Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$3,860.00
$3,860.00
Victorian stickpin of a dog in essex crystal set in an 18K gold frame with a large 9K gold pin. Keep your lovely furry companion with you all day. C. 1870, 1"W x 1 1/4"H, $ 3860. Condition: excellent Height: 1.25 inches Width: 1 inch
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,590.00
$1,590.00
Fine enamel stickpin of a foxhead set in 15K gold that dates back to the Victorian period. C. 1870, 3/4" diameter, $ 1590. Condition: excellent Height: 0.75 inch
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR
item #1180350
(stock #SR8079)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,725.00
$1,725.00
C. 1820, 1 3/4"W x 4 5/8"L x 2"H. Condition: excellent
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item #1180345
(stock #SR8084)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$655.00
$655.00
C. 1820, 2 1/2"W x 6 1/2"L x 1 1/2"H. Condition: excellent
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 : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR
item #1180349
(stock #SR8081)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$665.00
$665.00
C. 1820, 1 3/4"W x 4 1/2"L x 2 1/2"H. Condition: excellent
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR
item #1180353
(stock #SR8073)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,750.00
$1,750.00
c. 1820, 1 3/8" X 2 3/8" X 3/4"Height. Priced at $ 1750.00 each. Condition: excellent
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,560.00
$1,560.00
A rare 2 color English wooden snuff box in the form of a shoe decorated with brass studs and dated 1856. in perfect condition, c1820. Condition: excellent Height: 5.5 inches Width: 1.25 inches
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,285.00
$1,285.00
A Snuff box in the form of a shoe was a convenient form to put in a jacket pocket to carry snuff. This mahogany and brass studded shoe dates to 1860
Condition: excellent Height: 3 inches
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,350.00
$1,350.00
This snuff box in the form of a shoe, c1860, is mahogany.
Condition: excellent
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,150.00
$1,150.00
Wonderful silver cuff depicting a classical arch design including rose gold flowers and yellow gold arches with etched tendrils growing in between. There is a Vaughton's Patent trademark inscription on the inside. Vaughton's was an English manufacturer in Birmingham, still in existence, which made silver jewelry to appeal to all classes of society, including the "working" girl. The small silver balls gracing the bottom and the larger ball placed atop where each arch meets are a nice touch.
Brac...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,150.00
$1,150.00
Lovely early Victorian sterling silver paste pendant with a border of paste stones and royal blue enamel, most likely was a pendant given as a gift to a loved one. The beautiful blue color represented innocence and virtue and was probably given to a young woman by her suitor. Women adored their paste jewelry as much as their diamonds, so the use of paste stones indicates this was likely owned by a member of the "upper crust". The pendant is approximately 1 1/4 inches.
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,435.00
$1,435.00
A lovely pair of white paste earrings closed back set in silver gilt. Approximately 18 MM or .7 inches in width, these well scaled earrings can be dressed up or down. Made of "paste", a special glass and lead formula originating from George Ravenscroft, a London glassmaker, during the 17th century and perfected by a French jeweler Georges Strass in the 18th century. Each "paste" was handcarved to fit the setting. Paste has become very collectible and desirable and can no longer be made today. T...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
The rare fob pendant that is 3 pieces in 1; it includes a beautiful large niello dog clip which attaches to 3 niello links which further attaches to a 2 compartment round locket, .75 inches in diameter.. Long and elegant, the dog clip allows you to connect the pendant from any metal chain. The beauty of niello is that the colors work equally well with yellow gold, rose gold, silver, or even a niello chain. The locket has 2 compartments from which to hold photos.
This niello technique derives...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$300.00
$300.00
Sigi is short for Sigfredo Pineda, who set up his own workshop in the 1950's and is still producing modernist jewelry. He apprenticed under Castillo, not William Spratling as he was born somewhat later, in 1929. He is the sole surviving member of the Taxco silversmith artist colony startedby William Spratling in the 30's and 40's.
We love the clean and modern design of these wonderful coiled cufflinks.
Bullet-back closures mean these can turn 360 degrees on their hinge and fit through any...
Our Victorian silver arrow brooch is handcrafted with a high degree of skill insuring the stone is perfectly and painstakingly carved to fit its mount. The warm colors of the Scottish agate and the matte finish all combine to make this a wonderful brooch.
The arrow was an important Victorian motif representing protection from danger; thus the arrow symbolized maintaining and protecting life. This 19th century brooch has an unusually modern look, without any distracting ornamentation to take ...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$775.00
$775.00
The agate that comprises our Victorian flower cluster brooch is handcrafted with a high degree of skill and meticulously carved to fit its sterling silver mount. With a singular focus on the agate’s natural beauty and no distracting ornamentation, our 19th century brooch has a surprisingly modern look. Both the towns of Edinburgh and Birmingham made agate jewelry a specialty of their workshops, of which our flower cluster is a fine example.
Similar brooches are featured in the jewelry book...
Porcelain hound head whistle made by Royal Worcester. This sweet faced dog may be worn as a pendant on a chain or just kept as a pet. The hound measures 1 3/8" wide by by 1 1/8" deep by 7/8" high.
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$7,650.00
$7,650.00
Twin hearts, long a symbol of everlasting love, are set here with pearls, a symbol of purity and wisdom, surrounded by old European cut diamonds and crowned with a bow. The double hearts signify the couple ( "our hearts beat as one") while diamonds symbolize fidelity and everlasting commitment. This romantic Victorian ring is a superb example of an ageless motif. Ring size 6 (almost a 6.25) and can be sized to fit.
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$6,500.00
$6,500.00
Antique marquise shaped 18K gold and chrysoberyl ring is an excellent example of Portuguese jewelry of the late 18th century. The Portuguese mined these gemstones from their colony in Brazil and created jewelry that was typically pave-set as seen here. The ring is size 10 and can be sized to fit.
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$2,360.00
$2,360.00
Georgian 18K gold memorial ring set under crystal with a curl of hair and adorned with four rose diamonds. The inscription reads "John Holman ob 28 Oct 1777 age 45.
This exquisite ring is a testament to the feelings of this man's loved ones. The ring is a size 8 and can be resized. It measures 5/8" wide by 3/4" high.
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,545.00
$1,545.00
Marquis shaped memorialized ring of plaited hair set in 18K yellow gold with the initials LC in gold. The underside of the ring is engraved B.L.C. ob Nov 10 1789 aet 37;. The ring is a size 5 1/2 and due to its small size it was likely worn by the wife of the deceased as a memento while he traveled. The ring measures 1 1/4 at its widest. A wonderful piece honoring love.
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
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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
$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.
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
$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
$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.
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
$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...
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
$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
$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...
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
$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.
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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