Catalog: Jewelry

length 5 1/2 inches, weight .89 oz. Troy, excellent original condition.

With an intricately detailed applied gilt bug, this piece exemplifies the very best of George Shiebler's offbeat and extraordinarily creative designs. In thirty-five some odd years of scouring the country and city-sides, I have never owned another example of this particular brooch.

model number 1012, length 2 1/2; height 1 inch, excellent original condition.

As one might expect from a company which prided itself on hand craftsmanship, similar examples of the same brooch with slightly different configurations of these five conjoined panels do exist. This model would appear to be scarce.

width and height both about 2 inches, excellent condition, no monogram. A perfect gift for your royalty-obsessed friend...

diameter 2 1/4 inches, fine condition, heavy (mass 59.6 grams).

circa 1925. OK, for once I'll just shut up and let you have a look! Diameter, 1 5/16 inches; excellent condition; no inscription; please see second photo for marks.

five floral links with chrysoprase centers, length 6 3/4 inches excluding clasp, weight a generous 1.24 oz Troy, excellent condition.

We'd never heard of "Taylord", but bought this thinking for sure that the name would turn up in some tome as a small production Arts & Crafts silversmith. No such luck...

they look to be much earlier but are probably mid 20th century and hail from the fair city of Cork (see 2nd and 3rd photos for marks). Diameter of round section 1 1/4 inches, excellent condition, no monograms.

Every now and then one finds a piece which captures the Zeitgeist of the late Victorian era. This little brooch, with its highly naturalistic subject matter and "picture in a frame" motif is just such an example. Length 1 by 1 1/4 inches excluding frame ends, two well modeled and finely cast birds applied to body, excellent condition, with registry mark only (please see third photo); year 1879.