
Energized by the Crystal Palace exhibition of 1851, Victorian jewelers embraced an expansive view of design, seeking inspiration from ancient cultures, employing a profusion of colorful gems, and looking to the geometric forms of new machine tools for novel ideas. Bloomed gold, reverse-painted crystals, colorful cabochons carved or inset with diamonds, and knife-edge settings were among the innovations of this exuberant and jewelry-loving age that fully embraced technology and historicism at the same time. Victorians loved sentimental jewelry, elaborating on ever-popular designs such as twinned hearts, ribbon bows, crosses and acrostics, while creating a menagerie of gem-set creatures ranging from dogs and cats to snakes, lizards and butterflies. Often bold and surprisingly modern, Victorian jewelry has both a period allure and contemporary wearability.
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Enamel and Gold Cross Pendant Necklace
$45,000| /Highlighted by polychrome cloisonné enamel, this 19th century Latin cross pendant is intricately designed with glowing fields of multi-color enamel...
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Turquoise and Diamond Convertible Gold Link Bracelet
$14,500| /This remarkable convertible jewel is a flexible gold link bracelet, centering on a detachable turquoise and diamond pendant. The oval pendant is co...
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Turquoise and Seed Pearl Gold Half Hoop Earrings
$4,500| /Dating from the Victorian period, these cabochon turquoise and seed pearl earrings are set in scrolls of yellow gold. Each designed as a round flor...
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Gold and Diamond Double Serpent Ring
$12,500| /This ring is designed as gold double serpents with old pear-cut diamond heads and rose-cut diamond eyes, a Victorian design popularized by the roya...
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Gold and Diamond Bow Brooch
$3,950| /Made in the late 19th century, but modern in spirit, this yellow gold bow brooch is star-set with a single center old European-cut diamond accent. ...
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Cabochon Amethyst and Split Seed Pearl Gold Bangle
$9,500| /This Victorian gold bracelet, with its gleaming, bloomed surface, is set with a cabochon amethyst, rose-cut diamonds, and split seed pearls. Design...
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Gold Twisted Wirework Locket Pendant
$2,250| /Dating from the Victorian age, this locket pendant is formed of bloomed gold, indicating its English origin. The domed oval form of the locket, wit...
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Amethyst Rivière Necklace and Earrings Suite
$35,000| /This gorgeous English Victorian suite, consisting of an oval amethyst rivière necklace and amethyst and diamond earrings, dates from the early to m...
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Moonstone Sweetheart Brooch
$6,500| /This charming ruby, diamond, and moonstone sweetheart brooch with a ribbon bow dates from the late 19th century. The billowy look of the puffed moo...
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No-Heat Burmese Ruby and Diamond Cluster Ring
$35,000| /This antique English ring features a rare, unheated two-carat ruby from Burma, framed by fiery old mine-cut diamonds set in oxidized silver and gol...
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Natural Saltwater Button Pearl and Diamond Necklace
$125,000| /This antique silver-topped gold necklace is composed of thirty button pearls ranging in size, and more than eighteen carats of old mine-cut diamond...
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Natural Saltwater Pearl and Diamond Silver-Topped Gold Necklace
$85,000| /This classic necklace from the Victorian Era is composed of ten graduating natural saltwater button pearls and twenty carats of diamonds. Each natu...
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Diamond Maltese Cross Brooch
$85,000| /This English Maltese Cross brooch glitters with robust old-cut diamonds set into silver-topped gold that has formed a rich patina, providing a dark...
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Convertible Diamond Drop Pendant
$49,500| /This diamond drop pendant, consisting of concentric circles of chunky old diamonds set in silver-topped gold collets, has a dark patina that sets a...
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Diamond “Rising Sun” Brooch
$14,500| /This antique “Rising Sun” diamond brooch is a delicate jewel that seems made of light and shadow like its natural counterpart. The fiery antique cu...
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Silver-Topped Gold and Diamond Crescent Moon Brooch
$7,500| /A crescent moon to match the sun, this English Victorian brooch, from the 1880s, features old European-cut diamonds set into silver-topped gold to ...
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Bead-Set Diamond Ring
$4,500| /Dating from the 1890s, this Victorian ring is composed of diamond melee and a silver-topped gold mount. Designed as a wide band, the thirty-one old...
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Turquoise and Seed Pearl Gold Pendant Necklace
$4,500| /Dating from the late Victorian era, this delicate gold pendant necklace features freshwater seed pearls and turquoise. Set throughout with buff-top...
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No-Heat Sapphire and Diamond Oval Cluster Ring
$17,500| /The double diamond halo of this English blue sapphire cluster ring adds a regal flourish to the traditionally romantic form. Fashioned from gold wi...
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Clustered Diamond Silver-Topped Necklace
$39,500| /Dating from the late 19th century, this antique Victorian diamond necklace is light and beautifully modeled to sit comfortably across the neckline....
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Diamond and Seed Pearl Gold Locket Necklace
$9,500| /Dating from the Victorian period, this enchanting gold locket necklace is set with diamonds and seed pearls. Suspended from a ribbed chain and exte...
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Hand-Cut Diamond Navette Ring
$12,500| /This elegant Victorian navette ring boasts fifteen chunky old hand-cut diamonds, characterized by their fire and scintillation. Subtle design eleme...
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Gold "Book Chain" Necklace
$7,500| /This antique "Book Chain" necklace is composed of smoothly interlocking gold scalloped and lozenge-shaped links, with a circular-detailed pendant e...
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Reverse Crystal Intaglio Bi-Color Gold Sporting Brooch
$5,500| /Dating from the 1880s, this Victorian era bi-color gold brooch depicts a coastal scene of ducks in flight, in reverse-painted rock crystal, set abo...
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Pair of Gold-Banded Gutta-Percha Bangle Bracelets
$3,500| /This pair of antique bangle bracelets, in rich dark gutta-percha with contrasting stripes of gold, are strikingly contemporary looking. Composed of...
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Gold Triple Trace Link Long Chain Necklace
$12,500| /This antique French long gold chain necklace is composed of triple circular trace links. Easily doubled for layering, mounted with a slide, or orna...
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Bloomed Gold and Angel Skin Coral Buckle Bracelet
$8,500| /This classic Victorian hinged bangle bracelet with a buckle motif and angel skin coral cabochons is composed of bloomed gold. It is designed as a h...
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Gold Fancy Link Long Chain Necklace
$16,500| /This antique gold long chain necklace is composed of tightly interlocking pairs of rounded links edged by small spheres. Generously long and versat...
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Herakles Knot Garnet Bracelet
$4,500| /Dating from the Victorian era, this flexible gold foxtail chain bracelet is set with five rich red almandine garnets. A double line of foxtail chai...
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Blue Enamel and Diamond Buckle Ring
$2,500| /This antique gold and blue enamel buckle ring is highlighted by diamonds. The gold shank is designed as a blue enamel strap with a curling lappet, ...
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Carved Moonstone and Blue Enamel Ring
$3,250| /This antique gold and carved moonstone ring dates from the late 19th century, and depicts a man-in-the-moon. The carved and serenely sleeping moons...
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