Antique Opal Diamond Heart Shaped Pendant

Circa 1890s This elegant antique brooch / pendant is designed as a flower head with a 8.5 mm pearl in the center. It is finely crafted in silver-topped 14K gold (front – silver, back...

Circa 1850 This very fine antique Maltese cross is crafted in silver topped 14K gold (front – silver, back – gold). The cross is embellished wit...

This rare pendant was made in Saint Petersburg between 1904 and 1908 by Carl Blank, jeweler of the Russian Imperial Court and Tsar Nicholas II. The pendant is finely crafted in matte platinum (front) and 14K gold (back). It features two excellent red spinels from Burma accented by old mine cut diamonds. The spinels were tested by Swiss Gemmological Institute in Basel (test report no. 87913) and found to be natural and untreated. Estimated total spinel weight is 2.70 carats. Approximate total diamond weight is 3.18 carats. In the early 1900s, platinum was an exotic metal. In Russia, it was rarely used in jewelry (not until 1930s). Apparently only jewelers of the Imperial court like Faberge, Bolin and Blank experimented with platinum. Marked on frame with 56 zolotnik old Russian gold standard (there was no mark for platinum at that time) and on bail with maker’s initials ‘ CB’ for Carl Blank, St. Petersburg assay mark with initials ‘AP’ for assay master Alexander Romanov...

Circa 1910 This elegant Belle Epoque pendant is finely handcrafted in platinum. It features a brandy color citrine surrounded by an ornate wreath motif frame embellished with bright...