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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Antique Garnet Serpent Locket Necklace
$22,500| /Created in the 1850-1860s, this Victorian snake necklace is formed of 18K gold, almandine garnets and diamonds. It is designed as a serpent with ca...
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Antique 18K Gold, Ruby and Diamond Double Snake Ring
$5,500| /This late Victorian 18K gold double snake ring, set with a diamond and a ruby, was created in England in 1892. It is designed as two engraved snake...
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Antique 1860s Amethyst Fringe Earrings
$8,500| /Created circa the 1860s, these antique 18K gold Italian fringe pendant earrings are set with amethysts. The flexible pendant earrings in the archae...
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Antique Diamond Star Brooch
$8,500| /Dating from circa 1885-1890, this late Victorian star brooch is set with old mine-cut and rose-cut diamonds. It is designed as star with twelve ar...
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Antique 18K Gold and Diamond Five Stone Ring
$15,500| /This antique diamond ring is composed of five old European-cut diamonds, approximate total weight 2.30 carats, set in gold with a delicately scroll...
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Antique Old Mine-cut Diamond Star Brooch
$10,500| /Dating from circa 1885-1890, this late Victorian star brooch is set with over five carats of old mine-cut diamonds. It is designed as star with six...
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Antique English 18K Gold Buckle Ring
$3,500| /This English strap and buckle ring is composed of 18K gold. The ring centers a buckle motif completed by a broad band engraved throughout with flo...
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Carlo Giuliano Renaissance Revival 18K Gold and Emerald Brooch
$22,500| /Dating from the 1880s, this emerald, seed peal and 18K gold brooch is signed by Carlo Giuliano, London. The brooch is designed as an 18K gold bombé...
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English 18K Gold and Diamond Buckle Ring
$2,250| /This diminutive 18K gold English strap and buckle ring is set with two old mine-cut diamonds. The ring centers a buckle motif highlighted by two st...
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Carrington & Co. Antique Ruby, Diamond and Pearl Crescent Brooch
$11,500| /Created in the 1890s by Carrington & Co., Regent Street, London, this English crescent moon brooch is composed of rubies, diamonds and a pearl....
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French Renaissance Revival "Holbeinesque" Demi-Parure
$25,000| /This extravagant French Renaissance Revival "Holbeinesque" demi-parure dating from circa 1870 consists of a day/night girandole pendant earrings an...
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1870s Gold and Enamel Star Pendant Earrings
$7,500| /These pendant earrings in 14K gold, enamel and diamond were created in the 1870s, possibly in England. Each flexible multi-tiered form is designed ...
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Old Mine-cut Diamond Maltese Cross Brooch
$21,500| /Dating from the 1870s, this Maltese cross brooch is composed of silver-topped gold set with approximately 4.00 carats of old mine-cut diamonds. The...
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Old Mine-cut Diamond Star and Crescent New Moon Brooch
$9,500| /Created in the last years of the 19th century, this crescent and star brooch iin 18K gold s set with almost 2.50 carats of diamonds. The slender cr...
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Old Mine-cut Diamond Cross Brooch
$35,000| /This stylized antique cross brooch set with approximately 14.30 carats of old diamonds dates from circa 1870. It is designed with a domed oval cent...
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Antique Diamond, Pearl and Gem-set Butterfly Brooch
$12,500| /Created in the 1880s, this diamond, pearl, and gem-set butterfly brooch is set in silver-topped 18K gold. The old mine-cut diamond and pearl body, ...
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"Knitted" Victorian 18K Gold Chain Necklace
$11,500| /This 18K gold "knitted" chain was created circa the 1860s-1880s, in the Victorian period. The broad, oval-bodied chain is formed of fish scale link...
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Antique Diamond Flower Brooch
$35,000| /Dating from the mid-19th century, this silver and gold flower brooch is set with over 13 carats of old diamonds. It is designed as a frond of curli...
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Polychrome Enamel 18K Gold Geometric Pendant Earrings
$7,500| /Created in the 1860s, these long antique pendant earrings are composed of 18K gold, enamel and split seed pearls. Each is designed as a navette-sha...
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English Cabochon Garnet Pendant Earrings and Pendant Necklace
$12,500| /This antique Victorian 15K gold demi-parure comprising pendant earrings and pendant brooch with chain is set with over 10.00 carats of cabochon alm...
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Victorian 15K Gold Pendant Pendant Earrings
$4,950| /Created in the 1870s, these Victorian pendant earrings are composed of 15K gold. Each pendant earring is designed as an elongated domed oval and ho...
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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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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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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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Amethyst Rivière Necklace and Earrings Suite
$27,500| /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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Antique English 18K Gold and Five Stone Diamond Ring
$4,250| /Created in 1893, this antique English diamond ring is set with diamonds mounted in 18K gold, and was made in Chester. The delicate 18K gold band is...
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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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Antique 18K Gold Urn and Wreath Pendant Earrings
$7,500| /Dating from the 1870s, these pendant earrings are composed of 18K gold. Each is designed as a line of spheres flanked by scrolls suspending an elon...
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French Gem-set, Colored Diamond and Baroque Pearl Necklace
$9,500| /This late 19th century French necklace is composed of 18K gold, off round and semi-baroque pearls, emerald, sapphire, ruby, and diamonds and colore...
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Onyx and Black Enamel Pendant Earrings
$7,500| /Composed of onyx, enamel and 14K gold, these antique pendant earrings were created around 1870. Each is designed as an onyx bar suspending a cascad...
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Antique English 18K Gold Braided "Keeper" Ring
$3,500| /This English braided 18K gold "Keeper" ring by a London jeweler dates from circa 1917. Designed with the romantic symbolism of double intertwined ...
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Sapphire and Diamond Twinstone Double Snake Ring
$4,500| /This late Victorian 18K gold double snake ring set with a diamond and a sapphire was created in England in 1892. It is designed as two snake heads,...
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