Wood Collectible Jewelry

Walking stick: a jeweled stick with a tactile L-shaped handle, played on the contrasts of 800/1000 silver and vermeil. Wide stepped silver arches surround niches in openwork vermeil ...

Walking stick: Art Nouveau jewel walking stick, smooth 925/1000 silver knob, pleasant to the touch, L-shaped with gold relief decorations, which delimit curved lines with semi-precio...

Walking Stick: A jeweled cane, a curved handle in sterling silver, 925/1000, embossed and chiselled, featuring the Tiffany Chrysanthemum floral motif. The design is distinguished by ...

Cartier Black Lacquered Watch Box With Three Watch Compartments Fitred With A Grey Suede Interior, Chromed Metal Hardware With Cartier Branding To The Top of The Lid

Fine quality and condition, 1860s box with perfect working silver lock and key. This handcrafted spoon box is another one of our recent great finds. It comes with beautifully shaped...

Art Nouveau walking stick: T shaped handle starts with a plane collar over which we see the Petochi maker’s mark (silversmith), the 800 hallmark (800/1000 silver) and the CD initials...

Walking stick: jeweled walking stick, octagonal milord-shaped knob in 18 kt gold with on the top a large central octagonal gold-bearing quartz and 8 oval lateral ones in different co...

Walking stick: Art Nouveau jeweled walking stick, gold and silver milord knob with intertwined CHARLOTTE monogram. Fruitwood shaft. Light bovine horn ferrule. Signed Philippe Wolfers...

AMBIANIC presents Vintage Money Clip Wood and Brass Modernist appeal 2 x 1 x .38 Preowned original vintage Refer to images

Fabulous Modernist Ebony & Sterling Silver Stripe Money Clip Preowned vintage condition. Hardly used. .75 H x 1.75 W x .38. D Refer to images listed.

This vintage 1920’s intricate designed pressboard watch box is in excellent condition and is made with meticulous craftsmanship. Beautifully embossed top, reminiscent of tooled leath...

Walking stick: Art Nouveau jeweled stick, L-shaped knob in 800/1000 silver (parts of the knob are gilded) worked in repoussé and finished with a chisel, depicting a floral motif: bra...

Walking stick: jeweled walking stick, silver knob in the shape of a milord worked in tourchon, with finely engraved and gilded parts. At the top of the knob, a miniature painted in e...

Jewel walking stick: silver handle, which depicts an elephant head with rolled trunk in pure Art Nouveau style. In the lower edge of the barrel, six peridot stones, emerald cut, are ...

Scottish Rite Masonic L, 32nd degree walking stick. The handle is in the shape of a milord in black onyx, with an openable 14kt gold and enameled coat of arms in the shape of a cross...

PRESENTING an EXTREMELY UNIQUE and RARE 19C British Tunbridgeware Hair Pin/Bobbin or Slide. This slide is unlike any of it’s kind we have seen before, it is a VERY RARE survivor. From circa 1860 – 80 and made in Tunbridge Wells, England. Made of walnut with gorgeous marquetry inlay on the entirety of the front with classic Tunbridgeware micro-mosaic all over the front. The rear is walnut. The marquetry inlay appears to be various different woods, namely, maple, walnut and satinwood. Would have been worn in a Lady’s hair bun with the micro-mosaic facing forward. This would have belonged to a VERY ELEGANT LADY in the mid to late 19th Century. Tunbridge ware is a form of decoratively inlaid woodwork, typically in the form of boxes, that is characteristic of Tonbridge and the spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent in the 18th and 19th centuries. The decoration typically consists of a mosaic of many very small pieces of different coloured woods that form a pictorial vignette. Shaped rods and slivers of wood were first carefully glued together, then cut into many thin slices of identical pictorial veneer with a fine saw. Elaborately striped and feathered bandings for framing were pre-formed in a similar fashion. There is a collection of Tunbridge ware in the Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery in Tunbridge Wells. The famous makers of Tunbridge ware were in the Tunbridge Wells area of Kent; their most notable work was from circa 1830-1900. Early makers of Tunbridge ware, in Tunbridge Wells in the mid-18th century, were the Burrows family, and Fenner and Co. In the 19th century, around 1830, James Burrows invented a technique of creating mosaics from wooden tesserae. Henry Hollamby, apprenticed to the Burrows family, set up on his own in 1842 and became an important manufacturer of Tunbridge ware, employing about 40 people. Edmund Nye (1797–1863) and his father took over the Fenner company when William Fenner retired in 1840, after 30 years in partnership with him. Thomas Barton (1819–1903), previously apprenticed at the Wise factory, joined the Nyes in 1836, and worked as Nye’s designer; he took over the business in 1863 and continued there until his death. In Tonbridge (near to Tunbridge Wells), George Wise (1703–1779) is known to have had a business in 1746. It continued with his son Thomas, and Thomas’s nephew George (1779–1869), who took over in 1806. In its early years the company made articles such as workboxes and tea caddies with prints of popular views; later items had pictures created from mosaics. Their workshop in Tonbridge, Wise’s Tunbridge Ware Manufactory, was next to the Big Bridge over the Medway; the building was demolished in 1886 to widen the approach to the bridge. Tunbridge ware became popular with visitors to the spa town of Tunbridge Wells, who bought them as souvenirs and gifts. Articles included cribbage boards, paperweights, writing slopes, snuffboxes and glove boxes. At the Great Exhibition of 1851, Tunbridge ware by Edmund Nye, Robert Russell and Henry Hollamby was shown; Edmund Nye received a commendation from the judges for his work. He exhibited a table depicting a mosaic of a ship at sea; 110,800 tesserae were used in making the picture. The manufacturers of Tunbridge ware were cottage industries, and they were no more than nine in Tunbridge Wells and one in Tonbridge. The number declined in the 1880s; competent craftsmen were hard to find, and public tastes changed. After the death of Thomas Barton in 1903 the only surviving firm was Boyce, Brown and Kemp, which closed in 1927. Marquetry was an old technique which was continued by Nye and Barton to create images such as birds or butterflies. ‘Green Oak’ as caused by the fungus Chlorociboria aeruginascens. Stickware and half-square mosaic was invented by James Burrows in about 1830: a bunch of wooden sticks of different colours, each having triangular or diamond-shaped cross section, were tightly glued together; in the case of stickware, the resulting block was dried, then turned to form an article such as the base of a pincushion. For half-square mosaic, thin slices were taken from the composite block, and applied to a surface. Tesselated mosaic, was a development by James Burrows of half-square mosaic; it was adopted by George Wise and Edmund Nye. Minute tesserae were used to form a wide variety of geometric and pictorial designs. Many sorts of wood were used for the various colours; about 40 were in regular use. Only natural colors were used; green was provided by “green oak”, produced by the action of fungus on fallen oak. Designs for articles were often taken from designs of Berlin wool work.

A fine and exquisite example of the designers work. The bag is signed and numbered 0089. Known for his elegant refinement the designer was born in 1939 and passed in 2014. Working in Rome and fully understanding the Mediterranean love of pure refinement his designs express a sublime play of luxury with simplicity. These small clutches are in demand the world over. Examples of his work can be found carried by the best-dressed women from the highest levels of society and in institutional collects such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London as well as a long list of other international museums and institutions too numerous to mention. Crafted completely by hand in Italy these are like fine small sculptures with no two being alike. The gems and stones used are examples of the lapidary art...

For your consideration, a vintage mid-century modern buckle belt by Kenneth Reid with dark woods. Solid brass. Dimensions: 3" W x 1.75 H x .5 D, belt width 1 1/2" Please visit tak...

Rare Catherine Noll bracelet. Measurements : 9,5 cm x 9 cm / diagonals 11,5 cm x 11,5 cm / inner diameter 6,3 cm "Granddaughter of sculptor Alexandre Noll, Catherine Noll loved sh...

For your consideration, mid-century modern exotic wood brass and copper vintage belt buckle. Dimensions: 2. 25" W x 1.5" H x .25" D , it will fit a 1 1/4" belt. Please visit take...

This incredible, one-of-a-kind watch display cabinet brings together the beauty of an antique with the functionality of modern technology. Crafted of mahogany, this 19th century jewelry display cabinet...

A wonderful example of a Tibetan Coral Bead mala / neckpiece with a stunning mix of orange & red colours that have aged beautifully over the decades. Tib...

For your consideration, a vintage belt buckle in brass and wood with mid-century modern design by Moonscape Buckles, USA circa the 1970s. Dimensions: 3.38" W x 1.75" H x .5" D. It...

Antique Walking Stick with 925 Sterling Silver Handle, Early 20th Century This refined antique walking stick features a beautifully crafted solid silver handle, richly decorated wit...

Walking stick with a cane made of Malacca wood and a pommel of ox horn with bands and a gilded silver cap depicting a double-headed eagle.The pommel is made of black ox horn enriched...

This 'Kalabubu' necklace, also known as the 'head-hunter' necklace made out of coconut and brass is the most important ornament for the men of Southern Nias Island, North Sumatra...

Rare, unique and exceptional perfume atomizer. This beautiful and sculptural atomizer is representative of its period. Clean lined and modernist in presence, this piece is a function...

For your consideration, Brass and Light Wood Belt Buckle Kenneth Reid New Mexico. Dimensions: 3" W x 1.75" D x .5" D. Belt width 1 1/2" Please visit take a look at our listings, w...

Walking stick: jewel walking stick, round iron knob, with engraved gold parts, depicting 5 cameos. Macassar wood cane. Brass and iron ferrule. Russia circa 1880.

A wonderful jewelry box in gilt cast bronze by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997). From a small special series, the designer created circa 1945-55. on which some French poems were cast in relief on the cover. This box features a well-known love poem "Sonnet" by Félix Arvers (1806 – 1850), widely considered as one of the most romantic French poems written about unrequited love and longing. Three out of four passages are shown on the lid except the third one. The box is lined with cork. There is a line on the back from casting, commonly seen in the boxes of the series. Mon âme a son secret, ma vie a son mystère, Un amour éternel en un moment conçu Le mal est sans espoir, aussi j'ai dû le taire, Et celle qui l'a fait n'en a jamais rien su. Hélas ! j'aurai passé près d'elle inaperçu, Toujours à ses côtés, et pourtant solitaire. Et j'aurai jusqu'au bout fait mon temps sur la terre, N'osant rien demander et n'ayant rien reçu. Pour elle, quoique Dieu l'ait faite douce et tendre, Elle suit son chemin, distraite et sans entendre Ce murmure d'amour élevé sur ses pas. À l'austère devoir, pieusement fidèle, Elle dira, lisant ces vers tout remplis d'elle " Quelle est donc cette femme ? " et ne comprendra pas. A secret fills my soul, and a mystery fills my life, An eternal love conceived in an instant. As the scourge was hopeless, it remained wordless, And the one responsible was unaware of it. Alas! I lived close to her but without notice, Always by her side yet so lonely. And I shall have lived my days on this Earth, Not daring to ask for anything, obtaining nothing. Even though God made her gentle and tender, She goes her way, careless and oblivious To the sough of love rising...

Walking stick: jeweled stick, milord-shaped knob with gold band and malchite cylinder with iron noble seal. Malacca wood barrel with 18K gold eyelets for wrist cord. Horne ferrule. Signed Gabriel Falguieres. Gabriel Falguières created excellent Art Nouveau jewelry. We know that Falguières collaborated with the Parisian jeweler Alphonse Auger (La Maison Auger...

Walking stick with silver-plated copper and iron tip. The shaft is made of ebony. The milord pommel, made of embossed silver, has a series of smooth vertical bands that separate it. ...

A small gilt bronze pill box by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940-50s. The rather rare round box features a relief-cast spider on the lid. The interior ...

A 18th century set presented in trapezoidal case made of light wood and inlaid with marquetry. The vanity case includes a gold wax case decorated with fl...

Walking stick: sculpted tortoiseshell knob depicting the head of a child with silver chain around the neck with a four-leaf clover-shaped pendant in silver and green enamel. Silver g...

A glazed sample case of precious stones, the collection of 12 gilt tins house a range of uncut stone samples all with their original hand penned labels. Among them is a rough diamond, Indian rubys...

This 'Kalabubu' necklace, also known as the 'head-hunter' necklace made out of coconut and brass is the most important ornament for the men of Southern Nias Island, North Sumatra...

The lack of pockets on traditional Japanese kimonos resulted in small pouches or boxes that were strung at the waist and secured by button-like fasteners known as netsuke. Although t...

Vintage Fossil Money Clip Wood Silver Metal Modernist design 1 x 1.88 x .38 Preowned original vintage condition Refer to images please

Elevate your collection with this elegant 19th-century ebony cane. Expertly carved from rich ebony wood, this cane features a distinctive handle depicting a dog with an open mouth, s...

The lack of pockets on traditional Japanese kimonos resulted in small pouches or boxes that were strung at the waist and secured by button-like fasteners known as netsuke. Although t...

Walking stick: silver knob milord shape handle, depicting six soldiers, representing six European states involved in the First World War conflict. Ebony m...

Charming jewelry box or case. The box has a compartment for rings and 3 compartments for earrings, necklaces, bracelets, stones. Very interesting opening mechanism with pusher syst...

Old Cane From The XIX Century ANCIENT CANE OF THE XIX CENTURY ELEGANT CANE IN EBONY GOOD CONDITION MEASURES 92 CM HIGH

For your consideration, Urban Cowboy Striped Brass and Wood Belt Buckle 01 by Kenneth Reid, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dimensions: 2.63" W x 1.5" H x .63" ...

Sculptural Foot & Ankle Jewelry Display in Patinated Wood – Decorative & Functional Stand Description: This unique jewelry display takes the form of a realistically sculpted foot an...

Circa 1950s Dutch teak & pewter oval cocktail tray. Sleek Art Modern design - note the modernist handles. Very minor wear given age & use. 21" over handles x 12.25" x 1". We are a f...

AMBIANIC presents Vintage Rosewood Sterling Cane Art Deco embellished design sterling stamped 35.5h x .75 thick x 4.5 d Preowned vintage unrestored wear ...

Classic Finnish 1970s jewelry by acclaimed Finnish designer Kaija Aarikka (1929-2014). Lacquered wooden beads set in two circles with additional hanging ...

Rare and early work by Mildred Ball, these cufflinks and tie pin were purchased in Winston-Salem where Mildred got her start. The "Ball" without the "r" m...

For your consideration, a 1970s hip belt buckle turquoise, sterling on Ebony . Unmarked, no information on the maker. Modern Native American cowboy belt buckle. Dimensions: 3 .13" ...

Bertoia stopped producing jewelry in the late 1940s except for rare occasions when he would barter a piece in exchange for materials from his metal supplier. This piece has remained ...

For your consideration, a 1970s Brass Wood Belt Buckle Kenneth Reid New Mexico Dimensions: 3" W x 1.75" D x .5" D. Belt width 1 1/2" Please visit take a look at our listings, we ...

A wonderful black and gold umbrella by Fendi - signed Fendi Perfumes. In wonderful condition, design works well unisex - full sized with case - sleek han...

Walking stick: jeweled walking stick, octagonal milord-shaped knob in 16Kt. gold. In the upper part, we find a table embedded with a pietradura, or Florentine mosaic, of octagonal sh...

Walking stick: a jeweled cane with a milord-shaped knob, in gilded silver, with an embossed decoration of twisted lines that rise to the edge of the upper part. At the end is set a r...

This early wire wrapped pendant was likely made by Harry Bertoia while he was at Cranbrook.

Walking Stick knob made out of green quartz semi-precious stone, oval enamel miniature painted on copper, depicting the rape of Europa and the bull. 18...

Stunning large modern hand-carved ebony bracelet made from 28 single pieces of ebony. Measure: opening 2.25 inches.

This large wooden dresser top pocket watch stand and vide poche is unmarked, but believed to have been made in England in approximately 1890 in th...