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A Bat

Edwardian bat brooch, circa 1900. The 15 carat gold long-eared bat with outstretched wings has a rose-cut diamond body and ruby eyes, set silver. It is 2 and 1/8 inches long and 3/4 of an inch wide at...

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Berlin Iron Mythological Necklace

£3,700.00

Fine quality Berlin iron necklace, circa 1830. The individual narrative elements are encircled by frames which were cast separately. The pieces were joined afterwards, creating a silhouette effect....

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Spanish Reliquary Pendant

£950.00

Hispanic reliquary pendant of a particularly neat and wearable size, circa 1700. Trust in the apotropaic powers of saints was strong and devotional jewels like this were worn to protect the wearer. ...

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Reliquary of contemplation

£3,500.00

A reliquary pendant, circa 1680, depicting two saints in contemplative mode. The mount is high carat gold enamelled in vibrant red, green and white. The images are reverse painted on glass and under...

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Stuart Crystal Ring

£3,800.00

Fine quality Stuart crystal ring, circa 1680. The high carat gold hoop has foliate black enamel shoulders and arcaded reverse filled with black and white enamel. The central compartment contains a...

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Knitt in One by God Alone

£1,650.00

High carat gold posy hoop, circa 1700. The substantial high carat gold band is inscribed to interior in italic script with the posy motto : Knitt in one by god alone and a maker’s mark. The posy...

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18th Century Portuguese Rock Crystal Ring

£2,500.00

Portuguese rock crystal navette ring, circa 1780. The tapering gold shank supports a head densely pavé-set with natural rock crystal [colourless quartz] within a typically Portuguese gold bead...

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Turquoise serpent hoop

£1,750.00

A superior example of a Victorian serpent ring. The ring is hallmarked for Birmingham 1897 and the serpent’s head is set with a cabochon turquoise and diamond eyes. It is size O and 1/2 [US 7 and...

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Georgian wheat sheaf ring

£1,750.00

Georgian mourning ring, circa 1820. The gold shank supports a plaque with an opalescent glass ground surmounted by a diamond-tied wheat sheaf of hair, under domed crystal and within a surround of...

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Georgian giardinetti

£4,250.00

A most unusual version of a giardinetti ring, circa 1780. Flowers were a fashionable theme in jewellery from 1750 to 1800. Intricate and colourful rings were known as giardinetti (little gardens) or...

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Holloway Brooch

£12,000.00

In my ‘job’ I am fortunate to handle many beautiful and precious objects from the past. However the piece which always resonates with me most is one of these tiny silver brooches, so understated...

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Peace

£4,500.00

A rather fabulous high carat, two colour gold acrostic memorial locket with a rare motto, circa 1815, commemorating both peace and loss. Georgian acrostic jewellery utilised gems to convey messages...

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Royalist Memento Mori Slide

£4,250.00

A most unusual Stuart crystal memento mori slide, second half of the 17th century. The gold slide encloses a compartment containing a weave of hair overlaid by a gold device of two cherubs bearing...

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Memento Mori Skull Ring

£7,900.00

A fine quality and substantial high carat gold memento mori skull ring, dated 1723. The exterior of the hoop is engraved with a skull device [depicted by eye sockets, naval cavity and teeth] amidst...