Antique pietra dura brooch, 9ct rose gold, multi-claw set oval Italian pietra dura with a rose and violets to a wide gold frame, signed 'Caris 9', length 4 cm, total weight 10 grams
A silver antique pietra dura ring, round onyx plaque featuring a bouquet of flowers set with turquoise, shell and green hardstone in a later silver mount to tapered shoulders, size S, width 19.2 mm, wt. 11.2g, size S
Two Victorian Grand Tour C1870 gold pietra dura Florentine mosaic brooches, multi-coloured floral spray on leaf and wire worked frame with reverse photo panel, second of violet mosaic with similar earring mount, 32 mm lengths
Victorian Grand Tour C1870 gold pietra dura Florentine mosaic brooch and earrings, oval white rose pattern on finely wire worked frame with matching earrings, one with extra hanger, 45 mm brooch length (not including suspender)
Victorian pietra dura and yellow gold locket unmarked. Approx weight 12 grams, oval disc size 32 x 24 mm, bail and setting tests as 18ct back plate as copper
Gold and pietra dura brooch, circa 1870; centring an oval pietra dura depicting a bouquet of flowers, within a decorative applied frame, mounted in 15ct gold with an 18ct gold brooch pin, length 50 mm, width 40 mm, total gross weight approximately 16…
Antique pietra dura & rose gold cufflinks unmarked. Approx marquise setting size 23 x 10 mm, weight 5.6 grams, some loss & wear to pietra dura, pin holes to torpedo links, weight 5.69 grams, tests as 9ct
Victorian pietra dura earrings and pendant suite; disc earrings and oval pendant inlaid with hardstone floral themes in rope twist frames, test 11ct with blooming, earrings on later 18ct gold shepherds hooks, size 20 mm, length 35 mm; pendant on 18ct gold…
Pair of 19th century gold pietra dura cufflinks, unmarked gold, of circular form, featuring pietra dura inlaid flowers on a black slate ground with gold surround, engraved to both backs 'T.S Mort to Emma, Feb 24/76', a/f (one piece of inlay missing),…
An antique 9ct gold pietra dura brooch; onyx ground inset with forget me not and lilly of the valley in coloured hardstones, some minor losses, size 32 x 26 mm, wt. 11.26g.
Two pietra dura crosses, both late Victorian with floral motifs, one depicts two doves, set with yellow tone pendant bails, Florentine origin, (A/F) (2)
Pietra dura gilt cross pendant, set with inlaid flower heads and foliage, encased within a gilt framework with incised decoration to perimeter, with gilt bail marked 'K & Co', height 8.2 cm
Antique pietra dura and rose gold brooch showing the doves of Pliny or Capitoline doves in lapis lazuli and other gemstones. Unmarked, size 25 x 18 mm, weight 3.8 grams,
Pietra dura brooch/pendant, centring an oval pietra dura depicting a bouquet of flowers, within a decorative Continental silver frame, measuring 48 mm x 40 mm, 15.0 grams
Early 20th century Pietra dura and yellow gold brooch with reversed embossing marks to the reverse. Approx width 38 mm, old solder to the back. tests as 9ct
An antique pietra dura locket brooch, featuring a 38 x 32 mm oval black stone plaque insert with coloured tesserae depicting a bird and rose to gold plated surround with wire work, some losses, and double chain swag, reverse has open face locket with…
An antique Australian 18ct gold pietra dura demi parure by Denis Brothers, lozenge shaped frames with rope twist wire decoration fancy trefoil claw set (some bead losses) with onyx plaques inlayed with various coloured hardstones depicting floral bouquets…
A pair of antique pietra dura cuff links, 15 mm round plaques featuring floral motif coloured stonework (some losses and cracks) to cannetille work surround on metal backs, diameter 21.7 mm, tests 19ct gold, formerly earrings, wt. 11.82g.
A 14ct gold pietra dura brooch, black oval plaque inlaid with hardstones featuring bouquet of flowers to scrolling gold border and enclosed back, size 61.5 x 54 mm, wt. 30.59g.
A collection of dress studs and buttons, including a boxed suite of micro mosaic cuff-links and buttons showing Roman scenes, a suite of pietra dura buttons in fitted box, and a suite of gold and amethyst buttons in fitted box
A pietra dura demi parure, comprising a brooch and earrings, each detailed with lily of the valley, in a rope twist border, the earrings to shepherd hook fittings, in 9ct gold, boxed. The brooch and earrings in good condition. Some minor wear and dents…
An antique pietra dura inlaid brooch, 9ct rose gold, presented as an oval black matte finished panel of onyx inlaid through centre with a floral panel of hardstones, turquoise, agate and nephrite, bezel set in an open backed mount, fitted with pin and…
A Victorian pietra dura oval 9ct rose gold brooch with a shell & ribbon pattern, inlaid in black onyx with an agate, tiger's eye shell & a malachite ribbon with a rose gold frame, 5.5 x 3.7 cm, Wt 17 grams
A pair of antique pietra dura earrings, each earring comprising a central mosaic plaque, within a scrolled floral and foliate border, to large hook fittings, in 18ct gold.
A pair of antique 18ct gold pietra dura earrings, each a pietra dura panel with floral motif within a shield shape surround with tassel drops on shepherds hook fittings, length 70 mm, wt. 12.51g.
A beautiful antique pietra dura locket pendant on chain, 18ct yellow gold, made as a large 5.5 x 4 cm oval locket of black matt finished onyx, intricately inlaid to front panel with a hardstone foliate arrangement in the pietra dura style with a central…
A beautiful antique pietra dura brooch, 18ct yellow gold with high carat wash, of Victorian Etruscan revival style, circa 1880's, styled as an oval plaque, the black stone inlaid with fine, pieces of various coloured hardstone to depict a floral bloom,…
A Victorian pietra dura pendant and silver chain, the oval pendant with pink, white and blue flowers, with three 'tassels' of jet beads suspended from the base, attached to small but strong link chain set with eight conforming jet beads.
A Victorian pietra dura locket, lozenge form with floral motif inlay agates. Locket compartment to the reverse. 15 carat yellow gold tapering bale with applied gold beading to the edges, circa 1870. Boxed.
A Victorian pietra dura locket, oval form. Black agate inlaid with lily floral motif in green, white, blue and red agates. Single locket compartment to the reverse. 15 carat yellow gold bale, circa 1870.
Victorian gold plated mourning locket & chain. Locket with painted rose pietra dura decoration on black ground. Interior of locket inscribed & dated 1875.
A Victorian pietra dura demi-parure, circa 1850. The rectangular brooch and pear-shaped drops each with butterfly motif. yellow gold. Total weight 24 grams. Length of brooch 40 mm. Width 55m. Length of earrings 58 mm. Hook attachments
A Victorian pietra dura ring, the oval panel depicting a scarab in tones of green, red, brown and black on a white background, framed with bead detail in 18ct gold, ring size K. Condition: ring presents in very good condition, fine beadwork detail to…
A Victorian pietra dura brooch, the oval panel inlaid with a spray of flowers, mounted in a 15ct gold frame with cannetille decoration, having a glazed section to the reverse, circa 1870.
An antique pietra dura bracelet, comprising graduated oval panels inlaid with flowers, mounted in 9ct gold frames, some deficiencies to pietra dura, total length 180 mm
West Australian 9ct gold 'Pietra Dura' brooch, c.1900-1910, with makers stamp, 9ct Caris, for Caris Brothers, manufacturing Jewellers Perth & Goldfields. note: pietra dura (Italian hard stone) is a term used for inlay technique, of using cut and fitted,…