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
$1,285.00
$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
$1,150.00
$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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
$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
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR
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
$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
$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...
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...
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...
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.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR
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
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR
item #1180338
(stock #SR8090)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$1,290.00
$1,290.00
c. 1820, 6 1/4" H. 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...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR
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
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR
item #1180238
(stock #SR8150)
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$580.00
$580.00
c. 1810. 6 1/4" x 8". Condition: excellent
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR
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
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR
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
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.
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
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR
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
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
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...
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
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
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...