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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Pre 1980 item #1490125
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
Our C1970's unisex southwestern native American "Thunderbird" Eagle signet ring symbolizes power, strength and leadership. The Thunderbird eagle is a mythological bird which gets its name from its forceful wings that create thunder in their wake with lightning shooting from the bird's beak. The thunderbird was responsible for ensuring the earth was watered and vegetation came up...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre Victorian : Pre 1837 VR item #1480024
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$16,000.00
The devil is in the details. Every detail of our 18K woven gold gloved hand bracelet with guilloche enamel cuffs are is a beauty to behold. Our bracelet was handcrafted by skillful Georgian goldsmiths who took care to make sure that every part of this bracelet met their exacting standards. And it shows. We call this a "woven" gold bracelet because during the Georgian period goldsmiths were adept at weaving gold so that it resembled and felt more like fabric than metal chain...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre Victorian : Pre 1837 VR item #1486977
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$13,000.00
Impressive Georgian diamond cluster ring with nineteen diamonds in set in a silver setting with an 18K delicately incised and unusually shaped gold band dating to c. 1780. The pictures speak for themselves. The ring is oriented radially around a large central Georgian diamond and surrounded by 12 smaller Georgian diamonds with three diamonds are fitted into the remaining space around each side in a perfectly symmetrical form. The ring is a size 7.25 and sizeable.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre Victorian : Pre 1837 VR item #1476710
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$12,000.00
This is a spectacular one of a kind cameo portrait signet ring collector's item made of an sardonyx, a variety of banded onyx and a form of chalcedony quartz of reddish brown. Portrait cameos were often commissioned by those who had amassed enough wealth to leave their mark on society. The wearer of such a ring would demonstrate admiration for a particular philosopher, writer or popular figure in society...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre Victorian : Pre 1837 VR item #1486866
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$9,000.00
Substantial 18K C1840 diamond cluster ring with 8 round diamonds in a crimped collet setting surrounding a central natural gem, sherry brown topaz and hand set with a decorative band with carved flourishes along the shoulders...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1837 VR item #1486868
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$9,000.00
18K Late Victorian five stone diamond ring, also known as half hoops, set a jour, with no foiling and open in the back to reflect light and air. The five stone was a classic late 19th century pattern, for good reason; it was great design then and still is today. The generous amount of gold means it can be worn next to other rings without fear of damage to the stones...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1476711
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$9,000.00
This unusual mid nineteenth century Gold and Silver Diamond Cluster ring is a variation of the classic Victorian cluster ring with a twist. The twist is that the the flower cluster is actually set in a mount of silver, with pear shaped diamonds set in 8 "leaves" of gradually increasing size, perfectly asymmetrically symmetrical. Then the silver mount is further set atop a gold mount and the band is finished in gold...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Pre Victorian : Pre 1837 VR item #1490116
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$9,000.00
"Died by the hand of an assassin" mourning ring for Spencer Perceval, British statesman and barrister who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Our 18 carat hoop ring is engraved with the following inscription to the interior: Rt Hon Spencer Perceval Ob. May 11 1812 Aet 49 and further inscribed with the words "Died by the hand of an assassin". It has British hallmarks for 1812 and maker's mark for Samuel Glover, goldsmith of Foster Lane, London...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1476708
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$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.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre Victorian : Pre 1800 item #1476719
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$7,500.00
C1770 Silver gilt ring with Glass Tassie cameo portrait of an 18th century gentleman, thought to be young Prince William Henry Duke of Gloucester, younger brother of King George III. Rings set with portrait miniatures of sovereign figures were quite popular and widely distributed. A "Tassie" is a paste or glass copy of a cameo or intaglio...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1476750
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$7,500.00
18K Oval Rose Cut diamond ring with an abundance of rose cut diamonds, 28 on the border alone, surrounding a trinity of large diamonds at center and smaller diamonds as embellishments on either side of the trinity. The diamonds are set in the classic cut down setting of the Georgian/Victorian period. Diamond rings, by the 19th century were most often used as betrothal rings (having replaced the posey rings of the eighteenth century)...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre Victorian : Pre 1837 VR item #1490124
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$7,000.00
Renaissance 22 Carat signet ring with a deeply carved intaglio puzzle in the form of a pictogram which uses pictures and letters to spell out words that convey its meaning. The rebus reads "Love You" with the heart symbolizing love and the V (based off the old Latin alphabet) for the letter U, representing the vowel U which represents "You". The ring is unmarked and a size 6 and in excellent condition.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre Victorian : Pre 1837 VR item #1486867
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$5,800.00
15K Rare Georgian diamond cluster ring consisting of 6 large stones cut en cabochon (no facets and polished smooth) and set in a radial pattern around a large center diamond. 6 smaller stones are set along the border. The border is crimped, a feature of hand wrought gold-work of this period. The diamonds are set in silver. There is nary a claw in sight as the Georgians believed claws detracted from the beauty of the diamonds...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1486714
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$5,600.00
Authentic Victorian 15K Albert Link Chain with original T BAR and dog clips from which to attach your favorite locket or pendant. The chain is stamped on every link with the 15Ct 625, indicating English heritage, and is 17.8" long. The T bar and dog clips are stamped the same. Alberts are named for Prince Albert who popularized the wearing of a vest with pocket watch and a fob on a chain, the watch in the vest pocket, with fob and T-Bar dangling...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre Victorian : Pre 1837 VR item #1476649
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$5,600.00
18K Georgian ring with a cushion cut oval approx. 4 carat topaz center stone flanked by 2 old mine cut diamonds on each side...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre Victorian : Pre 1800 item #1486713
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$4,900.00
Our C1790 ring is an 18th century glass intaglio of an ancient signed gem depicting the head of a laughing satyr, or faun (a young satyr). Such carvings were called Tassies (explained further down). "Gems" in this case refers not to precious stones, but to ancient classical Greek carvings, highly valued miniature works of art. Our glass intaglio is signed in Greek for Ammonioy, meaning "by Ammonios". It is not clear that the signature stood for any particular gem engraver; however there are...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre Victorian : Pre 1700 item #1490119
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$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...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1476617
Moylan-Smelkinson/The Spare Room
$4,600.00
This antique 18K (marked) lover's knot ring with hallmarks for Chester, 1912, is the most substantial lover's knot ring we have ever encountered in our years of collecting antique jewelry. We love everything about the ring, beginning with the solid feel of this chunky gold ring, to its hand forged sinuous intertwined bands of gold, some with charming incised flourishes. We also love the polished band that is over one quarter of an inche wide all around; the essence of solidity. The love knot...