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Roman bronze phallic pendant
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
Phallic pendants were popular love charms during the Roman period. This example in bronze dates from circa 300-500 AD, and comes from the Eastern Mediterranean. Clearly un-circumcised! Length: 1 3/8 inches: 33 mm.Price: £165.00
Roman bronze phallic pendant
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
Phallic pendants were popular love charms in the Roman period. This rather unusual 'full frontal' example in bronze comes from the Eastern Mediterranean, dated circa 300-500 AD Height including pendant loop just over 1 inch: 28mmPrice: £125.00
Roman bronze phallic pendant
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
Phallic pendants were popular love charms in the Roman period, dating from 300 to 500 AD. This example is bronze, and comes from the Eastern Mediterranean. Length 1 inch: 25mmPrice: £125.00
diamond, sapphire & mother o'pearl earclips
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
Fairly modern pair of earclips, mother o'pearl centres set with a cinquefoil of sapphire baguettes, with a diamond centre, and with a border of diamonds, terminating at the top in a diamond quatrefoil. Very attractive...Price: £1250.00
opera glasses
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
A very attractive and compact pair of French opera glasses, made circa 1920, in perfect translucent pale blue enamel over an engine-turned base, gilt-metal and with Mother o' Pearl eye-pieces and focussing wheel. Unusually, they...Price: £185.00
Scarab ring
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
This is a very typical scarab ring, made in Egypt for the tourist market circa 1920-30. Although they must have been produced in large numbers, they are now fairly uncommon, especially when gold mounted, as...Price: £595.00
Jade deco ring
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
Attractive Jade marquise-shaped ring in its original Chinese gold mount dating from circa 1920. The jade is a very even apple-green colour and quite translucent, as can be seen through an opening in the back...Price: £850.00
Lalique Great War cross brooch
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
The famous French art nouveau jeweller Renée Lalique produced this silver military cross in celebration of the 'poilu' - French slang for the unshaven, unwashed, dirty, raggedy foot soldier in the trenches of the Great...Price: £1350.00
Edward VII Coronation brooch
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
An unusually fine brooch commemorating the Coronation of Edward VII in 1902. Thes brooches were largely made in silver, and probably produced in large quantities, although few survive. It is very unusual to find one...Price: £650.00
superb cameo
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
I bought this superb quality cameo in Florence from one of the few shops on the Pontevecchio that has antique pieces. It just stood out in his window. The cameo is carved from banded cornelian,...Price: £1950.00
A very wearable bracelet
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
This rectangular-link bracelet is the sort of thing you can wear day-in, day out. It has a very ingenious and secure clasp set with four dark cabochon sapphires. You squeeze the two round ones to...Price: £2950.00
Cornelian intaglio ring
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
A high-carat ring in the Roman taste, set with a well-carved cornelian intaglio of a bearded head. The finger size is Q (UK) and 8 1/4 (USA) which is the average man's (mine) third finger...Price: £895.00
REX, LEX, LUX, DUX pendant
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
The meaning of this unusual late 19th century pendant cross is at first unclear, and had not been worked out by the dealer I bought it from. From my grammar school education, I knew that...Price: £1200.00
Russian art nouveau pendant locket
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
A very attractive Russian opening locket in the Art Nouveau taste, the front applied with a floral motif set with demantoid garnets. These garnets are a rare form of green garnet - there are several...Price: £2950.00
jadeite fishy pendant
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
A natural white jadeite pendant with some green, attractively carved with a fish spouting water, on a lotus leaf carved at the back. This is a thick piece of jadeite which nevertheless maintains considerable translucency....Price: £375.00
black and green jadeite pendant
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
A most unusual 'turnip' pendant of natural black and green jadeite. The smoothly polished black jade is secured to carved natural green jadeite foliage. This piece, being naturalistic, cannot be dated but probably is circa...Price: £2200.00
Jadeite pendant
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
An attractive jadeite pendant, carved on one side with a peacock, and on the reverse with foliage. The colour on the front is somewhat stronger than on the reverse, but the jade is translucent and...Price: £980.00
Deco diamond triple clip
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
This stylish Art Deco diamond triple clip was a 30th birthday or anniversary present as it is engraved on the back 1908-1938, which is probably when it was made. Deco began with Cartier as early...Price: £10950.00
Edwardian brooch/necklace centre
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
A beautiful Edwardian or Belle Epoque period brooch, in that typically fine and delicate workmanship which was enabled by the general use of platinum in jewellery from around 1900. Platinum is a much harder metal...Price: £6950.00
Royal Artillery Brooch
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
A rather splendid example of a Royal Artillery or 'Gunner's' sweetheart brooch. These were given to wives or girl-friends by serving officers. This is a rather superior one, set with diamonds on 18ct white gold...Price: £1450.00
diamond & ruby bee brooch
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
A tiny little bee brooch to perch anywhere on your outfit. Bees are symbolic of eloquence and industry, an attribute of the Golden Age - and was chosen as his emblem by Napoleon Bonaparte. Lovely...Price: £850.00
Van Cleef & Arpels fishy brooch
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
Van Cleef and Arpels, Paris, is one of the great names of French jewellery, established in Paris in 1906, famous for original designs and high quality. This unusual and attractive brooch takes the form of...Price: £6600.00
diamond lizard brooch
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
This 'makes a statement' diamond lizard is of fairly recent manufacture, probably from Thailand or Hong Kong, inspired by the lizard brooches that were popular at the end of the 19th century - though few...Price: £6450.00
Retro Sunshine and Clouds brooch
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
This striking brooch I have named 'Sunshine and Clouds' with the golden sun-rays, diamond-capped, appearing from the stormy cabochon sapphire and citrine cloud. Fanciful? Maybe! This substantial brooch was made in the 1940s, in 18ct tested...Price: £5950.00
Diamond lozenge-shaped earstuds
N.Bloom & Son, london, UNITED KINGDOM
A pretty pair of modern lozenge-shaped diamond (0.59ct) earstuds, for pierced ears, set in 18ct white gold. 1/2 inch:14mm across.Price: £770.00
