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Antique French 18K Gold Thimble, Circa 1870
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Antique French 18K Gold Thimble, Circa 1870
BF267

This is a beautiful 18 karat yellow gold antique French thimble. It bears the French eagle’s head hallmark indicating that the thimble is made of 18 karat gold, and the maker’s mark of Jacob Levy of Paris, circa 1870 (see Dictionnaire des poincons de fabricants d’ouvrages d’or et d’argent, No.02578). The thimble is meticulously crafted with a scallop shaped chased and engraved scroll and foliate motif border, centering an unengraved heart shaped cartouche for engraving a monogram. This is a tr... Click for details

$1,200
Antique Jeweled Silver Gilt Pill Box Austrian C.  1890
Antique Jeweled Silver Gilt Pill Box Austrian C. 1890
AN395

This is a lovely silver gilt pill box embellished with emerald, ruby, and diamond chips with small seed pearls. This shaped trapezoidal box has elegant Rococo curves. The sides are decorated with a lovely flower and scroll band against a stippled background. The hinged lid has sides with bands of zig-zag decoration and the top is decorated with a central eagle, whose body is studded with diamonds and wings studded with rubies. The eagle is surrounded by scrolls and leaves and flowers that ar... Click for details

$550.00
Antique 18k Gold Micro Mosaic Brooch Italian Circa 1880
Antique 18k Gold Micro Mosaic Brooch Italian Circa 1880
874

This is a gorgeous 18 karat gold micro mosaic pendant brooch in the archeological revival style with extraordinary detail. This circular brooch has a wonderfully detailed micro mosaic panel depicting two birds each with a leafy branch with berries against a white background with a wide gold frame with rope-twisted borders and with inset panels and roundels of micro mosaics in a geometric design of blue, pinkish red, and white tiles that form a star and zig-zag pattern. The fine detail of this br... Click for details

$3,800.00
Micro Mosaic Plaque Mythology Scene Circa 1870
Micro Mosaic Plaque Mythology Scene Circa 1870
BD483

This is a truly exceptional, museum-quality large framed micro mosaic plaque depicting the fresco "Aurora and the Hours", a masterpiece painted by the Italian artist Guido Reni in the early 17th century and exhibited in a famous Roman palace. It is a magnificent example of the art of micro mosaic work at its very best and has been superbly and skillfully crafted to the very highest standards imaginable. The subject matter shown in the original painting has been expertly and masterfully recrea... Click for details

$80,000.00
Micro Mosaic Scenic Plaque Of Rome Circa 1870
Micro Mosaic Scenic Plaque Of Rome Circa 1870
BD484

This is a superb quality large framed micro mosaic depiction of the Roman Forum, skillfully made to the very highest standards from assorted miniature pieces of colored stone. The myriad and perfectly matched pieces have been expertly assembled to create an exquisite and extraordinarily detailed rendering of the Roman Forum comprising beautifully life-like renditions of the Temple of Vespasian, the Arch of Septimius Severus, the remains of the Temple of Saturn, the 3 remaining columns of the Te... Click for details

$65,000.00
German Silver, Ivory And Agate Candy Dish Circa 1900
German Silver, Ivory And Agate Candy Dish Circa 1900
BD479

This is a magnificent museum quality bonbonniere consisting of an agate candy/nut dish banded with German 900 silver and resting upon a fabulous and elaborate silver stand in the Indian style which has been decorated with a pair of elephants with ivory tusks, an ivory figure of Buddha and a pierced silver base inset with turquoise cabochons. The oval dish has been formed from an exceptionally fine quality piece of moss agate with beautiful lacy striations in a lovely rich, deep saturated shade ... Click for details

$16,500.00







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