Floral Filagree Diamond White Gold Drop Pendant Necklace

Italian beautifully made diamond circle pendant featuring an exterior black pave diamond frame with an internal pave diamond center with 5 bezel set floating diamonds within a glass ...

Stunning bib style necklace featuring 7 approximate 11.50 mmm baroque pearls that have a fine silvery white color and good luster hanging from a round and arc design necklace. The s...

Dramatic 18k yellow gold filagree bow brooch pendant featuring a leaf and scroll design accented with cabochon emerald and man made faceted rubies. The back has a "c" clasp and a hook so you can wear it as a pendant / enhancer as well. The rubies are synthetic and the emerald cabochons are cracked - I believe this piece was made during World War II and they used family stones and what they could get their hands on. 3.8" across by 2.35" wide This piece is in the Byzantine Style. Below is the history of Byzantine Jewelry from Lang Antiques: Byzantine jewelry was a full continuation of the Roman traditions which were kept alive behind the high walls of the new capital, Constantinople. The Roman techniques and styles continued to form the foundation of Byzantine goldsmith‘s skills who weren’t complete copycats; some innovations such as the use of Christian iconography and further specialisation of new and old techniques occurred. Production in the old jewelry centres of Alexandria and Antioch gave way to an increased production in Constantinople. Byzantine jewelry had a huge influence on the manufacturing of personal decoration in the rest of the Medieval world. The Carolingian (start 742 AD) and the later Ottonian courts (start 962 AD) were linked to the Byzantine empire and adopted their fashion resulting in the northern European Romanesque jewelry style. In the Byzantine Empire jewelry...

Stunning 18k white gold diamond necklace features a center section that contains seven diamond drop sections, six flexible curved diamond sections, and the main row of bead set diamo...