Has anyone seen pieces like this in the US?

[Echidna]

Hi wonderful Pricescopers I am in need of some assistance tracking down a piece of jewellery or the company that makes it.

I found the attached ring (art deco reproduction in platinum) in an antique jewellers in Australia. Another antique store had the matching earrings, but they were horrendously expensive. After chatting with the saleslady for a little while, I managed to get out of her that many of their art deco pieces came from a US supplier.

My question is this: has anyone seen anything like this in the States? Any suggestions on where to start looking? They make this ring in all kinds of coloured stones- emeralds, rubies, aquas, you name it. They can't be that rare!

Thanks in advance

 

[oranges]

i've never seen that type of ring before, so i can't answer your question-- but it is BEAUTIFUL!

 

[Echidna]

Aww, thanks Oranges

It deserves its own thread, but I was hoping to do a thread of the set...

 

[JewelFreak]

That is a GORGEOUS ring! Haven't seen anything like it either -- I'm sure you've scoured it for any stamps, etc.. Could you go look at the earrings again & see if they have something? If they're anything like the ring, I understand your desire to track them down.

-- Laurie

 

[DauphineMucha]

It's from the Kwiat Vintage Collection. Hope you are able to find it. Good luck!

 

[SB621]

I have seen similar rings at: http://www.newyorkestatejewelry.com/

 

[yennyfire]

It is absolutely gorgeous! Can't wait to see the earrings when you find them! Good luck!

 

[kelpie]

It's from the Kwiat Vintage Collection. Hope you are able to find it. Good luck!

Oh yeah! I'm quite surprised they would not advertise it as being Kwiat as that is a strong brand name in the US which helps explain the high price.

http://www.kwiatvintage.com/Kwiat-Vintage/Diamond-Jewelry/Rings/3

 

[DauphineMucha]

I really like some of these pieces and have been thinking about Style # 28022R. I've seen that ring IRL briefly a while ago and am still thinking about it often! The rubies on that ring were so sparkling and intense. They might have been heated.

Has anyone seen it?

 

[Gempassion]

Hi Echidna,

I love that ring too. But I've been too intimidated to go into the jewelery store you are refering to, to even see the price.

If you don't find what you are looking for in the US and live in Australia:

You could also consider asking a jeweler to give you a quote on the cost of creating such a ring (custom made):

I, personally, like the work of Phillip Schmidt from what I've seen on his website (but I haven't had a custom ring made yet. He is very nice to deal with via email though):

http://www.platinumsmith.com.au/

You could find some quality Aussie sapphires at:

http://www.aussiesapphire.com.au/in...th=140&zenid=0eee1226b5180d61cd890c0f808f4023

Or just see what type of gemstomes that a custom jeweler may have in stock.

Keep us posted if you do endup finding that ring or getting it made!!
Best,
Gempassion

 

[Echidna]

Yay!! Pricescopers are the best

Thank you, Dauphine, for the Kwiat tip I've had a look through the vintage collection and that is definitely my ring. I am happy to enable other purchases, so let us know what you decide!

Kelpie, the interesting thing is that I bought the ring in 2007. It had been sitting in the store since 2004 and they were selling old stock, so I think I probably got it for a bargain. It's also not stamped as Kwiat, so I'm wondering about the provenance of the piece. There was a massive price hike (AU$1500) in the earrings a couple of years ago that would make sense if Kwiat bought out a manufacturer. Not too sure...

Anywho, I have emailed Kwiat about the earrings so we shall see what happens! Lucky the Australian dollar is doing well at the moment.

In the meantime, I'd like to thank Sarahbear for hours of procrastination at www.newyorkstatejewelery.com

Thanks to Gempassion too for the links to Phillip Schmidt. I've stumbled across him before- nice to see some local talent

 

[DauphineMucha]

Echidna, I am happy to help. If you happen to have more pictures of this ring, please share. I also like this style too.

 

[arjunajane]

Hey Echidna,
I like those rings too.

Keshett in Melbourne seem to create a lot of rings around this style.
They are very nice looking reproductions, done with blue sapphires, rubies, emeralds or sometimes onyx (I enjoy the onyx ones).

I don't think they would be cheap at Keshett, but I thought it worth mentioning for the record (although, my co-worker recently purchased her ering from there and it is very nice, and wasn't as expensive as I would have imagined).

The below images are from the deco section of their site.

 

[missydebby]

Here's some linky poo's!

http://www.newyorkestatejewelry.com...ire--diamond-18k-white-gold-ring/12484/1/item

http://www.newyorkestatejewelry.com...te-&-diamond-18k-white-gold-ring/11192/1/item

http://www.newyorkestatejewelry.com...al-cut-sapphire-and-diamond-ring/11855/1/item

http://www.newyorkestatejewelry.com...te-gold-sapphire-and-diamond-ring/9086/1/item

http://www.newyorkestatejewelry.com...re-&-diamond-18k-white-gold-ring/11167/1/item

http://www.newyorkestatejewelry.com...re-&-diamond-18k-white-gold-ring/11169/1/item

http://www.newyorkestatejewelry.com/rings/2.80ct-sapphire-&-diamond-18k-white-gold-ring/11170/1/item

Enjoy! *kisses*

 

[innerkitten]

Why not check out the antique jewelry sites. Try langantiques.com there are more but nothing else pops into my head at the moment. But is it that you want a repro? There is a site called london victorian jewelry or something that has repros.

 

[innerkitten]

Oh I read the other posts and it looks like you've already figured it out. Oops.

 

[Echidna]

Thanks, missydebby and innerkitten! I have had hours of fun looking through those sites

AJ, Keshett are the mysterious jewellers I mentioned in my first post that have the earrings I really love them but I thought the price they quoted me was way high and went looking for their suppliers. When I got a quote from Kwait, however, Keshett started to look cheap

If you like the second ring you posted, Kwiat has the matching earrings on their website. I suspect you're still distracted by your gorgeous OEC pretty at this point though

 

[arjunajane]

Thanks, missydebby and innerkitten! I have had hours of fun looking through those sites

AJ, Keshett are the mysterious jewellers I mentioned in my first post that have the earrings I really love them but I thought the price they quoted me was way high and went looking for their suppliers. When I got a quote from Kwait, however, Keshett started to look cheap

If you like the second ring you posted, Kwiat has the matching earrings on their website. I suspect you're still distracted by your gorgeous OEC pretty at this point though

oooh, ha ha - that makes sense then, lol!
Yeah, I also thought Keshett would be more expensive - but as I mentioned, my co-worker/friend asked me for ring buying tips when she got engaged about a month ago (she was over in Melbourne to look); I think Keshett was the second store she looked at and after phoning me in Perth for approval, came home with the ring - which was reasonably under-budget

Nope, definitely no more jewel purchases for me for a lil while now!...but that doesn't count out gems, right

 

[heliotrope]

oh no!! not another amazing site to drool over!! I have just gone ga ga looking through Kwiats vintage section on their site!!

I know Keshett well - being a Melbourne gal - so I am glad to find other sources of such delicious bejewels