A Silver-Gilt Mounted Rock Crystal Reliquary / Amulet Case.German, mid 17th century.Measures 5.3 x 2.1 x 1.5cm (excluding loose bail).This finely crafted pendant features a gilded silver frame encasin[...]
A fine silver mounted natural hematite amulet.German, 17th century.The amulet measures 10.3cm long excluding loose bail.The engraved silver dogs tooth mount bears the owners initials ‘E.W’.In the 17th[...]
A gold and enamel slide depicting Mars and Venus.
French, second half of the 17th century.
Measures 2.9 x 2.4cm.
Weighs 2.5 grams.
The slide is decorated in polychrome enamels, the front w[...]
SILVER AND VERMEIL BRACELET IN THE TASTE OF THE RENAISSANCE SET WITH GLASS STONES IMITATING AMETHYST WORK FROM THE 19TH CENTURY EACH LINK IS DECORATED AND INTERLOCKED ONE WITH THE OTHER HELD INSIDE BY[...]
A zoomorphic ring brooch with beast heads.
French or English, 13th century.
Measures 1.4cm in diameter.
Weighs 1.2 grams.
Provenance:
From the collection of Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; for[...]
Silver Bracelet with Combat in Neo-Renaissance Style
Attributed to Rudolphi
France, circa 1850
Silver
65 grams
A delightful bracelet in oxidized silver, adorned with a scene of combat b[...]
A silver necklace composed of a shortened Renaissance marriage belt.
German, second half of the 16th century.
Measures 49 cm long.
Weighs 110 grams.
The chain comprises of interlinking fl[...]
A fine Renaissance sardonyx cameo of a beautiful young woman.
Italian, 16th century.
Mounted in an unmarked high carat gold brooch setting which dates to the 19th century.
The cameo[...]
A silver gilt mounted jet Manu Fica amulet.
Spanish, mid 17th century.
Measures 5 x 3 x 1.8cm (excluding loose bail).
Manu Fica as protective amulets have been used since the ancient world, i[...]
A silver gilt filigree long chain.
Russian, 18th century.
Measures 91cm in overall length.
Weighs 81.9 grams.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, Russian men and women of all ranks wore long c[...]
A silver gilt and niello marriage pendant.
Italian, 15th century.
Measures 4.6 x 3.8 x 1.1cm.
To one side the pendant depicts the Virgin and Christ child and to the other a married couple [...]
A coral and gold rosary.
Sicilian, the pendant dates to the first quarter of the 17th century.
The rosary dates to the early 19th century.
The pendant measures 4.3 x 2.6 x 1.5cm excluding loose[...]
A gilt metal and niello hat badge with the marriage of the Virgin.
Italian, circa 1500.
Measures 4.6 x 4.5cm.
The niello plaque depicts the marriage ceremony between Mary and Joseph, a symbol[...]
A silver mounted rock crystal amulet.
German, 16th century.
Measures 4.4 x 3.1 x 1.5cm excluding its loose silver bail.
This rare form of amulet was worn to scare away ill fortune particularl[...]
Beautiful neo-Renaissance style fibula in silver and gold applications. It is decorated with mother-of-pearl and an emerald. rare French work, with the boar's and goldsmith's mark. Very good condition[...]
A large glazed silver pendant containing a wooden sculpture of Saint Anthony of Padua.
Spanish Colonial, late 17th - early 18th century.
Measures 10.5 x 4.5 x 1.8cm (height measured excluding [...]
An enamelled gold slide set with a coral cameo of Christ
French, mid 17th century, the coral cameo of Christ is Sicilian and dates to the first half of the 17th century
Measures 4.3 x 3.3cm[...]
Gold and enamel pendant with Christ and the Virgin. French, 17th century.
A gold and enamel double sided devotional pendant painted with the busts of Christ and the Virgin.
Probably originally a p[...]
Châtelaine in silver and Châtelaine pocket watch: in 800 silver and 585 (14 k) pink gold, representing a cupid supporting a silver anchor chiselled in the round in arabesque frames, neo-Renaissance st[...]
Beautiful pendant, turned into brooch, silver and silver gilt chiselled, enamelled of bright colors, front and back, recto encased of fine stones, ending with baroque pearl.
Subject inspired by the R[...]
Important cameo on shell of the late nineteenth century. Beautiful romantic representation of a Renaissance couple. A note: a micro égrenure on the reverse (see photo n °).
Grand agate cameo in four layers.
Renaissance era.
Italian job.
"Cupid teasing Venus"
This is therefore a large agate cameo representing cupid in the guise of a winged cherub fun to tease and t[...]
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