Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,975.00
$1,975.00
Fantastic Whitby jet earrings in the form of concentric circles, a classic geometric shape that we love. The material is made of Whitby Jet, a form of fossilized coal that came from the coal mines of Whitby England in the 18th and 19th centuries. Jet was especially popular during Victorian times because it was acceptable as a form of mourning jewelry...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$2,275.00
$2,275.00
Our C1780 muff chain has an unusual link in the shape of bows. These hand forged bow links continue all around the chain.
Georgian muff chains were worn by women who would attach a muff to the chain to conveniently keep their hands warm and the chain was designed to allow the muff to fall at just the right place. This is why original muff chains were always long (shorter chains were generally part of a larger muff chain that has been cut down to make 2 or 3 necklaces)...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$750.00
$750.00
Lovely carved bracelet of polished jet. Jet was a form of fossilized coal that was discovered in the town of Whitby, England in the late 18th century...
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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
$2,750.00
$2,750.00
This amethyst ring is a striking example of gold-work decoration that became popular in the second decade of the 19th century. A type of filigree work known as "cannetile" and named for the gold embroideries of the Napoleonic years, cannetile work made the most of a small amount of gold and required highly skilled goldsmiths. The amethyst stone is particularly eye-catching. The combination of the cannetile work next to the amethyst makes this an extraordinary ring. The ring is a US size 6.
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$7,800.00
$7,800.00
Lovely drop rose cut diamond earrings in the pendeloque or pear shape. The pendeloque earring shape is a pear-shaped design used for diamonds and was a popular shape for both 17th and 18th-century French earrings. The earrings are day/night, meaning the tops and bottoms can be separated and the tops worn for conservative day time wear, and top and bottom together for special occasion wear...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$2,440.00
$2,440.00
This romantic Georgian Natural Pearl Forget Me not Ring would have been given as a love ring back in its day. It evokes the forget-me-not with its 5 well matched pearls radiating about a central diamond. Besides the forget me not arrangement of the pearls, a coiled serpent curls around each side of the ring, the snake's head appearing at the bottom of the ring on one side and at the top of the ring on the other. A small diamond resides at the center of the pearls in a cut down collet setting...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$4,800.00
$4,800.00
Dramatic Georgian faceted paste single stone ring set in silver and backed in 18K. The ring is nicely engraved at the shoulders with an 18K band. The carved paste is set in silver, which was believed to be better suited to set off the cool tones of the "diamond" stone...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$6,800.00
$6,800.00
Our muff chain is known as "pinchbeck" and has a wonderful hand clasp with a diminutive emerald paste ring on the hand and a charming carved ruffled sleeve at the end of the hand clasp. We love “jewelry wearing jewelry” and the hand clasp with its fingernails and green paste ring can only be described as quintessentially Georgian.
The links of the chain are embossed with textural dots...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,850.00
$1,850.00
This wonderful 18K Scottish fob features an imposing tower, the symbol for the Mason family crest. The fob is carved with a motto which reads "Demeure Par La Verite" and translates to "Keep Fast By the Truth". Keep fast by the truth is rooted in the bible: from the Gospel of John, it means remain faithful to the word of God and one will be rewarded with a fruitful life. Our fob is 1.5" tall and just shy of 1.5" wide...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$3,940.00
$3,940.00
Fabulous Berlin iron ring decorated what appears to be agricultural tools, including a scythe. The band has a floral motif. It is possible the ring was owned by a landowner farmer...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$3,900.00
$3,900.00
With a Latin inscription translated as "Under a clear sky France suffers", this 18K Carnelian fob seal depicts an African slave in profile, carved atop a family crest, all shown above a ribbon banner reading "PURUM PATIENTIA FRANCE". Notwithstanding the word "France" in the inscription, our wax seal fob is English. The seal harkens back to the British abolitionist movement in France, during which time the British people actively sought to pressure the French to abolish slavery...
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item #1347742
(stock #SR4615)
Exquisite Berlin Iron cameo necklace consisting of sixteen graduated portrait cameos of classical men and women. This unusual necklace has its original clasp and measures 15 1/4" long by 1 3/8" at its widest.
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item #1180378
(stock #SR8028)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$400.00
$400.00
This is a famous Coalport Porcelain pattern, known as "regency"or "money tree". It is the pattern in Buckingham Palace. The colors are bold, reflecting the attempt by the Coalport factory to compete with Chinese and Japanese porcelain imports and to cater to the English love for Oriental colors and patterns, during the Regency period.C. 1810, 8 1/4" diameter. Priced each. Condition: excellent
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,800.00
$1,800.00
This is an original 18th century Gouyn period porcelain Chelsea fob seal. These seals were given as love tokens by the wealthy and known as "toys". This particular seal features a nun with her gilded black cape holding a staff and reading from a book. The seal reads in red letters, "Amour Spirituel", ("Spiritual Love"). The black cape with gold edging is in particularly fine condition.
Charles Gouyn, a French jeweler, with Nicholas Sprimont, a silversmith founded the Chelsea Factory in 1743...
Three inch long day-night earrings with a lovely rococo design that incorporates foliate and shell motifs set with Persian turquoise and enlivened by the two-color 15K gold. The earrings have a secure hook on the back of the drop part of the earring, not typically seen on Georgian day-night earrings. This enables enabling them to easily be separated and worn with just the tops (for day), or both top and bottom (at night). The mechanism attaching the two pieces can be viewed in the photos.
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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
$1,435.00
$1,435.00
A lovely pair of white paste earrings closed back set in silver gilt...
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item #1313560
(stock #13016)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$725.00
$725.00
Derby porcelain spill vase in the Brocade pattern, one of the rarest, hardest to find, desirable and beautiful patterns made. The pattern was made for the Persian market of the period, c1810. The vase measures 3 1/2" high by 2 1/4" in diameter.
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item #1180267
(stock #SR8103)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$825.00
$825.00
c.1810, 8"L x 8"W. Condition: excellent
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$15,000.00
$15,000.00
Fantastic Georgian 18K gold cuff bracelet with an elaborate woven band and ornate central motif. Beautiful to wear on the most elegant of occasions. Be prepared for an avalanche of compliments. The bracelet measures 7 1/2" long and 2" at its widest.
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item #1180373
(stock #SR8036)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$500.00
$500.00
This is a famous Coalport Porcelain pattern, known as "regency" or "money tree". It is the pattern in Buckingham Palace. The colors are bold, reflecting the attempt by the Coalport factory to compete with Chinese and Japanese porcelain imports and to cater to the English love for Oriental colors and patterns, during the Regency period.c. 1810, 9 3/8" diameter. Priced each. Condition: excellent
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$3,400.00
$3,400.00
Early Victorian or late Georgian half hoop 7 stone ring with 7 well matched turquoise stones set in cabochon, with the largest turquoise in the center and each stone graduated in size, as is typical of a hand carved Georgian ring. The borders of each stone are crimped, an attractive detail. The shoulders of the ring are chased in a lovely hand carved pattern. The back of the stones reveal lovely hand carved gold work. The ring can be sized up or down within reason.
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,010.00
$1,010.00
Dramatic metal Georgian cuff bracelet of rolled gold with slots to adjust the sizing. With its fancy hand worked decorative baroque design bolted to the bracelet, this stylish cuff makes a substantial impact. Leave it to the Georgians to design well made and practical jewelry that can be adjusted to fit different wrist sizes. As added feature, it easily slips on the wrist and firmly closed into a slot with one hand. Well constructed and fashionable cuff to add to your collection.
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 #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
$2,500.00
$2,500.00
Regency Period, circa 1820 fob seal with a translucent image of an 18th century bearded man in a beret, perhaps robed. This swivel fob is 1 1/4 inches in width with a beauifully carved repousse jump ring that is just shy of 1 inch. This is really a two-fer- you get a beautiful swivel fob to hang as a pendant and the built in hand forged matching repousse jump ring allows you to hang it from your chain, along with additional pendants if you choose. The jump ring is attached to a 15K stationary ba...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$9,600.00
$9,600.00
Stunning early 19th Century Berlin Iron earrings with a floral motif which is highlighted with polished steel. Berlin Iron was sought after by Napoleon who invaded German and captured the factory, confiscated the molds and took them back to France in 1806. Today this unique and fascinating jewelry is as prized as it was back then. The earrings measure 2 1/2" long and 3/4" at their widest.
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,460.00
$1,460.00
Exceptional mourning band of the Regency period, with stripes of black enamel bordered with gold trim sandwiched between chased floral borders. The inscription reads "Mrs. Anne Smith Cunninghame of Caprington died 1st of March 1830." on the inside. The Scottish origin of the name Cunningham of Caprington along with the prefix "Mrs." tells us this ring was made in loving memory of a beloved Scottish wife. With its braided hair compartment intact, hand blocked engraving and chased borders, this ...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$7,800.00
$7,800.00
Late 18th century Portuguese tiered cluster rock crystal ring with 2 concentric rows of bright crystals, each approximately 3mm in diameter, surrounding a larger central stone, approximately 39 stones in all. This substantial ring covers the finger from joint to knuckle. The cut down bezel features a rose gold beaded trim, another feature of rings from the era. The polished rose gold closed back molds ergonomically to the finger. The ring is backed in foil and was meant to glimmer and impress ...
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item #1180362
(stock #SR8048)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$515.00
$515.00
c. 1810. 6" x 7 1/4" oval. Condition: excellent
Dramatic Georgian rose diamond cluster ring set in silver with an 18K gold band. The center stone is a large Dutch crown rose diamond. The cluster ring head is almost .75 inches in diameter, large and imposing. The ring is size 6 1/4 and can be sized to fit. This is a wonderful Georgian diamond ring and these are rare to find today.
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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
Unusual paste earrings with three curved lines of paste gemstones dripping from a central paste cluster. Paste earrings rose in popularity in 18th century France when improvements in domestic candlelight made the appeal of such glittering gemstones soar.Paste is a type of leaded glass which was first created in the 1600's, but only in the 1700's did it achieve a level of perfection, and it was in the Georgian era that the most beautiful paste jewelry was created. Paste was popular in France and ...
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$3,940.00
$3,940.00
Fabulous Berlin iron ring decorated with symbols associated with faith (dove) love (heart) and loyalty (dog). The heart is surrounded by a leafy wreath and surmounted by the dog and the dove. The band has a floral motif, probably laurel leaves. The band has a floral motif. Berlin Iron jewelry was popular in the early 1800's. During the Napoleonic war German women gave their precious jewelry for the war effort and it was replaced with Berlin iron jewelry some with the inscription "Ich gab gelt fu...
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.