{"title":"Glass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria, Arial;\"\u003eBrowse our selection of glass jewellery, including antique and vintage glass jewellery, as well as a selection of period dress watches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"french-art-deco-diamond-and-platinum-cocktail-wristwatch-circa-1930","title":"French Art Deco Diamond and Platinum Cocktail Wristwatch, Circa 1930","description":"\u003cp\u003eA late Art Deco, diamond and platinum cocktail watch, set with approximately 10.00ct of old-cut diamonds. The dial is rectangular and is painted with black, Art Deco style, Arabic numerals, on a silvered dial, with blue steel hands, with a curved crystal. The millegrain edged surround is set with old-cut diamonds, in grain settings. The bracelet is set with old-cut diamonds, in an articulated, openwork, millgrain edged, Art Deco mount, in platinum. The winding crown is set with diamonds on the top and around the sides. Circa 1935.\u003c\/p\u003e, \u003cp\u003eThe back of the case is marked with two, French, dogs' head marks, for platinum, the inside of the case has two service marks: ABC 2\/05 and 1A22661. The watch has a box clasp, the tongue of which is marked with a later French eagle owl mark for imported 18ct gold, meaning the watch had been imported back to France at a later date. Clasp tongues are usually made out of 18ct gold as the metal is more springy than platinum. The movement is Swiss, by the Driva Watch Co., with seventeen jewels.\u003c\/p\u003e, \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#02240c;font-family:'Segoe UI', sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003eCaring for your early 20\u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup style=\"color:#02240c;font-family:'Segoe UI', sans-serif;\"\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#02240c;font-family:'Segoe UI', sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e century watch: watches of this period are not sealed so they should not be worn near water, even hand washing or wearing in the rain can cause damage to the movement. If your watch does get wet please dry it as quickly as possible. You can open the case to make sure there is no water in the movement. An annual service will keep the watch in best condition.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moira Fine Jewellery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63797272707402,"sku":"22711W","price":23000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1047\/8026\/7850\/files\/french-art-deco-diamond-and-platinum-cocktail-wristwatch-circa-1930_3cda89d0-a750-4a09-b52c-b043315b6331.jpg?v=1791140857"},{"product_id":"antique-italian-micromosaic-and-gold-brooch-cum-pendant-and-earrings-suite-circa-1870","title":"Antique Italian Micromosaic and Gold Brooch-Cum-Pendant and Earrings Suite, Circa 1870","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn antique Italian micromosaic and gold brooch-cum-pendant and earrings suite. The pendant has a gold bale, with granulated Etruscan style work, the micromosaic features a fly or beetle, with a green metallic abdomen and brown thorax, on a white background, in a circle, superimposed on a square, set sideways, with blue white and red micromosaics in the corners, with circles above and below, set with flower, blue and red micromosaics and flower trefoil micromosaics either side, with a wirework surround, with three pendant drops, featuring arrowheads and circles, set with blue, white and red micromosaic, with a shepherd hook on the back for the removable bale and a locket with purple fabric, with a pin and hook catch fitting. The earrings feature a similar, scaled down design, with the flies, in circles, on a square, with gold trefoils either side and below, with lozenge shaped tops, set with micromosaic, with a flower in the centre with a blue and white surround, with a red and white triangle border, circa 1870, in a Marchesini, Firenze Roma, fitted case.\u003c\/p\u003e, \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:8.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003eMosaics are an ancient form of decoration, made of tiles, tesserae in Italian, from the Greek tesseris, referring to their four sided shapes. Earlier mosaics were made of stone and glass. Micromosaic utilised enamel, made of fused silica, with minerals to produce the required colours. The shapes were circular or cubic and known as “loaves”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e, \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:8.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003eThey flourished in the Roman, Byzantine and medieval periods. The Vatican Mosaics Studio was established at the end of the 16\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century. It was responsible for the maintenance of the works of art in St. Peter’s Basilica.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e, \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:8.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003eProduction of micromosaics date from the end of the 18\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century. Earlier designs were inspired by neoclassical allegorical themes, these were followed by flowers, animals and the well-known ruins of Rome. Due to growing demand of micromosaics the Workshop of St. Peter was set up, in 1795 as a branch of the Mosaics Studio.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e, \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:8.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe Pope presented some of the finest works to visiting diplomats and sovereigns. They began to circulate more widely and gained prestige among the wealthy and those on the Grand Tour.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e, \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:8.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003eCraftsmen who had trained in the workshops of the Vatican set up stands in the area surrounding Rome’s Spanish Steps, where most of the tourists stayed, to sell their Grand Tour micromosaics. They sold ready-made pieces and took commissions. The majority of micromosaics are unsigned, although Gioacchino Barberi and Giacomo Raffaelli were master craftsmen who did sign their pieces.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e, \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:8.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe micromosaics were usually sold without frames and tourists went to jewellers to have them set in jewellery or decorative objects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e, \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:8.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003eWith thanks to Il Micromosaico di Luigina Rech – micromosaico.it translation by John Matthews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moira Fine Jewellery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63797614018890,"sku":"XS\u0026MT10124S","price":24000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1047\/8026\/7850\/files\/antique-italian-micromosaic-and-gold-brooch-cum-pendant-and-earrings-suite-circa-1870_f7f44db4-74b5-41d9-9ba1-0e445fab1f73.jpg?v=1791143009"},{"product_id":"tiffany-co-art-deco-diamond-pearl-and-platinum-pendant-watch-circa-1925-movement-currently-not-working","title":"Tiffany \u0026 Co. Art Deco Diamond Pearl and Platinum Pendant Watch, Circa 1925, Movement Currently Not Working","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Tiffany \u0026amp; Co., Art Deco, diamond, pearl and platinum lapel pendant watch, with a diamond set platinum bar pin, with safety catch fitting, with larger diamonds in the terminals, onto a diamond set bar, superimposed with a diamond set triangle, suspending three strands of natural pearls, on individual wire links, onto a rectangular, handmade, platinum, two part watch case, with an Edwardian and eight-cut diamond set, openwork, urn design, with a flower at the top, with an eight-cut diamond surround, in grain and pavé settings, with foliate engraved sides, at the base of the pendant is the winding crown, that is rub over set with three rose-cut diamonds, the watch has a rectangular, silvered dial, signed Tiffany \u0026amp; Co., with black, Art Deco, script Arabic numerals, with blue steel hands, \u003cspan style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:11.3333px;\"\u003ewith a curved crystal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:8.5pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e surrounded by a foliate engraved edge, with a movement signed C H Meylan circa 1925. Estimated total weight of diamonds 2.10 carats. In our opinion the colour range is G to H and our opinion of the clarity is VS.\u003c\/p\u003e, \u003cp\u003ePlease note that the movement is currently not working and is due to be repaired.\u003c\/p\u003e, \u003cp\u003eC H Meylan 1888 to 1960- Charles Henri Meylan, circa 1842 - 1916. famed watchmaker, from a dynasty of Swiss clockmakers. He established a brand, in Brassus, in the Vallée de Joux, in 1878, then for ten years continued to train, travel and import watches. He worked in the USA for Waltham Watch Co. He returned to Switzerland in 1888 and founded the C H Melan factory, going on to establish a branch in the United States in 1928. He contunued to collaborate with the Waltham watch Co. and held three US patents., made a name for himself by being one of the first European watchmakers to bring \"complications\" to to a watch in America. Selling under their own name and making for Cartier, Tiffany \u0026amp; Co. and Van Cleef and Arpels. Meylan movements could be found in the watches of more than 110 different jewellers His son, Max, one of seven children, took over running of the company in 1916. The company made chronographs in the 1930s but due to family conflicts the business fell apart. They continued to do business in the USA, run by A R and J E Meylan, founded in 1937. Baume and Mercier took a stake in the business but C H Meylan of Brassus closed in the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tiffany \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63797772910922,"sku":"S241024W","price":14000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1047\/8026\/7850\/files\/tiffany-co-art-deco-diamond-pearl-and-platinum-pendant-watch-circa-1925-movement-currently-not-working.jpg?v=1791143284"},{"product_id":"french-antique-apollo-belvedere-style-bust-stick-pin-in-chalcedony-and-gold-circa-1880","title":"French Antique Apollo Belvedere Style Bust Stick Pin in Chalcedony and Gold, Circa 1880","description":"\u003cp\u003eA French antique chalcedony and gold bust stick pin, with a carved bust of a woman's head, after the Apollo Belvedere, in frosted and polished deep brown chalcedony, engraved 532 and Ce on the back, on a gold pin, with an eagle head mark for 18ct gold and an AC maker's mark, circa 1880.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moira Fine Jewellery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63797892514122,"sku":"XAR241024B","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1047\/8026\/7850\/files\/french-antique-apollo-belvedere-style-bust-stick-pin-in-chalcedony-and-gold-circa-1880_b5c63759-fead-4c96-9925-461eebbe8f2a.jpg?v=1791143401"},{"product_id":"antique-pearl-diamond-and-silver-upon-gold-brooch-cum-pendant-circa-1890","title":"Antique Pearl Diamond and Silver Upon Gold Brooch Cum Pendant, Circa 1890","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14.6667px;\"\u003eA Victorian pearl and diamond brooch-cum-pendant, with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;\"\u003ea natural bouton pearl in the centre of a cluster of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;\"\u003e old-cut diamonds, with a surround of alternating single, old-cut diamonds and trefoils, set with old-cut diamonds, in cut down settings, with a removable pendant fitting, set with two old-cut \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;\"\u003ediamonds,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;\"\u003e mounted in silver-upon-gold, with a removable brooch fitting, stamped 9CT, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;\"\u003ein an R. Drummond \u0026amp; Co., Glasgow, fitted case, c\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;\"\u003eirca 1890.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;\"\u003e The estimated total weight of diamonds is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;\"\u003e5 carats.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;\"\u003e The pearl measures approximately \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;\"\u003e8.5mm. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;\"\u003eAccompanied by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;\"\u003eGCS certificate 5785-3271, stating that the pearl is natural, with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;\"\u003ea modern gold trace chain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moira Fine Jewellery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63797965488458,"sku":"S3725B","price":18000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1047\/8026\/7850\/files\/antique-pearl-diamond-and-silver-upon-gold-brooch-cum-pendant-circa-1890_ab94e7ca-d1ef-4270-99f5-611eb811d775.jpg?v=1791143500"},{"product_id":"georgian-bristol-cobalt-blue-glass-rose-diamond-and-silver-upon-gold-heart-brooch-circa-1820","title":"Georgian Bristol Cobalt Blue Glass Rose Diamond and Silver Upon Gold Heart Brooch, Circa 1820","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Georgian diamond, Bristol cobalt blue glass, silver and gold heart brooch, with rose-cut diamonds set in a silver jardinière motif, over a deep blue cobalt glass heart, in a gold rub over setting, surrounded by rose-cut diamonds, in silver cut down settings, mounted in gold. The reverse is engraved with a floral and foliate design, with a pin and later roller catch fitting, the front and back sections are riveted together, circa 1820.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moira Fine Jewellery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63798186705226,"sku":"XHD22126B","price":3250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1047\/8026\/7850\/files\/georgian-bristol-cobalt-blue-glass-rose-diamond-and-silver-upon-gold-heart-brooch-circa-1820_6ea13433-0b3c-4aa0-8582-0336b65c0623.jpg?v=1791143747"}],"url":"https:\/\/moirafinejewellery.com\/collections\/glass.oembed","provider":"Moira Fine Jewellery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}