Purveyors of rare and unusual items of early jewellery in London since 1984 and on the web since 2003. Michele Rowan is the author of '19th Century Cameos'. We specialise in sourcing rare pieces such as Georgian eye miniatures and early memento mori jewels.
Fine Jewellery
A most unusual Stuart crystal memento mori slide, second half of the 17th century. The gold slide encloses a compartment containing a weave of hair overlaid by a gold device of two cherubs bearing...
Fine Jewellery
A rather fabulous high carat, two colour gold acrostic memorial locket with a rare motto, circa 1815, commemorating both peace and loss. Georgian acrostic jewellery utilised gems to convey messages...
Fine Jewellery
A reliquary pendant, circa 1680, depicting two saints in contemplative mode. The mount is high carat gold enamelled in vibrant red, green and white. The images are reverse painted on glass and under...
Fine Jewellery
Hispanic reliquary pendant of a particularly neat and wearable size, circa 1700. Trust in the apotropaic powers of saints was strong and devotional jewels like this were worn to protect the wearer. ...
Fine Jewellery
A seditious allegorical watercolour miniature set to a pendant, circa 1794. Sedition is conduct deemed by legal authority to inspire insurrection against the established order. The tumultuous events...
