All the trouble is on the inside.
Inside Job keeps her best secrets below the surface. Purple and acid green flash through a dark little maze of metal, appearing, disappearing, and changing places as the angle shifts. Schreiner packed an astonishing amount of drama into two inches, making you lean in to see how it was done.
Schreiner’s Shadow Box construction put the stones at different depths rather than neatly lining them up on the surface. Smooth lilac cabochons, faceted amethyst glass, and sharp shots of green sit inside the dark openwork setting, creating a composition that shifts from every direction.
Details
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Era: Midcentury, circa 1960s
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Origin: New York, USA
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Maker: Schreiner New York
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Collection: Shadow Box
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Material: Glass stones and silver-tone base metal
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Color: Amethyst purple, lavender, acid and olive green
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Size: Approximately 2 inches
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Style: Dimensional Shadow Box brooch
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Hallmarks: SCHREINER NEW YORK
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Condition: Good vintage condition with age-related wear and patina. There is visible localized wear and loss to the black japanned finish, exposing the underlying metal in several areas, particularly along the raised floral and openwork elements. Stones appear secure.
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Styling Notes: Pin it somewhere the depth can be seen. A black lapel, a high collar, or the shoulder of a simple dress gives all that purple and green plenty of room to work.
Subtlety had the night off.
Cocktail rings have always understood the assignment: take up space, catch the light, start a conversation. Big Mood carries on that tradition with absolutely no interest in dialing things down.
Deep purple glass flashes from plum to violet to nearly black depending on the light, giving this oversized vintage ring all the drama its name promises. Set simply in sterling silver, it lands somewhere between glamorous and gloriously over-the-top.
Details
- Era: Vintage / Estate
- Metal: Sterling silver
- Hallmarks: Sterling
- Stone: Faceted purple glass
- Cut: Emerald cut
- Ring Size: 5.75
- Weight: 13.42 grams
- Condition: Very good vintage condition with surface wear consistent with age and use.
- Styling Notes: Wear it like it's real. Ideally, on your pointer finger.
The building moved to your wrist.
During the years between Art Deco and Mid-Century Modernism, design began shedding ornament and letting structure do the talking. Setback belongs to that fascinating in-between world. Its overlapping brass planes rise and retreat like the stepped profiles of interwar architecture, turning the bracelet into something closer to a miniature construction than conventional jewelry.
The single olive-green Bakelite element makes the whole thing stranger and better. Rather than appearing as applied decoration, it becomes part of the structure itself, joining brass and one of the defining new materials of the machine age in a piece that feels engineered rather than embellished. The maker is unknown. The point of view is not.
Details
- Era: Retro Moderne, c. late 1930s–1940s, stylistically dated
- Material: Brass and tested Bakelite
- Color: Olive green Bakelite
- Maker: Unknown
- Hallmarks: None observed
- Size: Adjustable
- Closure: Chain-and-hook closure with hollow brass ball terminal
- Style: Retro Moderne / Machine Age / architectural jewelry
- Condition: Very good vintage condition with surface wear, oxidation, and developed patina to the brass consistent with age and use. The Bakelite element remains glossy and well preserved. Hardware appears intact and functional.
- Styling Notes: Setback has already done the accessorizing for you. Give it a bare wrist, a rolled cuff, or a sharply tailored sleeve and let the architecture stand alone.
The view is the point.
The most successful settings often ask the least attention for themselves. Rather than surrounding the stone with ornament, Lumen gives a light lemon citrine room to breathe, lifting it above the hand until transparency, proportion, and light become the experience. Your eye never quite finds a reason to look away.
Crafted in sterling silver during the 1970s, Lumen reflects a period when oversized colored gemstones became increasingly popular in everyday jewelry. Rather than relying on elaborate metalwork to amplify its presence, this ring allows a generously proportioned emerald-cut light lemon citrine to carry the composition almost entirely on its own. The stone provides the drama. The setting simply knows when to stop.
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Era: Vintage, c. 1970s
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Metal: Sterling silver
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Gemstone: Emerald-cut light lemon citrine
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Approximate Gemstone Dimensions: 25.40 × 20.49 × 8.16 mm
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Estimated Gemstone Weight: Approximately 40.3 carats
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Hallmarks: Sterling, with an unreadable maker's mark
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Ring Size: 7¾
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Weight: 5.97 grams
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Style: Cocktail ring / statement ring
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Condition: Very good vintage condition with light surface wear to the sterling consistent with age and wear. The citrine is eye clean with a few minute conchoidal chips along the girdle, visible only under a loupe. Stone secure. Hallmark present but unreadable.
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Styling Notes: Lumen wears more like a piece of architecture than ornament. Pair it with clean tailoring, natural linen, or an all-black palette and let the generous emerald-cut citrine become the focal point. Its light lemon tone offers presence without heaviness, making it surprisingly versatile for a statement ring.
The wrist deserves architecture.
Not every bracelet changes the silhouette of the wrist. Lintel does before it ever catches the light, turning broad planes of sterling silver and open space into something almost architectural. The effect is bold without excess, relying on proportion, weight, and line rather than ornament to make its point.
Crafted in Mexico before 1948 and marked simply “Silver Mexico,” Lintel belongs to the formative years of Mexican modernist silver, when designers were increasingly stripping away ornament in favor of proportion, structure, and sculptural form. Each substantial link contributes to the whole like a repeating architectural element, creating rhythm, balance, and remarkable visual weight from surprisingly simple geometry.
Details
• Era: Pre-1948
• Origin: Mexico
• Maker: Unknown
• Metal: Sterling Silver
• Hallmarks: Silver Mexico
• Weight: 82.37 grams
• Size: 7¼ inches long, 1 3/8 inches wide
• Style: Architectural link bracelet / Mexican modernist bracelet
• Condition: Very good antique condition with light surface wear consistent with age and use. A light polish would brighten the silver if desired, though the existing patina complements the bracelet’s sculptural character. Clasp functions securely.
• Styling Notes: Wear Lintel on its own. Its scale and geometry are enough to anchor everything from crisp tailoring to a simple black knit, where its sculptural silhouette becomes the focal point. It pairs especially well with clean lines, natural textiles, and anyone who believes great design belongs on the body as much as it does in a building.
Worth opening.
The watch is easy to miss. Closed, the piece reads as an ornate jeweled bracelet, its paste-set cover giving little indication of what lies beneath. Lift the lid and a tiny dial appears, transforming the bracelet from adornment into timepiece. The reveal feels deliberate, as though checking the hour was intended to be a private act rather than a public display.
Produced in France by Potens Prima, this gold filled watch bracelet conceals a 17-jewel mechanical movement beneath an ornate paste-set cover. The scrolling metalwork and densely set stones create the impression of a jewel first and a timepiece second, allowing the bracelet to stand on its own even when the watch remains unseen. Its substantial scale, richly detailed cover, and hidden dial capture the ingenuity and elegance that made these secret watch bracelets enduring favorites.
Details
• Era: Retro, c. 1935–1945
• Origin: France
• Material: Gold Filled, Stainless Steel Watch Back
• Size: Approximately 2 1/4 inches by 2 inches
• Style: Hidden watch bracelet / cocktail watch bracelet
• Hallmarks: Mode Déposé, Fond Acier Inoxydable; Potens Prima movement
• Condition: Good vintage condition with age-appropriate wear. All stones remain present, though some have darkened over time and no longer reflect light as brightly as others. The exterior presents beautifully, while the interior shows noticeable wear to the gold-filled finish consistent with years of use. Cover opens and closes properly. Watch is currently not running and is offered as-is.
• Styling Notes: Equally compelling as a jewelry object and a conversation piece. Wear as a dramatic cuff-style bracelet and enjoy the hidden watch as an unexpected detail discovered only upon closer inspection.
An entrance disguised as courtesy.
Flashbulbs start somewhere behind you. Heads turn one by one. Someone immediately regrets underestimating you. For the person who never mistakes manners for surrender, they do exactly what great jewelry should: change the room. Bright enough to start rumors, sharp enough to finish them.
Born in the late 1930s to early 1940s, when jewelry understood scale, spectacle, and the usefulness of timing, this matched pair still makes the case beautifully. Crafted in 14k gold with tested rubies and diamonds, each piece functions as both brooch and pendant, which means the drama is entirely up to you. Together they read like a private collection. Separately, they still outrank most things in the room.
Details
• Era: Retro Moderne period, c. late 1930s – early 1940s
• Material: Solid 14k gold
• Stones: Tested rubies and diamonds
• Form: Matched pair of starburst brooch pendants
• Functions: Each piece may be worn as a brooch or pendant
• Size: Approx. 2 1/4 in. diameter each
• Condition: Excellent vintage condition with age-appropriate wear consistent with fine jewelry of the period
Heat, held at the center.
Everything else forced to orbit. A red point of pressure with gold radiating like an argument you cannot interrupt. Pearls keep it civilized. The rest of it does not.
Crafted in 10K gold, this postwar French brooch-pendant features a radiant starburst form set with seed pearls and a synthetic ruby at its core. The construction reflects late 1940s to early 1950s French design, balancing optimism and control through bold geometry and restrained detail. Designed to be worn as either a brooch or pendant, the reverse reveals clean, era-correct mechanics that support both modes with intention.
Details
• Era: Postwar French, circa late 1940s–early 1950s
• Origin: France
• Metal: 10K gold
• Gemstones: Seed pearls, synthetic ruby (tested)
• Size: Approximately 1 1/2 inches
• Weight: 6.19 grams
• Style: Convertible brooch-pendant
• Hallmarks: French eel import stamp
• Condition: Clean vintage condition with light surface wear consistent with age
This bold midcentury statement ring is marked 925 with the ARC Mexico stamp and centers a dramatic, faceted synthetic sapphire in deep, moody purple. Depending on the light, you’ll catch flashes of teal-green -- like a classified message delivered in code.
Sitting high and proud on the finger, this ring feels like a control panel for glamour, power, and just the right amount of mystery. And with a stone this size? You don’t ask for attention...you command it.
Ring Size: 9 (can be resized within reason by your jeweler—or ours, if you’d like an introduction)
Metal: Sterling Silver (marked 925)
Stones: Approx. 18.8ct synthetic sapphire, purple with teal-green undertones
Markings: 925, ARC Mexico
Origin: Mexico, Midcentury (c. 1950s–70s)
Condition: Beautiful vintage condition with minimal wear and incredible sparkle
This is the ring that refused to stay in the background.
This Retro-era cocktail ring is built for interruption. A bold emerald cut dominates the composition, catching light with sharp geometry and unmistakable presence. The scale is confident. The effect is immediate. This is a piece that reads across a room, not one that waits to be noticed.
Crafted in warm 10K yellow gold, the setting reflects the sculptural energy of the 1940s, when cocktail rings leaned into drama and clarity rather than restraint. The vivid green synthetic spinel triplet delivers strong visual impact and pronounced fluorescence under UV light, a quality that made this ring a standout on stage and gives it its unmistakable character today.
Details
• Era: Retro c. 1940s
• Metal: 10K yellow gold
• Gemstones: Synthetic green spinel triplet, emerald cut
• Size: 7 (can be resized within reason by your jeweler—or ours, if you’d like an introduction)
• Style: Retro cocktail
• Hallmarks: 10K
• Condition: Clean vintage condition with light surface wear consistent with age. Strong overall presentation.
Not everyone enters through the spotlight. Some steal it on their way out.
Built like a set piece for the final scene, this dramatic estate-era cocktail ring rises sky-high with a floral burst of deep sapphire sparkle. Crafted in 14K yellow gold and marked accordingly, it features 29 tested natural sapphires—13 round single-cuts and 16 marquise stones—set in a layered dome designed to turn heads from every angle.
The openwork undergallery creates a glow-from-below effect, giving the whole piece a sense of motion and mood lighting. It’s glamorous, structural, and unapologetically extra. Ready for anyone who prefers their exits loud and their jewelry louder.
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Ring Size: 7 (can be resized within reason by your jeweler—or ours, if you’d like an introduction)
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Metal: 14K Yellow Gold (marked)
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Stones: 13 round single-cut sapphires + 16 marquise sapphires (all natural)
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Markings: 14K
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Origin: Estate, likely late 20th century
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Condition: Excellent estate condition with secure settings and no visible damage
She’s got Parisian angles and a center stone you can spot from across the bar.
Sourced just outside Paris, this bold midcentury cocktail ring is a masterclass in geometry and glamour. Crafted in platinum and 18K gold, it features 42 hand-set single-cut paste stones framing a knockout central crystal, all arranged in a stepped rectangular face that’s pure postwar drama.
Marked 750 with a partial French assay, this piece delivers all the hallmarks of 1950s French studio jewelry: architectural precision, cinematic sparkle, and unapologetic presence. A cocktail ring with architectural edge and zero intention of staying quiet.
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Ring Size: 8.5 (can be resized within reason by your jeweler—or ours, if you’d like an introduction)
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Metal: Platinum top & 18K Gold shank
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Stones: 42 paste single cuts + 1 large round-cut crystal (high lead glass)
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Markings: 750; French assay (partially legible)
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Origin: France, Midcentury (c. 1950s–60s)
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Condition: Excellent vintage condition with light wear consistent with age
