Statement Rings

When you’ve been buying jewelry for as long as I have, you might find that what excites you most is the unusual! When I came across this bespoke French wedding set, I was excited to my toes.

This set of two contains a hand crafted silver stud plaque (to be worn in a button hole) and a matching silver brooch. The stud features a wolf hound in profile sporting a blue collar and was doubtlessly hand crafted as a special order for it’s original groom and the matching brooch shows the same pup with a pink color, made for the bride.

The two pieces are the same size, they measures 28.6 mm across and 19.6 mm top to bottom, tougher they weigh 17.5 grams. This wonderful set is hallmarked with ‘HR’ and “Bte” (short for ‘brevetè’ or ‘patented’) and also with “SGDG” (which is ‘Sans Garantie Du Gouvernement’ which means that the government was not liable for the working of the piece). This French made set tests as silver and dates to about 1860-70.

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If there was an iconic English ring that was made during the last years of the Victorian and early years of the Edwardian era, it was this one. Graver set with three gems, variations on this theme included all diamonds, emeralds and diamonds, rubies and diamonds and of course sapphires and diamonds. They make excellent stacking rings, mix and match your colors, or wear all the same. They make excellent wedding bands, for men and ladies, you really can’t go wrong in any way with a ring like this one, it’s just a classic!

This wonderful ring is set with three round faceted Old European cut diamonds which add up to .15 carats in total of winking, bright white diamonds. This ring is marked with a full set of English Hallmarks which indicate that it was made in Birmingham, England in 1912 of 18 karat gold, it also has the makers mark ‘W.L’. This ring measures 6.7 mm from north to south at the widest part and sits 2.2 mm off the finger, it narrows to 3 mm at the back of the band. This size 8.5 ring weighs 4.9 grams.

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Some pieces I buy on a pure, girly, bubble gum, princess fantasy level. Because, let’s face it, sometimes a girl just needs something sparkly and fabulous to get her through the day. Dropping off the kids, picking up the kids, doing load after load of laundry, feeding the dog (because does anyone else remember to feed the dog?); these things are all made a little bit easier when a girl’s got a good manicure and a ring like this on her finger. It’s equally excellent for romantic dates with the hubs, cocktails on Thirsty Thursday with the ladies, and if you’re so inclined, this one would be quite at home at the Academy Ball, dancing through the halls of the Bellevue in a frosty ball gown.

This early Art Deco beauty was hand crafted in platinum in about 1915. The star of the show is a gorgeous sugarloaf cut of velvety sapphire in the most amazing bright blue hue. This rich, gorgeous stone has been graded by AGL as a natural, unheated stone which is Cambodian in origin and weighs approximately 6.35 carats. The sapphire is surrounded by 48 mine cut and early single cut diamonds of E-G color and VS1-I1 clarity which add up to 1.3 carats in total weight, stones that wink and sparkle with every move you make. The ring is a size 8.25 and could be sized to suit. It weighs 7.8 grams.

Not a simple bauble, but a once-in-a-lifetime, you’ve-been-a-very-good-girl kind of ring. This ring comes with an AGL certification on the stone and a full appraisal by a GIA Master Gemologist. The insurance replacement value of this ring is $45,000 USD.

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This is the kind of jewel that I like to wear. It’s unique, it’s beautiful, it’s got great lines and it can go from daytime to nighttime without a second thought.

Hand crafted in about 1900-1910, this wonderful silver bauble has loads of Arts and Crafts character and just enough color. The necklace is set with a green gem Jasper gem which measures 15 x 5.5 x 3.4 mm and has one, 9.1 mm river pearl hanging from the bottom. The pendant part of this gorgeous 16.5" necklace measures 50.3 mm north to south and 40.3 mm across and the whole thing weighs 11.2 grams.

Throw it on with jeans and a Tee or dress up a sundress, the perfect jewel to take along on vacation because you can wear it the whole time, something this lovely never gets old.

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This wonderful hand crafted French pendant features Jesus on one side as a man and on the reverse shows the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus on her lap, both wearing crowns.

This wonderful pendant is octagonal and measures 24.1 mm from top to bottom and 16.3 mm across. The piece is marked on the top bale with the French eagles head mark indicating its 18 karat gold content and also has a French makers mark. This lovely pendant weighs 1.3 grams. Made in France around 1920.

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Compacts were becoming popular around the turn of the 20th century. However, makeup wasn’t entirely socially acceptable. If a lady ventured into a beauty store, she would try and sneak in through the back. Some boutiques had secret hidden doors for the most important of the clientele. The idea of blending blush onto your cheeks in public was absurd. So, the clever women of the time decided to hide their powders, creams, and rouge in witty ways. Makeup could be found in pendants, like this piece, brooches, pocketbooks, bangles, and even walking sticks. Lipsticks could be found hidden away in the handle of a hairbrush!

This fantastic compact doubles as a locket. Hand crafted and set with a beautiful mother of pearl pansy on the front, this lovely piece is hallmarked as having been made in 1907. The compact contains it’s original downy puff and would have held powder, likely highly scented. The pendant measures 59.8 mm from top to bottom and 49.4 mm across, it’s 10.4 mm thick and weighs 23.6 grams. Open it up and you’ll find a gilded interior and small mirror set into the lid. The compact is hallmarked on the inside with marks showing that it was made in Birmingham, England in 1907, it also has the makers mark of ‘CS & FS’ for the firm of Conelium Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings Shepherd whose mark was first registered in 1893 and who worked in Birmingham, Chester and London.

The Edwardian era was the beginning of making makeup and compacts culturally acceptable. Even makeup counters were (slowly) being introduced to stores. Women spent hours applying creams to their skin as skin care was the most important aspect of the makeup routine. Rouge for those rosy cheeks, matchsticks for those smoky eyes, eyebrow pencils for that thin brow line, and plotting paper for a light complexion were the mainstays of the era.

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When Jackie Kennedy came across her famous Sunburst brooch in the window of an antique jewelry shop in London, she knew she had to have it. Yet, even though she was the wife of the President, she didn’t have the $50,000 to buy it. So, she returned to America after making the shop owner promise to hold it for her. In order to buy the piece that had captured her heart, she sold off some other jewelry from her collection, mostly items given to her by her in-laws, Joe and Rose Kennedy. In an effort not to offend them she had costume copies made of all the jewels she sold. The copies were so good that it wasn’t until after her death that the family even knew which pieces were real and which weren’t.

I imagine a similar sort of tale for this most stunning Victorian paste necklace. This gorgeous piece is clearly a copy that was made from a stunning diamond original. The necklace is completely hand crafted and is bezel and prong set with 208 exquisitely sparkling paste gems. It features 26 floral links which graduate in size and has one bezel set paste in between each flower. The necklace is crafted in sterling silver and the box clasp is hidden in the back. This necklace no doubt echoes it’s diamond predecessor in every way, even down to the fold over safety catch. It is 16.5 inches long and 15.2 mm wide at the widest point, it weighs 50.2 grams. It tests as silver and is marked only with a mysterious ‘8’. Hand crafted in England in about 1870.

This super-sparkly copy could easily be mistaken for the real thing, and just to prove it to myself, I’ve worn it to some fancy events where it’s garnered many a complement and more than a few longing stares!

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“But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief
That thou her maid art far more fair than she.
Be not her maid, since she is envious.
Her vestal livery is but sick and green,
And none but fools do wear it. Cast it off.
It is my lady; O, it is my love!” - William Shakespeare

Written in about 1595, the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet remains one of Shakespeare’s most popular and well known plays. The story is one of star-crossed lovers whose untimely deaths ultimately reconcile their warring families. The play has inspired artists and musicians for millennia, including whoever crafted this most fabulous locket.

This amazing double sided slide locket features two iconic scenes from the play, on one side is shows Juliet leaning over her balcony and on the reverse it showcases the fight between Romeo and Tybalt which ultimate leads to Tybalt’s death. This large locket has French hallmarks and the inside contains two mirrors, one a normal mirror and one slightly convex mirror which shows the whole face. This fully repoussed hand crafted locket measures 66.7 mm from north to south and 38.6 mm across, it’s 8.1 mm thick. Made in France around 1880, this fantastic and unusual locket weighs 29.1 grams.

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This one would fit in well amongst the ladies of Downton Abbey. The Edwardian look, the colors of the day, the subtle opulence, all point to this being a piece made for a lady of means.

This French beauty was hand crafted in about 1900. It is set with pink and green rough, polished tourmaline gems and accented with sparkling rose cut diamonds. The star of this show is the large green tourmaline drop at the front of this stunning necklace, a drop which weighs approximately 115 carats. The other four green tourmalines spaced through the necklace weigh about 52 carats in total. The necklace is further set with three natural pink tourmalines, two rough polished gems which weigh about 18 carats and one round polished pink tourmaline bead which has an estimated weight of 3 carats. The necklace is all done in 18 karat gold and the petal design cap of the main gem is silver topped and set with 22 rose cut diamonds which add up to about .28 carats in total. This antique beauty is 28.5 inches long with a 3 inch drop at the front and weighs 51.29 grams. It has been carefully acid tested as 18 karat gold and sterling silver.

This antique beauty comes with a full appraisal done by a GIA Master Gemologist and has an insurance replacement value of $12,500, please let us know if you’d like to have a copy of this appraisal for review.

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This fantastic hand crafted pendant is so cheery that it just makes me smile! Scandinavian in origin, this beauty was made around 1950 in 830 silver. It measures 39.6 mm from top to bottom and 48 mm across. The pendant is marked on the reverse with ‘830 S’ for the silver content and ‘B?’, possibly a mistrike of BH, for Bernhard Hertz? This pendant weighs 12.5 grams. The beauty of a summer day, yours to wear any time of the year!

A Message From Victoria: Hi everyone! If you visit my site often, you might note that I usually have a story to tell about my pieces. Well, I’ve accumulated a backlog of items and I’m too excited to get them to you to stop and write tales. So, I’m going to go with the idea that a picture is worth a thousand words. Don’t worry though, I’ll get back to my usual descriptions soon. Watch this space!

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Chains are my arch nemesis, they are hard to find and easy to sell and I never seem to have enough of them. So, you can already guess how giddy I was when I came across this fantastic Art Nouveau long guard chain. Giddy. Truly, giddy.

Set with 7 artfully done links showing lilies of the valley, this 55 inch chain was hand crafted around 1900. The fancy links measure 16x7.6 mm and are evenly disbursed throughout the chain. This chain was made in France and is marked with the French boars head mark, the purity mark for silver. As is typical for a long guard chain (usually used to hold a watch), both ends of the chain are attached to the same jump ring, so it doesn’t open like a typical chain, the clasp is meant to hold a watch or bauble, the chain meant to be worn wrapped around the neck. This French beauty weighs 19.1 grams.

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I was an imaginative child and was always enamored with animals of myth, the unicorn, the dragon, the cycles and minotaur. I greedily devoured books and movies like the Chronicles of Narnia and the Lord of the Rings; the Neverending Story was one of my favorites along with the Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. So, I guess it’s not unusual that I would find myself drawn to jeweled representations of these beasts as a grownup!

This fantastic brooch depicts what is probably an Amphiptere, a type of winged serpent which is often seen in European heraldry; the Amphiptere is a beast with wings but no legs and the body of snake, usually covered in feathers. It could also be a Wyvern, but as it’s leg-less I’m thinking it’s likely an Amphiptere. The beast has a creamy white pearl clutched in its jaws. This wonderful piece measures 19.8 mm north to south and is 61.5 mm long, it weighs 8.5 grams. The brooch is marked on the pin stem and clasp, which is typical for French pieces, it bears the eagles head purity mark for 18 karat gold as well as a French makers mark.

This beautifully detailed brooch is finished front and back, it could easily be converted to a necklace upon request.

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The Victorians had a whole secret language of symbolism, flowers, plants, colors, animals, objects like anchors and arrows and crescents all had their own meanings. The clover was one of those with a hidden meaning, it meant ‘think of me’, the perfect sentiment for a locket.

This sweet locket dates to the very end of the Victorian period, and is so wonderfully made. When closed the locket looks like a simply clover pendant with a pearl at its center, but slide it open and it reveals three heart shaped lockets hidden within. I believe the these lockets hold hair at the moment and probably have since its earliest days, but it could be transformed to hold something else. This locket was hand crafted in England around 1900, it’s inscribed to the reverse with two sets of initials in very different styles, likely they were done at different times. The monogram of ‘MOI’ and the initials ‘W.L’ are on the backs of two of the leaves and the third contains a date, ‘Feb: 16th 1904’, when the locket is open it reveals from the reverse a mark of ’15’ for 15 karat gold, of which it’s created. The locket measures 32.3 mm top to bottom and 27 mm across, it’s 7.8 mm thick. This wonderful locket is quite hefty and weighs 8.7 grams.

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Peridot is the only gemstone found in meteorites. Granted this particularly lovely bright olive green emerald-cut Peridot is most likely Earth-made, but I find it fascinating to think of all those big chunks of rock flying through the cosmos with these lovely green crystals along for the ride. Is is just coincidence that Kryptonite looks a little like Peridot? I think not.

This wonderful bright green peridot is the star of this sparkling ring. Hand crafted around 1910, this lovely and lively stone measures 7.5 x 7 x 3.2 mm and weighs about 1.25 carats. Overall the face of this ring measures 14 mm north to south and 10 mm across, and the shoulders are adorned with golden bows. This size 5.5 ring weighs 3.6 grams and is marked inside the band with ’18k’. I think that this lovely ring is American in origin.

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I do have a weak spot for jewelry with a secret. Inscribed rings that hide a lovers sentiment, lockets with pressed flowers or old photographs of mysterious people. I especially have a weakness for pieces like this one, a regular looking fob with a hidden locket that opens to reveal a beautifully plated lock of hair.

This handsome bloodstone fob is carved with an armored arm protruding from an ornate crown and holding a menacing sword or dagger. The casing is 15 karat gold and the fob is hinged at one side and swings open to reveal a beveled crystal with ornately woven hair underneath. This wonderful and unusual fob measures 27 mm high and the face measures 15.5x13.5 mm, the bloodstone is 13x11 mm, and the fob weighs 7.4 grams. We’ve acid tested this one as it’s unmarked.

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An art form handed down from the early Greeks and Romans, the cameo regained popularity in the fifteenth and sixteenth century revivals of Europe. Queen Victoria’s love of cameos combined with the burgeoning middle class of the Industrial revolution brought cameos of all kinds to Victorian England.

These wonderful cameo earrings feature classical profiles, one a man and one a woman, the two facing each other. It's most likely that these two are Zeus and Hera, the original 'power couple'. The beautifully detailed carvings are done in shell and set in 9 karat gold twisted wire frames. They would originally have had wires at the top but these have been replaced with post style tops. The earrings measure 27.1 x 17.8 x 9.1 mm and while unmarked they have been acid tested for gold purity. Together these earrings weigh 6.8 grams.

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Shhhh…you don’t have to tell, you know that I won’t. With the glitter of diamonds and the rich buttery yellow of gold, this necklace looks as opulent and ornate as they come. Thing is… it’s not! Set with marcasites that sparkle like pricier gems, and crafted in silver that’s been gilded in gold, this necklace has the look of all that glamour without the price tag!

Each panel of this wonderful, fringy necklace is beautifully hand crafted with twisted wirework and set with sparkling marcasite gems. The largest of the panels measures 20.8 x 17.8 mm and they graduate down in size to the smallest at 16.2 x 15.7 mm. The necklace is 17 inches long and weighs 14.4 grams. This necklace is marked ‘silver’ and ‘German’, and was made in Germany around 1910.

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Faith doesn’t have to shout, sometimes it can be even more righteous when it whispers. This beautifully carved and wonderfully warm rock crystal cross is the perfect example.

Hand crafted in rock crystal, this simple cross is topped with an 18 karat gold jump ring and bale and glows and glitters when it meets any kind of light. The cross measures 64 mm from top to bottom and 29.4 mm across. It was made around 1880 and is in excellent condition despite its many years. The cross weighs 5.1 grams, a lovely and pious symbol of the faith that speaks loudest to your heart.

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Named for their resemblance to the gates at Buckingham Palace in London, bracelets like this one became very popular in the late Victorian era. Gate bracelets were made in many different styles, from simple to intricate, sometimes even set with stones. This one caught my eye because of the wonderful wide width of it and also because of the intricate pattern of the bars that gives it extra depth and beauty.

Completely hand crafted around 1900 in England, this gate bracelet was made with an eye to exquisite detail. The bracelet is 8 inches long and closes securely with the heart lock clasp. The lock is marked 9c for 9 karat gold, which is what both lock and bracelet are created from. This bracelet has a silky soft feel and a lovely weight, it weighs 27.6 grams. The bracelet is 19.7 mm wide, the lock measures 23.6 x 16.2 x 3.4 mm. It has a safety chain to keep the lock from falling off.

Gate bracelets like this one are so imminently wearable, once you put this one on, you might never take it off!

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In 1781, the British Army, led by Lord Charles Cornwallis, surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown in Virginia. It was October, 1871, the woods around Yorktown must have been bright with the oranges and reds of a Virginia Autumn as they rang with musket-fire. When the women came out to help the wounded, one or more of them may have been wearing a ring just like this one.

Hand crafted around 1780, this fantastic cross is set with six flat cut garnets set in 12 karat gold. It is further set with four natural river pearls. All of the garnets are deeply set with closed backs and care should be taken to keep this cross dry as the foil behind the stones can rust if it gets very wet. The stones average 7.5x6.5 mm and the cross overall measures 51.1 mm from top to bottom and 34.8 mm across. I couldn’t tell you where this one was made, I purchased it in London and it’s possible that it’s English in origin. This cross weighs 4.5 grams, it is unmarked but has been carefully acid tested.

This early cross is a real beauty and is loaded with history!

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This early ring has wonderful panache and a great play of color. The stones are green garnets backed with very early green glass, called doublets, done to enhance the color of the stones and make them appear this wonderful lush green. The ring is set with three doublets and six natural river pearls. This beautifully hand crafted ring is done in 12 karat gold and was probably made around 1850-60. The ring measures 12 mm north to south and 13 mm across at the face and sits 4.7 mm off the finger. This beautiful ring weighs 1.9 grams and is a size 6.6, it would be very difficult if not impossible to resize this one as it’s so lightly made and so old. This unmarked ring is locket backed, it would originally have held hair at the back. It is unmarked but has been carefully acid tested to verify the gold content.

A Message From Victoria: Hi everyone! If you visit my site often, you might note that I usually have a story to tell about my pieces. Well, I’ve accumulated a backlog of items and I’m too excited to get them to you to stop and write tales. So, I’m going to go with the idea that a picture is worth a thousand words. Don’t worry though, I’ll get back to my usual descriptions soon. Watch this space!

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Whenever I go to list an item on my website, I select the basic outline of what it is from a saved drop down menu, Antique>Victorian>Fine>Locket for example. Just now when I went to put up these fantastic earrings, I realized that I didn’t have a saved menu for Art Nouveau earrings. This means that I’ve never listed a pair, that’s how rare and unusual they are!

These beauties were hand crafted around 1900 and are so wonderfully light and full of life and movement. Each one is set with a round faceted amethyst at the top and an oval faceted amethyst in the drop, the amethyst at the tops are .15 carats each and the oval ones are .25 carats each for a total weight in amethyst of .8 carats, the pearl drops measure about 2 mm each. The earrings are 39.5 mm from top to bottom and 10.2 mm across and are marked ‘9ct’ on the reverse for 9 karat gold. Together they weigh 1.7 grams.

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The Royal Order of the Garter was founded in the fourteenth century by King Edward the Third. It was, and still is, the most prestigious order of Chivalry in the United Kingdom, along with the Victoria Cross and George Cross, and is the oldest national order of knighthood in the world. The symbol of the order is the buckled garter.

This fantastic and large Scottish brooch is a wonderful example of the Order. At the center of the brooch is an engraved shield and surrounding it is a large garter with a smooth buckle and elaborately engraved edges. Simple yet stunning, this brooch would be just as lovely on a man as a woman. It is completely unmarked but tests as sterling. The reverse has a ring at the top which probably originally held a safety chain. This impressive brooch measures 61.4 mm from top to bottom and 51.4 mm across, it weighs 29.4 grams. Made in Great Britain in about 1860-70.

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Before gold was easily and widely available, jewelers had to be talented and creative to make what the had go as far as it could. When it came to jewelry with a ‘chunky’ look, like this bracelet, they had to first roll the gold into a thin sheet and then form it into a tube, usually using pitch as the filling in the center. Then the tube would be cut into equal lengths and each length formed into a link, when it was assembled it would be gently heated to allow the pitch to flow out. The result was a piece which looked heavy and opulent and yet was actually light weight and very durable.

Hand crafted in 9 karat gold in about 1890, this lovely bracelet is embossed on the top of every other link and can be worn with the embossed side up or flip it over for a perfectly smooth look. The links are 11x13x5 mm each and the fully engraved lock that closes the bracelet is 18x29.3x3.6 mm; the lock is engraved with an ivy leaf design, a motif that bears the sentiment ‘I cling to thee’. This bracelet is a generous 8 inches in length and weighs 22.4 grams. The links are marked with ‘9c’ for the gold content as is the lock, the lock also has the makers mark ’S. Bros’.

I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.

I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!