Art Nouveau Gold-Tone Choker Necklace with Aquamarine Paste feed-condition-used This stylish Victorian signet ring

This stylish Victorian signet ring

it represents the ebb and flow of life - thus a crescent in the 19th Century was associated with weddings and births (and later

This pretty early Victorian seal features intricate floral designs and a citrine intaglio of three birds perched on a bird bath

* The Edwardians loved the hugely complimentary combination of pearls

The reverse is typical of the shell back design of the period

Art Nouveau Gold-Tone Choker Necklace with Aquamarine Paste feed-condition-used This stylish Victorian signet ringA beautiful Art Nouveau choker, likely of Austro Hungarian origin and possibly made in Prague. Prague was a major centre of Nouveau design at the turn of the century. The openwork panels display the classic whiplash lines and organic curves of the movement, almost echoing Alphonse Muchas flowing hair motifs and the stylised botanical forms seen throughout Central European decorative arts. Each panel is set with a soft aqua blue paste stone, mimicking