Vintage Costume Jewellery

Unique Butler & Wilson Neoclassical Tiara 1980s

Price: £195

This is a very unusual piece of vintage Butler & Wilson from the 1980s. It is at the very least quite unique and it is possibly bespoke. It it extremely ornate and beautifully made with mounted festoons, putti and swans. It is finished with a large crown which is quintessential B & W. It is set with faux pearls. There are faux pearls that encircle the swans necks and hanging faux teardrop pearls along the edge. All this is built on a stiff mesh frame. It bears the Butler & Wilson mark.

As most people who love costume jewellery know, Butler & Wilson have been and are a powerhouse British brand that have been designing costume jewellery since the 1970s. Pieces like this one are quite collectable due to their age and design. There are many collectors around the world that collect both vintage and new pieces. This one is for you!

Massive Egyptian Revival long necklace c1930

Price: £195

This is a very unusual necklace in the Egyptian Revival style that was popular in during the Art Deco period. This one is a very large enamel and brass pendant suspended for a long rope chain. The pendant is depicting "Horus" which was very important deity for the ancient Egyptians.

Egyptian Revival souvenir bracelet c1900

Price: £95

This is very beautiful bracelet comprising very detailed cast brass station depicting Egyptian iconography. This is most likely from the Paris Worlds Fair in 1900 that showcased Egyptian modernity, antiquities, and culture. There are six stations with a wonderful Tutankhamun charm at the closure.

Neiger Brothers necklace with Egyptian Revival glass plaques c1930

Price: £225

This is Neiger piece with beautiful lapis glass molded plaques depicting Egyptian iconsography. It features an Art Deco design with machine age elements combined with more traditional marcasite stones. This one combines different styles that are perfectly balanced.

Early Neiger Brothers book chain necklace c1910

Price: £325

This is quite an early necklace by the Neiger brothers that features a large stylized central pendant depicting Sobekneferu or it might be conglomeration of different figures. This then has a hanging pendant with a molded glass plaque that depicts another Egyptian figure. The chain is interesting as it is a book chain style particularly popular in the Edwardian era.

Two brooches - Jerusalem Mother of Pearl and Egyptian Silver, 1950s

Price: £15

This is a lovely group of two very different brooches. One is a large very finely carved mother of pearl brooch that is known as Jerusalem Mother of Pearl. The other is an Egyptian filigree silver brooch depicting a camel.

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Fabulous Butler & Wilson cross on long chain

Price: £110

This is a very beautiful military cross style pendant with green cabochons and facetted diamante stones, with very long chain that is unsigned, cross is signed

Egyptian Revival Czech glass large scarab sautoir necklace, attr. Neiger Brothers

Price: £110

This is a very unusual necklace, attributed to the Neiger Brothers, that features a large central scarab together with other beads in the iconic small scarab design amongst others. The whole necklace is comprised of typical Neiger Brothers Czech glass beads. It has been recently restrung.

Two marcasite convertable dress clip brooches c1940

Price: £35

These are two complimentary dress clips or brooches that have a distinctive designs. They are set with marcasite stones and can be either mounted as a brooch or used separately as dress clips.

Outstanding brown swirl Bakelite Necklace with faux cameo, French 1920s

Price: £45

This is a very rare necklace comprising matched brown swirl squared tubular Bakelite stations alternating with stations of facetted French jet glass beads all linked by white metal rings with a central oval shield shape studded openwork pendant mounted with a celluloid cameo of a neoclassical style helmeted warrior, possibly Paris, and with a diamond shape drop. This piece combines the angular simplicity of the Art Deco style, in particular the squared tubular bars, with classicising elements, most obviously the faux cameo portrait head. The juxtaposition is most unusual producing a striking decorative accessory.

Georgian neck brooch c1820

Price: £85

This is a very unusual brooch meant to be warn at the neck. It comprises white metal and brass elements. It has a hanging garland that moves and then there are three chains attached. It has a typical Regency design. It has been restored so the pin and clasp are not original. Nor are the chains original although they compliment the brooch so well this most likely is an authentic restoration back to its original state.

Egyptian Revival statement necklace signed EBE c1930

Price: £110

This is a beautiful necklace comprising heavy brass elements and lapis glass beads. The central pendant has the Egyptian bird god Horus flanked by Tutankhamun on a serpent scroll work background. The pendant is set with lapis glass cabochons that match the beads. Most likely Czech glass elements assembled in France.

Mottled blue Bakelite buckle in the shape of an airplane, American 1930s

Price: £45

Another incredible buckle in mottled blue Bakelite in the shape of an airplane that spreads open at the wings, with impressed carved circle decoration on the wings and tail and metal fitments to the reverse for securing the belt and fastening the buckle. The airplane is one of the classic decorative objects of the Art Deco period, featuring prominently both in the round, often as a desk ornament, and in graphic design. But buckles in the form are unusual and we are fortunate to be able to include two examples in this auction!

Large floral ivory white Bakelite buckle, British 1930s

Price: £65

This is a very large buckle in ivory white bakelite carved with leaves and flower heads set in an openwork ‘bow tie’ frame, the reverse with metal fitments for securing the belt and fastening the buckle. The naturalistic decoration here is something of a contrast with many of the Art Deco buckles produced although floral design brooches from the period are quite commonly found and there is enough abstraction in the design here to make this piece clearly representative of the period.

Striking Bakelite buckle in the shape of an airplane, American 1930s

Price: £45

This is an incredible buckle in ivory white Bakelite in the shape of an airplane that spreads open at the wings, with impressed carved circle decoration on the wings and tail and metal fitments to the reverse for securing the belt and fastening the buckle. The airplane is one of the classic decorative objects of the Art Deco period, featuring prominently both in the round, often as a desk ornament, and in graphic design. But buckles in the form are unusual and we are fortunate to be able to include two examples in this auction!

Rare large ruby red Bakelite buckle, American 1930s

Price: £75

This is a very unusual and large buckle made from ruby red Bakelite, shaped in a semi abstract form with a large rectangular central plaque between two similar smaller plaques each with a stylised openwork foliate device at the ends, the plaques with deeply cut wavy line designs, the reverse plain with metal bar attachment fittings and a curved edge clasp all attached with screws. There are no real parallels for this piece which almost seems like a reinterpretation of ancient Chinese lacquer wares but the angular and abstract design is very much from the Art Deco era.

Unusual Egyptian Revival necklace with a plaque depicting Isis, 1930s

Price: £75

This is a very striking necklace that features a very large central plaque well modelled with a double figure representation of the goddess Isis and a central scarab bead, with glass and a gilt metal bead below. The necklace with graduated glass beads, chain linked, and two gilt metal beads and with an integrated bead clasp.

Stunning 1950s paste necklace

Price: £25

This is a beautiful necklace that features large emerald cut paste stones all around the necklace

Neiger Brothers Egyptian Revival Uranium glass sautoir necklace 1930s

Price: £75

This is a very rare necklace comprising uranium glass beads depicting scarabs, sarcophagi and elephants. Max and Norbert Neiger where brothers living the Gablonz region of Czechoslokia. They are the trailblazers responsible for the glass jewellery craze of the 1930s whose beads and designs have never been replicated and always stand out.

Chinoiserie necklace with peking glass plaques c1960

Price: £45

This a lovely necklace by an American company called "Exquisite". It has faux jade or Peking glass plaques and oriental motif gold tone stations. It is signed or marked Exquisite.

Regency style statement necklace c1950

Price: £125

This a very usual necklace comprising brass and glass elements that have a "rather" regency style in the design. Maybe more of a nod to the design is more accurate. The central pendant has a central stone surrounded by glass leaves and flowers. It is a lariat style with green and blue glass beads that perfectly match the central pendant.

Faux pearl necklace c1910

Price: £15

This is a lovely necklace that features very lustrous faux pearls in natural shapes. The central pendant is a massive 25 mm faux pearl.

Egyptian Revival statement necklace c1920

Price: £85

This is quite an early example of Egyptian Revival pieces made available for the general public. It is a short necklace in a breast plate design with two hanging pendants with many of the standard Egyptian symbols and icons cast in brass and decorated with enamel painting. This would have been quite a modest item in its time, created for those who wanted a taste of the glamour of the Egyptian era.

Art Nouveau Fairy earrings c1930

Price: £25

These are a pair of earrings comprising a pink paste stone with a suspended Mucha style fairy figure ending in a long faux pearl. These are post and butterfly earrings that are quite light and easy to wear.

Egyptian Revival Czech statement necklace set with real beetles c1920

Price: £150

This is an unbelievably rare example of early Czech costume jewellery. It is set with real beetles and faux lapis glass cabochons and beads. There is even a beetle on the central drop. Between the beetles are Egyptian icons, enamel flies and gilt leaves set on a cartouche design plaque.

Art Deco paste collar necklace by Schreiber & Hiller c1930

Price: £125

This is a quintessential Art Deco piece by Schreiber and Hiller. It is marked DGRM 1138525. This is a German patent number held by Schreiber and Hiller and pertains to the type of fluid link that has been designed to hold channel set stones. This patent was issued in September 1930. The company ceased to trade during WW2.

Long Art Nouveau necklace with multiple drops c1930

Price: £75

This is a very elegant long necklace that has central pendant suspended from a web of glass beads with two corresponding plaques on the sides. It has brass and glass elements with no clasp as it is an over the head design.

Large Art Nouveau enamel and silver brooch c1910

Price: £150

This is a large brooch meant to be worn on high necked dresses in an Art Nouveau design. It is continental silver with enamel depicting a brightly coloured moth. Unmarked with safety chain.

Stunning rope and tassel necklace, signed, c1990

Price: £45

This is a very striking necklace with twisted rope motif ending in two large tassel drops. It has a signature monogram that we cannot seem to find so perhaps you will know! :) This might be quite a find.

Estruscan style necklace in the manner of Lalaounis c1990

Price: £75

This is a wonderful quality necklace comprising two tiers of Etruscan design elements and numerous acorn form drops. This is made to emulate the designs of Lalaounis a very popular jewellery designer and goldsmith who worked in Greece until his death in 2013. The origin of this necklace is unknown but it is amazing quality and is drenched in buttery gold plating.

Paris tourist novelty bracelet c1950

Price: £35

This is a fun bracelet in a tarnished silver finish. It depicts Parisian landmarks and the city's coat of arms. They have a 3D effect which is interesting.

Show stopping suite of necklace and earrings c1960

Price: £85

This is a dramatic necklace comprising five strands of aurora borealis glass beads with the matching clip earrings. The beads are graduating and are facetted with gold tone spacer beads. The clasp is original in a matching design. The earrings are clusters of the same beads and the clips are quite sturdy.

Victorian style copper bracelet with buckle detail 1950s

Price: £20

This is a lovely collectible piece of Victorian style copper jewellery. This would have had a gold wash on it originally. It has a bold buckle detail and a hammered sunflower design. It is marked "Exquisite".

Fun group of two porcelain brooches with paid of small earrings 1960s

Price: £15

This is a group of two brooches with matching earrings. All have inset porcelain plaques with a floral motif. The brooch with the purple flowers seems to have a monogram signature.

Celtic Style Pewter Brooch in the form of a Panthers Head, C20th

Price: £10

A pewter brooch in the form of a Panther's head, the mouth holding a horseshoe like ring inset with diamante stones, the design in a Celtic style and perhaps intended to represent a door knocker. There are no markings to this piece and its origin and dating are difficult to determine. Perhaps it can be seen to relate to Arts and Crafts pieces of the early C20th and manufacture in the South West of England (compare the Celtic Style brooch, Lot 13 in this sale) is perhaps a possibility.

Two mounted Wedgwood blue jasperware Cameo Brooches, C19th, C20th

Price: £10

Two mounted Wedgwood blue jasperware Cameo Brooches with neo classical style figures, each of circular form typically decorated with a figure in raised white relief on a light blue ground, the first with a cherub and marked 'Wedgwood Made In England' to the reverse with the pattern number '65' and the second with a standing figure holding a club and possibly intended to depict Heracles and marked 'Wedgwood' to the reverse with a small cross. The mounting of the first is marked silver but the second is unmarked and may perhaps be white metal. The format of the mark on the 'cherub' brooch indicates a C20th dating probably in the first half, whereas the mark on the 'Heracles' brooch suggests a C19th dating which may explain the slight discolouration to the figure. The differing style of the mounts (milled edge/rope twist) may perhaps conform with this.

A Celtic or Pictish Brooch decorated with Horses, St Justin of Cornwall, circa 1980

Price: £10

A circular pewter Brooch, the decoration based on a Pictish horse engraving found on a stone in Inverurie. The three horses are shown embedded in a nest of classic Celtic lines and knots. This brooch was made by the firm St.Justin of Cornwall with Cornish Pewter. Their mark can be seen to the reverse.

Inverurie is a town in Scotland where Pictish carved stones are found in the graveyard dating from the 7th Century. The Picts were a tribe of peoples living in the East and North of Scotland. Little is known of their origins but they were called 'Picts' by the Romans because of their painted and tattooed bodies. The Inverurie horse is the inspiration for this brooch. The actual design of the three horses was created by George Bain (1881-1968) the Scottish artist and teacher, famous for chronicling Celtic Art.

St Justin of Cornwall is well known for the production of 'craft' pieces in a variety of forms and materials. This piece probably dates to the 1980s and certainly cannot be found in their current catalogue.

Two lacquer bird brooches 1980s

Price: £15

This is a fun set of two brooches in an unusual lacquer design.

Long Art Deco carnelian, bloodstone and goldstone necklace 1930s

Price: £95

Wow where to start with this necklace. It is a very long opera length that is constructed with numerous stations using brass findings and glass bugle beads. The stations are carved carnelian panels and beads with bloodstone panels that have been mounted with goldstone to create duplets that can be worn on either side. It ends in a large pendant that is bloodstone and goldstone with carnelian drops. The stones are definitely of Scottish origin so the necklace is either Scottish or English.

Goldstone is a type of glittering glass made in a low-oxygen reducing atmosphere. The finished product can take a smooth polish and be carved into beads, figurines, or other artifacts suitable for semiprecious stone, and in fact goldstone is often mistaken for or misrepresented as a natural material. It was first made in the 17th century in Italy. (Credit: Wikipedia)

Stunning suite of necklace and bracelet by Hobe 1950s,

Price: £350

This is a beautiful set of necklace and earrings be Hobe, one of the most collected makers around. It comprised a large statement necklace with three strands of large glass bead stations in amber and black glass with gold tone fittings. One of the most striking parts of both the necklace and bracelet is the corresponding clasp on each that is a large black stone surrounded by the amber glass stones that perfectly complement the piece. This also means that it can be work with hair up or hair that is in a shorter style. The bracelet has the same elements as the necklace. Both are marked Hobe. It is worth noting that these are in pristine condition which makes them all the more rare. All the findings are original.

Hobe was founded in 1887 by the French goldsmith Jacques Hobe as makers of fine jewellery. The costume jewellery division, Hobe Cie, was added 40 years later by his son, William Hobe, who brought the firm to America in 1927 and was commissioned by Flo Ziegfeld to design and manufacture jewellery for his Ziegfeld Follies costumes. By repute this is the origin of the expression costume jewellery. Production continued from the 1930s to the 1990s and the form of mark here suggests a more later dating within their range.

Celluloid Bangle with Tortoiseshell style decoration circa 1930

Price: £20

This is an unusual bangle made from celluloid which was used from the late nineteenth century onwards as an imitation of more expensive materials such as ivory or tortoiseshell. It was, therefore, the earliest form of plastic and was to be replaced in the 1920s and 1930s by bakelite. This piece has quite stout proportions and utilises a more complex form than the standard circular ring bangle, with two concave bands between a central ridge. The tortoiseshell style decoration displays considerable and pleasing variegation with an attractive selection of colours in close imitation of the original.

Cherry amber Bakelite necklace, Germany 1920s

Price: £150

This is a very beautiful necklace comprising graduated bright and clear facetted cherry amber Bakelite beads, strung with braided and knotted orange thread and with a spring ring clasp. These necklaces are quite rare and the clear red colour here, enriched by the faceting, is one of the most desirable.

Victorian Grand Tour Wedding Cake glass necklace

Price: £125

These glass beads are very unusual due to their age and condition. It is a perfectly graduated set of 25 beads with original brass findings. These beads are gold in colour decorated with detailed floral and scroll work. The stations are interspersed with amber glass spacer beads.

Exceptional Paste necklace 1940s

Price: £25

This a very delicate and bright paste necklace with seven floral stations interspersed with single stones. Set in brass with barrel clasp.

Art Deco glass bead necklace

Price: £20

This is a simple and elegant necklace comprising clear and green glass beads

Fun vintage souvenir shell necklace 1960s

Price: £15

This is quite an intricately made necklace that would have been a souvenir piece in the 1960s. It comprises three types of shells that are woven together. It is difficult to name the shells unless you are an oceanographer (!) but the main type of shell is a flat and there are two other smaller shells with one artificially coloured green.

Attractive carved Orange Bakelite Bloom Pendant on modern gold tone chain, British 1930s

Price: £15

The designers of carved bakelite jewellery focused mainly on bangles and brooches so this pendant necklace is less common. The orange bakelite has been carefully carved to resemble a flower, probably peony, is pierced with a hole for hanging and has been fitted here with a modern gold tone chain and ring clasp producing an accessory of simple and timeless elegance.

French cockerel brooch 1920s

Price: £75

This is a very striking large brooch in hand worked brass with enamelled feathers, head and feet. It is very cleverly made to give you the effect of many voluminous tail feathers.

Czech Egyptian Revival Necklace with glass mounts and drops, Edwardian circa 1910

Price: £150

A Czech Egyptian Revival Necklace, cast in brass with a typical design of a pharaoh’s head and two stylised beetles all on a plaque in the shape of a butterfly and inset with red and blue glass beads, three glass bead drops to the bottom and a single large blue glass oval bead at the top from which hangs a thin brass link chain with a small clasp. The style of decoration indicates that this piece belongs to the ‘first wave’ of Egyptian Revival pieces and dates to the Edwardian era.

Pair of Victorian marcasite and silver earrings

Price: £25

This is a very striking pair of earrings comprising numerous small stones mounted in low grade silver, termed marcasite jewellery, Both pieces are marked for silver and the floral and leaf design is very typical of the Victorian era when pieces in this style enjoyed great popularity and were favoured even by the monarch herself. Marcasite Jewellery is actually made from pyrite ('fool's gold'), a much cheaper substitute for true diamonds!

Chinese cloisonne bangle with raised enamel decoration circa 1900

Price: £35

Chinese cloisonne bangle, the exterior with raised enamel decoration of stylised scrolling foliage set on a speckled gilt ground between two bands of stylised floral sprays and clouds on a brick red ground, the interior finished in blue enamel; gilt rims to the top and bottom. The style of decoration suggests a circa date in the early twentieth century.

Art Deco Long Mille Fiore bead necklace

Price: £65

This is a stunning necklace featuring 8 oblong flat Mille Fiore glass beads connected by multiple strands of glass seed beads in white and blue. This necklace is perfectly constructed and is in wonderful condition.

Long Murano Glass Necklace 1970s

Price: £15

This is a very striking long necklace comprising a geometric design with different shaped Murano glass beads and metal links.

Jakob Bengal Art Deco galalith and metal necklace

Price: £45

This is a striking example of Jacob Bengel jewellery in his signature galalith and white mettal. The penant is dark brown and black in a triangular shape.

Chinese Blue and white ceramic beads, C20th

Price: £15

This is a great strand of Chinese ceramic beads all hand painted i blue and white with symbolic motifs. They are strung on a red cord with an adjustable Chinese knot.

Lot of 3 Chinese bangles

Price: £35

This is nice lot of three bangles, one cloisonné and two cinnabar. The larger cinnabar bangle is beautifully detailed on black ground, the thinner cinnabar is more typical and has more age, the cloisonné is lovely work on a blue ground.

Large Art Deco green Bakelite Buckle with a label for Harlem Adler, American 1930s

Price: £35

This is an unusual and rare buckle in olive green swirl and marble effect bakelite. The design is a classic Art Deco shape its angular form and typical carved geometric lines. The closure does not depend upon metal fitments which is uncommon and pleasing. The buckle is a very large size and comes with its original sample store tag from Harlem-Adler & Co. in New York, who were known principally as manufactures of buttons from the 1930s to 1950s but carried lines in other fashion accessories as well. A classic of its time, then, complete with a bit of history and true collector’s item!

Stunning long Art Deco necklace with cherry amber beads

Price: £250

This is a wonderful long constructed necklace comprising Art Deco cherry amber beads and Czech glass uranium glass beads. The central pendant is a rare glass bead of a man in a turban. There is also a Chinese carved fruit stone carving ending in a silk tassel.

Art Deco Czech glass bracelet

Price: £35

This is a fantastic piece of Czech glass comprising stations of turquoise colour cabochons and faux pearls. All elements are intact and the clasp works well.

Art Deco moulded glass necklace

Price: £25

This is a great necklace in lovely colours, all are moulded glass beads ending in a tassel, restrung using period elements

Vintage Moroccan statement brooch

Price: £20

This is a very striking brooch in a Moroccan design set with glass stones

Striking Brass Bracelet with Berry and Purple Glass Stone charms, 1940s

Price: £25

This is a great bracelet comprising numerous brass berry form charms and purple glass briolette stones joined by rope effect gilt metal double chain links. The brass would probably have had gilding on it which has worn off.

Large costume cameo brooch, marked W. Germany

Price: £15

This is a fun large oval brooch set with a very detailed glass cameo portrait with faux pearls, market W. Germany

Art Deco Scottish shield brooch

Price: £20

This is a very striking broochc comprising a large gilt brass shield design set with a large glass stone

DeNicola brooch and earrings 1950s

Price: £20

This is a striking set of brooch with matching earrings by DeNicola the New York jewellery designer that was well known in the 1950s and it quite collectible today. Gunmetal colour set with paste stones and faux onyx central stones. Earrings have strong clips and are easy to wear.

Striking Art Deco brooch

Price: £15

This is a very vivid brooch in a Regency design, featuring a faux onyx stone and faux pearl drops

Egyptian Revival style snake motif bracelet and necklace 1980s

Price: £45

This is a wonderful set of a necklace and bracelet both comprising black metal malleable circular mesh with a gold tone snake head and tail, the head with diamante eyes. Probably American.

Butler & Wilson Renaissance style cross brooch

Price: £95

This is a massive cross brooch/ pendant in the Renaissance style, gold tone inset with cabochons and faux pearls, signed

Butler & Wilson massive dragon brooch

Price: £125

This is a gorgeous brooch in gold tone with gold and clear diamante stones, red glass eyes, signed

Outstanding Egyptian Revival necklace c1960

Price: £125

This is a very unusual necklace that features a large central pendant that depicts a beautiful design of Egyptian iconography. This includes cobras, ankh symbols, Horus the bird god and Ramses II. It is all done in bright gold with enamel work. This is on its original rope style chain fashioned to allow the pendant sit on the upper chest. It is probably of American manufacture.

Large faux coral Bakelite brooch, British c1940

Price: £45

A fine quality large floral brooch made from faux coral Bakelite with a bar pin to the reverse, carefully carved to represent the rose petals in fine detail. Dating from the 1940s this piece has remarkably survived in perfect condition making it the ideal statement fashion accessory.

Five Murano glass fish pendants

Price: £25

This is a rather random lot comprising five small Murano glass pendants. Each one has a hole in the fin so they are all ready to be worn as necklaces or to be put together as one fabulous necklace. It is all up to you! :)

Czech glass faux turquoise brooch c1930

Price: £65

This is a very rare brooch comprising a central faux turquoise glass stone surrounded by smaller beadwork set into white metal. This is a typical Czech glass design for makers such as the Neiger Brothers.

Art Deco Catalin Bakelite necklace, American c1930

Price: £125

This is a fabulous necklace comprising very large mustard coloured catalin beads in tubular, ovoid and globular shapes. Catalin is a form of plastic that is comtemporary with Bakelite. They are very similar as they are both composed of phenol and formeldehyde. The main difference is that Catalin was poured a poured liquid and Bakelite was moulded from a granular powder. Catalin is a brand name developed and trademarked in 1927 by the American Catalin Corporation of New York City, when the patent on Bakelite expired that year. It was used in a variety of applications, including costume jewellery, until the end of the second world war when it became too expensive, as every piece had to be individually cast and polished. Catalin jewellery is often incorrectly referred to as bakelite but has a distinction all of its own and this necklace is prime example of the fashion designs produced in the 1930s.

Blue Millefiore beads c1950

Price: £65

This a beautiful necklace comprising graduated beads that are the rare blue colour millefiore glass. These tended to be Venetian glass. They have the original barrel clasp and should probably be restrung.

Art Deco opaline glass necklace 1930s

Price: £125

This is a stunning strand of large tear drop opaline glass beads strung with conical silver beads. Opaline glass has been around since the 19th century and can be seen in jewellery from this time. These beads are of exceptional quality and appear to glow in both low light and daylight. There are flashes of pink and yellow that make these beads dance like they are lit from within. They are better quality than most authentic opals of this type. Has been fitted with a modern extender.

Faceted Opalite statement necklace c1970

Price: £95

This is a dazzling necklace comrising Opalite beads. These are facetted pear shaped beads as well as round beads. The luminosity within these stones are incredible they appear to be glowing in both sun light and indoor light.

Opalite is a type of synthetic glass often mistaken for a gemstone due to its alluring translucence and the play of colors similar to those seen in opals. Unlike natural gemstones, opalite is man-made, primarily from dolomite and metal to create its distinctive shimmering and milky appearance. It typically exhibits a soft, opalescent sheen with a blue or orange glow when light passes through it, making it popular in jewelry and decorative objects.(geologyscience.com)

Strand of Chinese ceramic beads c1950

Price: £25

This is a lovely necklace comprising 19 barrel shaped ceramic beads with vulcanite spacer beads. The ceramic beads are chinese porcelain with Famille Rose style decoration. This necklace has not clasp but will fit over the head.

Strand of large Peking glass beads c1920

Price: £25

This is a striking string of beads that are Peking glass. Peking glass was created as a more economical alternative to jade and is a favorite stone for beads and and costume jewellery from the 1920s. With barrel clasp.

French Art Deco Machine Age galalith paste necklace 1920s

Price: £75

This is a fantastic piece of Art Deco comprising chromed metal with glass and paste roundel stations ending in a massive pendant that has galalith, enamel and paste elements.

Black glass apple pendant on a long chain, 1980s

Price: £25

This is an amusing necklace comprising a black glass pendant in the form of an apple mounted with a leaf with diamante stones and suspended from a long complementary chain.

Unusual Victorian style earrings

Price: £15

This is quite an usual pair of earring in the Victorian style made in the 1920s, They have a typical Victorian lyre shape with a bow. The unusual part is that they have beautiful enamel medallions that are Yin and Yang symbols. They are gilt brass and were modest costume jewellery in their time.

1950s Ocean Themed Earrings

Price: £15

This is a striking pair of earrings with a marine inspired design, comprising modelled turquoise metal sea shell plaques with suspended gilt metal sea horses suspended from gilt metal mounted facetted turquoise glass beads, the hooks in gilt metal.

Two American Polychrome Enamel Bracelets decorated with Kabuki Masks, 1980s

Price: £20

Two American polychrome enamel bracelets decorated with Kabuki masks on contrasting blue and red enamel grounds, each with spring loaded hinges, 1980s

Beautiful paste evening necklace c1940

Price: £25

This is a wonderful necklace comprising pink and clear glass stones with a large central pendant with a very unusual floral crown design. There are stones all the way around this necklace set in leaf settings.

Art Deco bee motif necklace 1930s

Price: £125

This is a very unusual and beautiful necklace comprising three stations with three dimensional bees interspersed with blue glass cabacons. It is set into gilt metal and has some enamel work on the flowers. It appears to Czech in origin based on the mounts and type of necklace.

Early Egyptian Revival necklace with ruby glass stones c1900

Price: £175

This is a very rare necklace that has an intricate design with Egyptian motifs throughout. There are ruby glass stations that culminate into a multi strand design ending in a large pendant with Tutankhamun flanked by two large ruby paste glass stones. It is most likely French or Belgian.

Fun celluloid elephant motif earrings 1960s

Price: £25

This is a great pair of earrings made from Ivorine or celluloid, It has three concentric circles with small elephants in the centre. The are screw back and do not appear to be silver. These are very light and easy to wear for long periods despite being quite a statement.

Art Deco Cicada Necklace, probably English 1930s

Price: £35

This is a very unusual necklace comprising horn that has been carved into beads and a complementary cicada pendant. Cicadas are a very common Art Deco motif and are seen mainly in brooches. The modelling here is highly stylised but more than a nod to this popular motif of the period. This is most likely the work of English craftsmen and most elegant in the simplicity of its design.

Edwardian Transitional necklace c1920

Price: £75

This is a stunning necklace comprising blue glass bead stations in a lariate style ending with a large blue glass pendant with three drops. It is transitional as it is a bit later than Edwardian so has both Edwardian elements and Art Deco elements in its design. It is set into gilt metal with a screw barrel clasp.

Cold painted brass necklace 1920s

Price: £50

This is a lovely and delicate necklace comprising stations of autumn maple leaves that cold painting in green and red to represent the change of the seasons. It has a bead chain and a hook clasp. Cold painting on metal refers to an enamel paint being applied to the cold metai i.e. not fired. The metal is gilt brass.

Nine strand authentic seed pearl necklace 1980s

Price: £45

This is a lovely and delicate necklace comprising 9 strands of real seed pearls. Three of the strands also have gold tone beads. It ends in a gold tone box clasp. Probably Japanese in origin. Pearls have a very high lustre and are of great quality.

Czech Egyptian Revival bracelet 1930s

Price: £30

This is a simple and elegant bracelet comprising stations of Egyptian motif panels and four station set with turquoise glass.

Massive pearl and mother of pearl necklace and earrings 1970s

Price: £95

This is a totally unique necklace and earrings comprising cultured pearls set with large curtain of smaller pearls and mother of pearl geometric shapes with corresponding earrings. This is exclusively pears and mother of pearl, there are no other materials aside from the mirco beads, clasp and earring hooks. The work that went into this is astounding! This is not for a wall flower but if you like to get noticed try this one! :)

Incredible Hobe suite of Earrings and a Brooch, 1950s

Price: £300

This is an extremely rare set of portrait miniatures set into earrings and a brooch by the well known makers of costume jewellery, Hobe Cie. The miniatures are surrounded by diamantes and faux pearls, the portraits themselves being prints with hand colouring. All three pieces are signed, as illustrated.

Fun 1970s button bangle

Price: £25

This is a super bangle comprising buttons encased in lucite. it has a rather homemade quality so it might have been made from a kit. This just adds to the vintage look and makes it even more fun! :)

Goldette NY Egyptian Revival Statement Necklace, 1970s

Price: £180

This is a very striking and heavy necklace with a very large central pendant with seven drops ending in glass beads. It is made from gilt metal by Goldette, a costume jewelry company that was founded in the 1950s and produced jewellery until the 1970s. Their mark appears on the reverse (see image 6). It is rare to find costume jewellery that is as robust and well made as the pieces Goldette produced and they stand out still today.

Bakelite Ivorine Mourning Brooch, British c1930

Price: £25

This is a brooch formed from bakelite intended to mimic ivory with its off white colouring. It shows a hand holding a rose and the slightly antique style reflects the fact that this was originally a Victorian design, intended to be a mourning brooch, the material of which would have been ivory (see image 4 for examples in the British Museum). Developed in New York in 1907 and patented two years later bakelite was the first plastic made from synthetic components. By the 1920s it became a popular material for jewellery and pieces were produced for some years thereafter. Dating here is probably to the 1930s or 1940s.

Large graduated necklace of nut carving beads, 1930s

Price: £25

This is a very unusual necklace comprising 51 nut carvings with a floral motif.

Butler and Wilson Skull Necklace, boxed, modern

Price: £95

There is certainly a hint of the macabre in this ‘halloween’ necklace made by the well known British firm, Butler and Wilson. Founded by Nicky Butler and Simon Wilson in 1969 and initially trading from the once famous Antiquarius antiques market in Chelsea, the company is best-known for its crystal costume jewellery and their pieces have been worn by celebrities and even members of the Royal Family. The firm still trades today and their current range does include a number of skull design pieces but this necklace is around 15 years old. Silver metal and crystals are used to create five skull heads, the largest acting as a pendant with five skull drops. These are linked by a chain which terminates in a spring closure which has a circular medallion embossed with the firm’s name. The necklace comes with its original box which remains in excellent condition. Not perhaps to everyone’s taste but certainly a statement accessory!