One line. One pause. One point of light.

An open 10k gold circle, rendered with intention and a little nerve. The pearl sits cleanly at the center, cool against the geometry, refusing to soften the line. The composition feels self-aware. Polished, but not polite. A symbol that knows exactly what it’s doing and enjoys the effect.

Charms like this took shape in the midcentury moment, when jewelry loosened its rules and symbolism became more personal, more selective. Worn on a charm bracelet, it marked something specific to the wearer rather than something meant to be read by others.  Whatever it means now, it remains intentional.

Details

• Era: Midcentury Modern (c. 1955–1965)

• Metal: 10k gold

• Gemstones: Pearl

• Size: Approx. 0.75 in diameter

• Style: Charm pendant

• Condition: Clean vintage condition with light surface wear consistent with age

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Curated by Dana Sednek, GIA trained jewelry professional and founder of RetroStarr, where each jewel is hand selected for its past lives and future attitude.

An image carried forward through centuries.

This Victorian intaglio centers on a carved rock crystal portrait, suspended in profile as if caught mid-thought. The face appears within the stone rather than on it, giving the piece depth and permanence. Framed in a simple gold-filled mount, the composition feels deliberate, restrained, and intensely focused.

During the Aesthetic Movement, objects like this were worn as watch fobs or personal seals, chosen for their symbolism as much as their beauty. Classical profiles drawn from Greco-Roman tradition signaled intellect, taste, and self-command. The rock crystal here is clean and legible, the carving crisp enough to still hold its gaze. Today, it translates seamlessly as a pendant, carrying its original authority into modern wear.

Details

• Era: Victorian Aesthetic Movement (c. 1880–1900)

• Metal: Gold filled

• Gemstones: Rock crystal intaglio

• Size: 0.75 in diameter

• Weight: 3.64 g

• Style: Watch fob pendant

• Condition: Clean vintage condition with light surface wear consistent with age

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Curated by Dana Sednek, GIA trained jewelry professional and founder of RetroStarr, where each jewel is hand selected for its past lives and future attitude.

Warm gold. Steady rhythm. Unshakeable presence.

This Retro-era Cuban link bracelet wraps the wrist with quiet authority. Rounded rose-gold links move fluidly, catching light in a low, deliberate way. The form feels intentional and grounded, with subtle irregularities in the lines that point to hand-forged construction common to the period.

Crafted in solid 10K rose-toned gold, the bracelet reflects postwar design priorities: durability, proportion, and daily wear. During the 1940s, many chains were formed, shaped, and finished by hand, giving pieces like this their distinctive weight and organic flow. The scale here is precise and substantial, with a silhouette firmly rooted in the Retro years.

Details

• Era: Retro (c. 1940's)

• Metal: 10k gold

• Size: 7.5 in

• Weight: 9.98 g

• Style: Cuban link

• Condition: Clean vintage condition with light surface wear consistent with age

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Curated by Dana Sednek, GIA trained jewelry professional and founder of RetroStarr, where each jewel is hand selected for its past lives and future attitude.

Retro motion cut clean through gold.

This brooch plays with direction and contrast. A crescent moon curves inward while a shooting star cuts across the composition, its gold rays flaring with quiet confidence. The silhouette is light but intentional, designed to read clearly even at a restrained scale.

Crafted in 10k rose gold and set with seed pearls, this piece reflects the late 1930s to early 1940s moment when design leaned modern, graphic, and forward-looking. Celestial motifs appear here not as sentiment, but as structure and signal. Optimistic forms shaped with restraint, motion, and a distinctly pre-war sense of progress.

Details

• Size: 1.75 x 1 inches

• Metal: 10k Rose Gold

• Stone: Seed pearls

• Era: Retro, c. late 1930's– early 1940's

• Condition: Clean vintage condition with light surface wear consistent with age. Tube and wire hinge and steel pinback shows mild waviness from age and use.

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Curated by Dana Sednek, GIA trained jewelry professional and founder of RetroStarr, where each jewel is hand selected for its past lives and future attitude.

Solid links, a single clasp, and nothing left undecided.

This bracelet is built around intention. Articulated sterling links move with weight and rhythm, finishing in a heart-shaped lock that reads graphic rather than sentimental. The scale is balanced, the profile clean, and the closure does the talking. It wears with quiet authority on the wrist, deliberate in both form and function.

Crafted in solid sterling silver and fully hallmarked for London with a 1976 date letter, the piece reflects the late-modernist direction of British silver in the mid-1970s. The heart lock serves as both focal point and anchor, turning a familiar symbol into a structural element. It’s a design that values clarity over ornament, chosen for its decisiveness rather than decoration.

Details

• Era: British Late Modernist, c. 1976

• Origin: United Kingdom

• Metal: Sterling silver

• Bracelet Size: 7.25 inches

• Style: Link bracelet with heart lock clasp

• Hallmarks: London assay marks with date letter B for 1976

• Condition: Clean vintage condition with light surface wear consistent with age

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Curated by Dana Sednek, GIA trained jewelry professional and founder of RetroStarr, where each jewel is hand selected for its past lives and future attitude.

Midcentury clarity gathered with intention.

This ring balances precision and gesture. A crisp oval aquamarine sits front and center, held in a setting that feels cinched rather than ornate. The gold folds inward with control, creating a bow-like tension that frames the stone without softening its presence.

Crafted in solid 14k gold and hallmarked accordingly, the design reflects midcentury confidence in form and restraint. The aquamarine brings cool luminosity against warm gold, while the wrapped silhouette adds structure and movement, a quiet flourish grounded in purpose rather than decoration.

Details

• Ring Size: 8 (can be resized within reason by your jeweler—or ours, if you’d like an introduction)

• Metal: 14k Gold

• Stone: Aquamarine

• Markings: 14k

• Era: Midcentury, c. 1955–1965

• Condition: Clean vintage condition with light surface wear consistent with age. Aquamarine displays gentle age-related facet wear, with a bright and attractive face-up appearance.

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Curated by Dana Sednek, GIA trained jewelry professional and founder of RetroStarr, where each jewel is hand selected for its past lives and future attitude.

Black onyx, bright gold, and a single curve of light held in a narrow frame.

A small piece with strong presence, this charm reads like a miniature emblem carved from shadow and gold. The flat onyx face creates a deep backdrop while the raised leafwork and seed pearls arc across the surface in a clean, graphic line. It feels architectural and symbolic at once — compact, deliberate, and shaped to catch the eye without asking for attention.

Set in solid 10k gold, the charm reflects the midcentury return to Victorian motifs, when jewelers reinterpreted dark-ground tablets and applied gold forms through a more modern lens. The seed pearls soften the geometry, the beaded base adds quiet dimension, and the overall silhouette remains streamlined enough for everyday wear. A small keepsake with a crisp, confident profile.

Details

• Era: Midcentury Victorian Revival

• Origin: Unknown

• Metal: 10k yellow gold

• Gemstones: Seed pearls; onyx tablet

• Size: (3/4 in x 3/6 in

• Weight: 1.77g

• Style: Victorian Revival charm

• Hallmarks: None

• Condition: Clean vintage condition with light surface wear consistent with age

A burst of light shaped in gold.

Rose gold rays stretch outward in sharp geometric folds while white gold sprays rise behind them like a flare across a film frame. A single pearl sits at center, calm and bright, anchoring the burst with quiet confidence.

This is midcentury design at its most sculptural. Clean lines. Layered dimension. A feeling of motion held in place. Crafted in solid fourteen karat rose and white gold with four tested single-cut diamonds tucked into the white gold accents. It reflects the era’s fascination with light, symmetry, and form, captured in a compact starburst silhouette.

Details

• Era: Midcentury 1950s to 1960s

• Origin: Unknown, consistent with midcentury US or European workshop

• Metal: 14K rose and white gold

• Gemstones: Four tested single-cut diamonds and a central natural pearl

• Size: Approximately 1¼ in diameter

• Weight: 3.33 g

• Style: Starburst pendant

• Hallmarks: K14 stamp

• Condition: Clean vintage condition with light surface wear consistent with age.

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Curated by Dana Sednek, GIA trained jewelry professional and founder of RetroStarr, where each jewel is hand selected for its past lives and future attitude. 

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