Antique Art Nouveau Almeric Walter Antique Pâte De Verre Silver Pendant, France

This beautiful round piece of gold coloured pâte de verre depicting a winged scarab was created around 1900, probably in Nancy, France. It is mounted in a square belt buckle...

This very charming Art Nouveau pendant has been made round about 1900 in Austria. Five articulated round diamonds are supended from a frame in the shape of an apple. Two of the dang...

Very rare silver chatelaine with a needle case in the shape of a cross. The hook of the chatelaine is decorated with a flower bouquet ia vase.

This unique and extremely rare antique purse is made out of fire guilt metal. The pouch is decorated with six oval and one round painting on glas imitating roman micro...

This beautiful early Provençal rose diamond cross is a rare and highly collectable jewel. Twenty three rose cut stones are mounted in silver in clos...

This finely modelled and extremely rare French Art Nouveau ring features two entwined irises and two flower buds surrounding a fine white orien...

Haskell coral red pate de verre bead necklace and earrings suite mixed with gilded filigree findings and pastes.
Earrings have adjustable clip back fittings. 1940s USA.
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A necessity during the Victorian Era, hat pins not only balanced precarious hats atop piles of hair but also moonlighted as weapons against overzealous gentlemen. Though teetering ha...

Fabulous Chanel moghul inspired belt of paisley forms set with hundreds of hand poured glass cabochons. An extraordinary wonder of craftsmanship and desi...

Piel Frères Art Nouveau double prong buckle circa 1900. Of rich matte gilt bronze foliage and japanned silver plated blooming poppies with matte gilt detai...

Coco Chanel Byzatine style segmented belt of poured glass elements in signature ruby and emerald pate de verre glass links. 1950's France, made by Stu...

BADGE WITH ST. JAMES THE GREAT Northern Spain, 16th century Silver, jet Weight 18.2 grams; dimensions 44 × 43 × 12 mm Round pendant with high-relief image of St. James the Great of Santiago de Compostela carved in jet. The saint is flanked by two pilgrims (their heads defaced); each holds a staff and rosary in his hand. Silver mount with plain flat backplate, corded wire surround and toothed edge as setting. Four pendant loops for sewing onto a hat or cloak. According to the Roman naturalist Pliny, jet, the material of which this pin was made, prevented snakebite and was “thrown up by the sea.” The first quality would certainly have been reassuring for a pilgrim who owned this object and who had to make long journeys over unfamiliar terrain. The second quality made jet an especially fitting material to honor St. James, given that his body arrived in Spain mysteriously, carried there “by the sea” from the Holy Land. Santiago de Compostela was a major center for jet carving from the late Middle Ages, and highly polished jet was a desirable and common material for pilgrimage souvenirs. One even finds scallop shells, the pilgrim’s badge...