste and distinction and are always in favor on the secondary market. Other important mid-20th-century houses known for their gold-themed jewelry include Hermès and Ilias Lalaounis.
Find a stunning collection of vintage and antique gold jewelry on 1stDibs.
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