Wonderful vintage brooch made in France circa 1930 to 1940.
It depicts the very famous character of Pierrot sitting in a moon crescent.
The story of Piero comes from the late 17th century commedia dell'arte in Italy, and was first performed in Paris.
He represents a clown, and he is moonstruck.
His love and the feelings that he has for his true love Columbine are unrequited: she only has eyes for the bolder Harlequin.
So the lovely Piero always wears a mask to hide his true feelings for the lovely Columbine.
The brooch itself is set in heavy eighteen-carat yellow gold.
Pierrot himself is hand enamelled: his trousers and cloak is in white enamel, the shoes are in brown enamel, and he has a beautiful cap at the top that is also in brown enamel.
He's got the very typical ruff on the top of his outfit
He is sitting true to type in the crescent moon with his legs over the side of it. The moon itself is set with old round cut diamonds. in some versions of the story, the moon yearns for Pierrot's love: sometimes ignored, and sometimes finally requited.
It's a really beautiful and unusual piece and has a lovely story to tell.
And also it's very wearable because it would show up beautifully on either a black outfit or a dark coat or something like that.
This turn of the century single-stone diamond set solitaire ring was made in England c1900 to 1910. It is set in a fine eighteen-carat yellow gold and platinum setting and is set in the centre with an old brilliant cut diamond set in a fine clawed setting.
The diamond weight is one carat and fifty points.
It is a colour J to K and a clarity VS2.
Unusual and rare original Art Deco period sapphire and diamond set dress ring, made in France c1920. It is set in the finest quality platinum setting with a single sapphire stone cut to a very unusual shape that gives the impression of 3 stones rather than actually only one stone. This id surrounded by a border of small brilliant-cut diamonds set in a fine clawed hexagonal Art Deco shaped setting
Beautiful pair of Art Deco period cufflinks made c1925. They are set in 18ct yellow gold and are set in the centre with a single old brilliant-cut diamond in milgrain setting. This is surrounded by a carnelian stone and an outer black onyx stone in a hexagon shape.
Touching Mizpah brooch: forget-me-not token for a loved one, which reads:
(May) The Lord watch between thee and me...
when we are absent from one another
Mizpah is the Hebrew word for "watchtower".
Stunning pair of original vintage single-stone diamond set solitaire earrings . They are unusually set in eighteen-carat yellow gold.Each earring is set with a brilliant-cut diamond set within six claws.
The diamond weight is one carat seventy-nine points and one carat eighty-three points.
Beautiful original antique ring made in England c1890 to 1900.
It is set in a fine eighteen-carat yellow gold and platinum setting and it consists of three consecutive circles set with old European cut diamonds.
There is a larger diamond in the centre of each section which is surrounded by a single row of smaller old European cut diamonds. Each section is decorated with the platinum detailing and the shank is an eighteen-carat yellow gold.
It is a really beautiful ring, low to the finger and very wearable.
Beautiful and unusual gold bracelet made in France c1880 to 1900. It is set in a very fine eighteen-carat yellow gold and it consists of these wonderful panels which are in set with eighteen-carat gold wire work.
This sort of decoration was typically done in France in between the 1880s and 1900s and they vary from the typical English varieties which are usually curb-link or gate-link bracelets.
The clasp is hidden at the back.