Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$900.00
$900.00
Fun and unusual earrings of Whitby jet with a jet ball hanging below carved Whitby jet florets. Whitby Jet is fossilized coal mined in Whitby, England in the 19th century and made into jet jewelry, used at the time for to create jewelry. It was truly a cottage industry, with men extracting the jet from the mines and turning the precious material over to woodworkers, who hand turned and carved the jet into smooth forms. The jewelry would then go to the women to polish, finish, and assemble the p...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$900.00
$900.00
This is a long silver watch chain with alternating lengths of longer and shorter fetter links. For the better part of the nineteenth century, chains were fashioned laboriously using hand-working skills. A fetter link refers to a longer link which was used to reduce the number of links needed to fabricate a chain, thereby cutting down on the labor. The longer links are polished smooth while the shorter links have an interesting texture.
If you appreciate chains that are fully fabricated by ...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$900.00
$900.00
Our keeper ring once had hallmarks but they are worn off, so we are estimating this ring to be from the late 1890's. Our ring has plaited gold work on the underside, a work of art of itself. A "Keeper" ring is a snug fitting ring worn to prevent the loss of a more valuable ring by keeping the larger ring from sliding off.
Keeper rings were also known as magic, or illusion rings, because of the illusion created by rotating the band causing it to appear to widen, to narrow, then to widen again...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1800
item #1180341
(stock #SR8088)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$895.00
$895.00
c. 1790, 8"H. Condition: excellent
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1180270
(stock #SR8098)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$890.00
$890.00
c. 1780. Priced at $ 890.00 each. Condition: excellent
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1180271
(stock #SR8095)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$890.00
$890.00
c. 1780, 3"W x 5"H. Condition: excellent
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$875.00
$875.00
Classical Victorian hallmarked bangle bracelet with three rows of tiny fleurons and X shaped patterns running horizontally across the bangle with reeding in between. Our bracelet is hallmarked 1883 Birmingham and is in pristine condition. It is approximately 1/8 inch deep, 1 inch wide, and measures a fairly ample 7 3/4 inch in diameter, suitable for most any size wrist.
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$870.00
$870.00
HM 1916 Birmingham, our Victorian "message" ring with the word "Mizpah" engraved on either side (Miz on one side of the turquoise forget-me-not and Pah on the other side) is an example of the romantic message jewelry that was so popular in the era. The word Mizpah is a Hebrew word that symbolizes the bond between two people separated by an act of war or other forced estrangement. The message comes from a quote in the Old Testament book of Genesis and reads "And Mizpah; for he said, the Lord watc...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$850.00
$850.00
This enchanting ruby band ring has 5 rubies displayed in a linear formation along the face of the polished gold band, which has a gold "leaf" carved into the band that in a charming manner appears to be "reaching" around to capture the gemstone mounted face of the ring. Our 15K Edwardian ruby band ring is hallmarked Birmingham for the year 1907. It has a maker's mark of "L BROTHERS". The ring weighs 2.1 grams and is a size US 7 3/4.
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$845.00
$845.00
This is a sterling silver Victorian chain with a fine link intertwined with 9K ornamental gold balls that add interest and color. The gold balls are spaced evenly and symmetrically around the chain, as they should be, on a properly fabricated chain. We have attempted to show this in the photos. AT 55 inches long, it will hang 2 or 3 times around the neck. Because of the combination of gold and silver used together in this chain, it can be worn with gold or silver pendants (note the large bolt ri...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR
item #1180267
(stock #SR8103)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$825.00
$825.00
c.1810, 8"L x 8"W. Condition: excellent
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR
item #1180401
(stock #SR8009)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$825.00
$825.00
This impressively hand painted pattern was the one chosen by Lord Nelson for his dinner service, 7 1/4" DIAM. Condition: excellent
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1180259
(stock #SR8112)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$800.00
$800.00
c. 1780. Saucer: 4 3/4" diameter. Cup: 3"diameter x 1 3/4" Height. Condition: excellent
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$800.00
$800.00
still need a description for this one and trocadero does not let me move on if description is not longer than title
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$800.00
$800.00
This is a rare example of the remarkable talent behind the wonderful Austrian Bronze handmade, hand painted bronze miniature figurines which were made around the turn of the 20th century in foundries in Austria and Vienna. Austrian bronzes are individually cast from sand molds used only once, then sculpted and cold painted by hand with several coats of a special and secretive type of enamel paint, resulting in very detailed and life like miniature figures. Our spider, approximately 1 inch square...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$800.00
$800.00
Bold and avant-garde, these silver cufflinks were set by hand with onyx and silver and with their classic rectangle on rectangle design, look like they might have been made today, and not 7 decades ago. Perfect for the office or a any occasion, our cufflinks are hallmarked and attributed to Antonio Pineda, an internationally renowned Mexican silversmith and jewelry artist who plied his trade in Taxco, Mexico. Apprenticed to the renown William Spratling in the early 1930s, Antonio emerged from t...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$800.00
$800.00
Delightful Victorian deep blue Vauxhall glass bug will be wonderful to wear for dress up or casual events. Vauxhall mirrored glass jewelry was made at the Vauxhall Glassworks in the outskirts of London, as a way of using their extra shards of mirror glass. It was sold to courting couples at the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, and became immensely popular for its intense colors and the exceptional quality of the glass. During the Darwin period, any type of insect was popular, including bees, bugs, and...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$790.00
$790.00
This link bracelet is very special because the silver gilt forms the shape of pansies. C. 1920 THEODORE FAHRNER, 7 1/2"L x 1/2"H, $ 790. Condition: excellent