Antique Vintage Art Deco 14k Gold Chinese Carved Turquoise Lavaliere Necklace

SPECIALIZING IN FINE ANTIQUE VINTAGE JEWELRY & COLLECTIBLES. These prices come from GIA recognized Gem Guide , THE wholesale price guide for dealers. These values do not dictate what a piece is worth. This is the price a piece would be worth if stripped down and melted to its bare materials. This beautiful piece comes from the Art Deco Era! The Art Deco Era is famous for being the “Gatsby” or “Roaring Twenties” Era. A lot of gorgeous and timeless designs in jewelry came out of this period. During the Art Deco Era jewelers would often make these gorgeous piece to order, which would take weeks to hand craft! Chinese Export jewelry became popular during the late Victorian Period and lasted until the 1960’s. In a lot of ways Chinese Export jewelry fashioned what we know of jewelry today. During these period’s Chinese Craftsmen including Jewelers, Stone cutters were considered by far the best in the world. The rich and wealthy would have a piece custom ordered through their local jeweler whom was usually gifted at drawing a design to send off to contacts in China to craft and send back. As you can imagine, this was not cheap, that being said, these pieces are very rare and few have survived until today. Chinese Turquoise is considered by the Chinese as the second most valuable stone only behind Jade. Chinese Turquoise was highly prized due to its rarity and gorgeous bright blue hues. With the rarer types there will be a spider web matrix within the stones. Chinese Stone cutters were considered some of the finest artisans in the world during the Vintage Era. They would carve western themes as well as the more rare traditional eastern themes into their many pieces. Lavaliere’s are necklaces. That included a chain or small link necklace, fairly long, that terminates in a single large pendant or tassel, which in turn often has additional pendants or tassels dangling from it; though named for a mistress of Louis XIV, the style is usually associated with turn-of-the-20th century jewelry, and remained popular into the 1930s. The necklace is signed by none other than world renown Art Deco craftsman Walter Lampl. The last picture shows another similar necklace, bracelet, pendants, and earrings for sale in other auctions we have. Please view our other items for sale! Hyperlinks are up top for the other items. The necklace includes a gorgeous hand carved and polished piece of natural Chinese Turquoise. The Turquoise features beautiful floral flower carvings throughout both pieces of the bottom lavaliere. There are also Chinese Turquoise beads hand strung on the necklace. The color of the Turquoise is gorgeous with the bottom pendant being more vibrant in hue than the center Turquoise stone. The necklace includes classic handcrafted Art Deco Era craftsmanship throughout including a gorgeous period paper clip link necklace as well as gorgeous scalloped designs and prongs holding the stones in place. The necklace measures 17 in length not including the lavaliere pendant. The pendant measures another 1 and 3/4″ by 1/2″. The necklace includes a secure spring clasp as well. Antique and Vintage jewelry is disappearing at alarming rates. Unfortunately, most of the jewelry from this time period has been lost or melted down over the years, please don’t miss your chance to own this special piece of history! Main Stone Carat Weight/Color/Clarity. Vibrant Blue and a tad duller blue in the center. Accent Stone Carat Weight/Color/Clarity. Sizable by Your Local Jeweler. Due to the age of some of these pieces, some items will not be stamped. The National Stamping Act was not enacted until 1906, before 1906 jewelry was not legally required to have a karat mark. This is one way to date items prior to the Art Nouveau time period. PLEASE WAIT FOR AN UPDATED INVOICE BEFORE PAYING FOR YOUR ITEMS. If you pay the invoice that doesn? Thank you for your cooperation. The item “Antique Vintage Art Deco 14k Gold Chinese Carved Turquoise Lavaliere Necklace” is in sale since Sunday, January 29, 2017. This item is in the category “Jewelry & Watches\Vintage & Antique Jewelry\Fine\Art Nouveau/Art Deco 1895-1935\Necklaces & Pendants”. The seller is “aumiagoldandsilverjewelry” and is located in Fort Collins, Colorado. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, ZA, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, RU, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, NO, SA, UA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY, BR, CL, CO.

• Metal: Yellow Gold
• Metal Purity: 14k
• Main Stone: Turquoise
• Country/Region of Manufacture: China
• Style: Lariat
• Brand: Walter Lampl

Tags:antique, carved, chinese, deco, gold, lavaliere, necklace, turquoise, vintage