Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
Sentimental sterling bangle bracelet bearing the biblical Mizpah inscription, signifying an emotional bond between two people physically separated due to acts of war or other calamities. It would typically be given by a lover about to be parted from his beloved. The word "Mizpah" is in raised lettering while the engraved inscription "The Lord When Between We are Me & Absent One Thee From Another" is inscribed beneath. The inscription is flanked by a carved shield and a single flower with attache...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$4,200.00
$4,200.00
Substantial 4 coiled 18K Snake Ring with rubies and diamonds of increasing sizes along the head of the ring. The 4 bands wind around the ring terminating in a flourish of the snake's tail. An outstanding snake ring, from the carefully chosen rubies and diamonds which are graduated in size and placed in a carved "tail" which echoes the graduated size of the snake's head, to the substantial coverage the ring provides.
The ring has a maker's mark of NBS, is a size 9 ½ and weighs over 10 gr...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
The birthstone for December, this antique five-stone turquoise ring, with its smooth, sky blue, nicely matched stones, is 15K and hallmarked Chester, 1907. Turquoise was thought to have talisman properties and to bring good fortune to the wearer. The ring is a size 7.5
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$3,060.00
$3,060.00
Lovely 18K five stone opal ring with five perfect blue-tinged translucent Australian opals set in an embellished gold setting. Eight tiny diamonds nest between the opals. The ring is hallmarked Sheffield and dates to 1870. This is the opal ring you have been looking for. It is a size 8 3/4.
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$975.00
$975.00
It's an adorable miniature inkstand in pewter. Wonderful for a dollhouse. circa 1900.
Condition: excellent Height: 1.75 inches Width: 1 inch
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR
item #1180263
(stock #SR8108)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$725.00
$725.00
Mason's originated this patten. These are marked Newstone # 2862. c.1820, 9 1/2" diameter. Priced at $ 725.00 each. Condition: excellent
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1800
item #1180261
(stock #SR8110)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$455.00
$455.00
c. 1770, 6 1/2"L x 1 3/4"W x 4" Height. Condition: excellent
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,465.00
$1,465.00
Lava cameo brooch of Demeter (known to the Romans as Ceres) with a crown of wheat sheaves in her hair. The gold openwork bezel is of 12K and is pointed around the frame, a nice detail, and rather unusual, on the gold work. The brooch was possibly a souvenir from Italy acquired by a traveler on the European Grand Tour. There is an unreadable signature scratched into the reverse of the cameo.
The goddess of agriculture, Demeter was perhaps the most important as she made everything grow and ripe...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1180258
(stock #SR8113)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,975.00
$1,975.00
Lowestoft soft-paste teabowl and saucer in the Schoolhouse pattern.
c. 1780. Saucer: 4 3/4" diameter. Cup: 3"diameter x 1 3/4" Height. 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
$2,100.00
$2,100.00
Our marquis shaped 18K ring, carved in the shape of the pointed oval and emblematic of the gothic arch, has twelve old-cut rubies and a central cabochon opal accented with rose diamonds. The ring is a "marquis within a marquis" in the way the rubies form the outside border of another border of gold trim, which forms a marquis shape that encloses the cabochon opal and accent diamonds. The pointed oval suggests that this ring was styled in the manner of the gothic revival.
The gold band is unus...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR
item #1180256
(stock #SR8119)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$950.00
$950.00
c.1810, 11" x 7 1/2". Condition: excellent
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item #1180253
(stock #SR8125)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$375.00
$375.00
Mason's popular pattern in a hard to find soup plate, 9 1/4" diameter. Condition: excellent
Unusual 15K gold memorial ring depicting an urn in hair paint, surrounded by alternating rose diamonds and amethysts. The enameled band reads "John Jenkins died 20 Feb 1780". The back of the ring is engraved "In loving one sincerely there is great merit".
Condition: excellent
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$5,900.00
$5,900.00
Colorful depiction of a peasant girl graces this micromosaic brooch purchased during the Grand Tour and brought back to England to be set in an elaborate 18K bezel decorated with grapes and leaves. The glass tesserae are set in malachite.
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$4,500.00
$4,500.00
This spectacular mourning band is of black enamel with accents of white enamel and bordered in gold accents. With its breathtaking miniature painting of a young girl, this ring is a fine example of the neoclassical influences of the Georgian period on mourning jewelry. The heavy graphic representations of death so prevalent before this time no longer suited the lightness of the Georgian era. The urns painted in gold over white enamel, the garland or wreath surround, are all examples of the neocl...
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item #1180246
(stock #SR8137)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$595.00
$595.00
c. 1800. Cup: 3 1/2" diameter x 2 1/4"Height. Saucer: 5 1/2" diameter. Color over Adam Buck style bat prints. Condition: excellent
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item #1180245
(stock #SR8138)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$350.00
$350.00
c. 1820. Cup: 3 1/4" diameter x 2 1/4"Height. Saucer: 5 1/2" diameter. Color over Adam Buck style bat prints. Condition: excellent
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item #1180238
(stock #SR8150)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$580.00
$580.00
c. 1810. 6 1/4" x 8". Condition: excellent
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item #1180236
(stock #SR8152)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$480.00
$480.00
c. 1800. Cup: 3 1/4" diameter x 2 7/8" height. Saucer: 5 1/4" diameter. Condition: excellent
Early 19th century Berlin Iron bracelets with a floral motif and cameo clasps of Psyche and Cupid. Berlin Iron jewelry is highly prized for is intricate work and rarity. During the Napoleonic Wars wealthy Germans gave their precious jewels for the war effort and substituted them with iron jewelry. Some of the pieces were inscribed "Gold gab ich fur Eisen" meaning "I gave gold for iron". Today these pieces are as desirable as in the early 1800's. The bracelets measure 6 5/8" long and 2" at th...
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item #1180338
(stock #SR8090)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,290.00
$1,290.00
c. 1820, 6 1/4" H. Condition: excellent
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item #1180234
(stock #SR8154)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,950.00
$1,950.00
c. 1810. 3 1/2" W x 6 1/2" L x 5" H. With two very small chips. Condition: excellent
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$920.00
$920.00
Victorian Pietra Dura earrings of a butterfly, set in 9K gold. Pietra dura is a form of micro-mosaic made with pieces of hard stone such as agate, and cemented into black marble. It is also known as Florentine mosaic as Florence, Italy was the center of manufacture of these wonderful pieces. Red is a particularly rare color to find in Pietra dura. The earrings are set onto 14K ear wires.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1920
item #1180747
(stock #SR490)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,165.00
$1,165.00
This sterling pin cushion in the form of a swan, is hallmarked Chester, 1911.
Condition: excellent Height: 1.5 inches Width: 2 inches
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$2,180.00
$2,180.00
The term "pique" comes from the French word "piquer" (to prick) and describes a method of inlaying gold or silver onto tortoiseshell. The craft was discovered and perfected in the 17th century by the French Huguenots. The Huguenots later taught the craft to English jewelry artisans. These classical pique earrings with their Greek key design, are a perfect example of the sophistication, polish, depth and natural beauty of pique jewelry. The crafting of pique jewelry was a true art form, and the t...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$9,390.00
$9,390.00
8K eighteenth-century portrait ring under crystal of Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. Miniature portraits were painted on vellum or ivory and given as tokens of love to husbands and wives or parents and children. Portrait rings with diamond bezels, such as ours, reflect the importance of the subject. The paintings would be commissioned to the leading miniature portrait artists of the day. Sarah Churchill had a close friendship with Queen Anne of England. This ring was likely a love token...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
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Amazing "Queen Anne" amethyst paste earrings set in gilt metal. This style of jewelry has been historically misnamed for Queen Anne, who reigned from 1695 to 1714, as so called Queen Anne jewelry dates to the mid 18th century. The vivid purple paste stones used are faceted as rose cuts. The earrings have back to front fittings and fit close to the earlobe. There is a matching necklace sold separately.
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,020.00
$1,020.00
Silesian wire jewelry is what is known as Historic jewelry. The craft originated with gunsmiths and armor workers in the medieval town of Gleiwitz, Silesia, (formerly Poland, and now part of Germany and Poland), in the late 1700's. After the business of creating ornamentation for armor was no longer, the artisams found others forms for their craft; mirror frames, purses and other ornamentation where iron was used instead of precious metal. Jewelry making soon followed the making of objects out o...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1930
item #1180911
(stock #SR1883)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$520.00
$520.00
This sterling rattle depicting Little Boy Blue is hallmarked Birmingham, 1924.
Condition: excellent
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$16,950.00
$16,950.00
In this stunning suite of necklace and earrings, almandine garnets set in gilt metal are fashioned into a striking pair of earrings and choker with drop, which can be removed. The choker is tied on with a ribbon. Much of the jewelry of this period was set with pastes. These pieces are unusual in that gemstones were used. Though called "Queen Anne", jewelry of this type was actually made some 30 odd years after her reign.
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$4,700.00
$4,700.00
Our poesy ring (spelled posy, posie, or posey) has the deep color of a 22carat ring along with a textured pattern and an interesting inscription "Seale up Secrets" that is both biblical and romantic in substance.
The term "seale up secrets" with its Gothic spelling of seale, refers to the biblical phrase "seal up". In the Bible, the phrase "seal up" is often used to refer to something being kept secure until a specific time. The phrase in essence means secrets (between the wearer and the giv...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$4,500.00
$4,500.00
A renaissance era poesy ring (spelled posy, posie, or posey), the outer ring of our posy has a chequerboard pattern with the darkly romantic inscription "Yours till death". The u in the letter Yours is written as a V because it is based off the Latin alphabet which used the letter V to represent both letters.
Posey rings were popular in France and England between the 1400's and 1700's and were often given as gifts between lovers. Religious messages and messages of love and fidelity were engr...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$600.00
$600.00
Retro set of graduated sterling balls mounted on a flexible wire that fits a small to medium sized wrist. A great bracelet to wear casually with others for a boho "wristwreck" look.
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item #1180765
(stock #SR430)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$450.00
$450.00
This Ridgeway porcelain shell shaped dessert dish is painted in beautiful colors, c. 1825.
Condition: excellent Height: 8 inches Width: 8 inches
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$4,150.00
$4,150.00
This Georgian 18K gold, deeply colored amethyst and diamond ring is circa 1810. Size 8 1/2. Condition: excellent Height: 8.25 inches