S.J. Phillip’s 19th century emerald and diamond flowerhead drop-swag cluster corsage brooch, circa 1890 with old Euro and cushion cuts sent into gold over silver/
We are less than one week away from the big night of the 2024 Academy Awards and so far it has been an awards season filled with statement pieces— and diamonds, diamonds and more diamonds. There has also been beautiful gemstone pieces, which I am hoping to see more of on Sunday, March 1o, 2024.
In the meantime, why not think about the jewelry you’d wear if you were walking the red carpet or if you are having a Oscar party. I have made my own list of antique and vintage pieces that are red carpet worthy jewels.
Here are pieces from the different classifications and times periods that range from the 1800s to the 1970s:
Fred Leighton’s Art Deco platinum diamond cluster bracelet with different diamond cuts, French, Circa 1930.
Simon Teakle’s pearl and diamond necklace by Oscar Heyman, Circa 1975. It is a cultured pearl and diamond necklace, the single line of graduate pearls with circular and marquise shaped diamond intersections suspends a fringe with drop shaped pearls with trefoil cluster motifs, mounted in platinum.
Estate Diamond Jewelry antique ring featuring an old European cut diamond, . The center stone is held by prongs inside a square bezel. The platinum mounting features a floral openwork design set with additional old European cut diamonds. The under-gallery of this ring is decorated with an openwork heart motif design. This ring was handcrafted during the Edwardian era, circa 1910.
A La Vieille Russie antique diamond bow brooch, set in platinum. English, circa 1905.
Simon Teakle’s antique diamond convertible necklace, English circa 1870. The necklace is designed as a series of sixteen open circular clusters with trefoil intersections mounted in silver and gold. The front section is detachable to form a brooch, the back section is detachable to form a bracelet.
Fred Leighton’s Georgian old mine cut diamond foliate motif Pendant earrings.
Wartski’s Antique demi-parure, Paris, circa 1830. The set includes a necklace mounted in yellow gold, centred with an octagonal shaped peridot mounted within opposing scrolls with pressed and chased foliate decoration, suspending a pear shaped aquamarine and pink topaz drop, surrounded by an array of multi-colored gemstones accompanied by a pair of earrings, each with three pear shaped drops mounted with aquamarines, pink topaz, emeralds and rubies. Stamped with the ram’s head mark for Paris (1819-1838).
Kentshire’s Victorian 18K gold and sterling sio and diamond adjustable jarretiere bracelet, the woven gold strap fitted through a foliate-carved gold buckle set with diamonds in a lozenge pattern with a foliate-carved gold end tip,
Estate Diamond Jewelry’s Circa 1940 Retroring featuring an emerald-cut aquamarine set in prongs. The aquamarine is flanked by two rows of single cut diamonds set in rectangular bezels on the shoulders.
Macklowe Gallery Bapst & Falize Paris diamond and enamel bangle bracelet. It was made by Bapst and Falize circa 1887, in 18K gold, enamel and diamonds. Thee hinged bangle is decorated with medallions depicting six distinct species of blossoms formed of old mine-cut diamonds topping medium relief gold stalks with foliage, some with berries, all chased throughout,. The reverse is counter-enameled in opaque sky blue, while each medallion corresponding to the frontal diamond motifs contains a chased relief depiction of the same flower realized in gold, with corresponding stalk and foliage in polychrome cloisonné enamel.
Kentshire’s antique tourmaline and zircon drop earrings featuring a rose diamond chain suspending one red zircon and one green tourmaline, in sterling silver and 15K gold.
Sandra Cronan’s 18K gold emerald pendant necklace featuring a large faceted emerald and representing a basket of flowers. The petals, buds and leaves are set with yellow and white diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and emeralds. The stylised basket hangs from an elegant diamond set bow knot. The pendant was most likely designed for Boucheron by Theophile Picot, a prominent jeweler of the period. Signed F. Boucheron, Paris on reverse. The pendant can also be worn as a brooch with a pin bar behind the bow.