ANTIQUE VICTORIAN REPRODUCTION CLASPS IN WHITE BRONZE

I picked up the first batch of reproduction castings this morning and I'm thrilled by the way they turned out.

All three came from antique Victorian watch chain clasps.

These were cast in white bronze which mimics sterling silver very well.

You can find them listed to Metal Corset II.

Check 'em out!

GEORGIAN PALAIS DOUBLE SIDED WAX SEAL ETUI SET WITH ADDITIONAL DEVICES

I was fortunate to find additional double sided wax seal intaglio devices that fit my Georgian Palais etui set.

Now there are 16 double sided wax seal intaglio devices in all or 32 impressions total.  (I believe a full set consists of 24 double sided devices.....so eight more to go.)

The extra devices (duplicates) from the etui set will soon be listed to Metal Corset II.

So keep a weather eye.....

VICTORIAN HAND FIST TOGGLE OR T-BAR CLASP

Soon to be cast in sterling silver and bronze is this rare Victorian toggle bar (or T-bar) from a Victorian watch chain.

It depicts a closed fist holding a dumbbell.

I've never seen another like it.

So, keep a weather eye on Metal Corset and Metal Corset II.

VICTORIAN BLUE ENAMEL HAND AND SEED PEARL LOCKET

This is an incredible Victorian blue enamel locket depicting a hand grasping a garland set with a tiny seed pearl.

Even with the damage to the left side, it's still a beautiful and excellent representation of a Victorian era blue enamel locket.

LE TRIOMPHE D'AMOUR

LE TRIOMPHE D'AMOUR antique French wax seal intaglio translates to -The Triumph of Love.

Soon to be used in sterling silver antique wax seal jewelry.

Keep a weather eye on Metal Corset for its debut.

FEMME FATALE III-Victorian Female Leg Match Safe Vesta

Newly listed to Metal Corset is this assemblage necklace featuring a whimsical silver plated and leather Victorian match safe vesta depicting a highly detailed shapely female leg measuring 2.15" x 1.0".

This amazing match safe suspends from sterling silver wire wrapped Jasper beads and two different styles of antique silver plated Masonic sword chains.

The necklace closes with a sterling silver Victorian reproduction Shepard's hook.

Check it out!

LADY JANE GREY-HUES IN GRAY

The focal of this assemblage necklace is a beautiful Victorian Art Nouveau sterling silver and velvet heart pincushion. Stamped with hallmarks to both front and back.

It is suspended from sterling silver wire wrapped gemstones and pearls which include iridescent Labradorites, faceted rock crystals, faceted jet rondelles and silver filigree rhinestone beads.

The closure is a sterling silver Victorian reproduction Shepard's hook from Danette Darbonne.

Dangling from the nape is a sterling silver Art Deco watch case depicting a winged cherub and heart. The case opens allowing you to place tiny treasures of your own inside.

The gray hues of this necklace made me think of Lady Jane Grey and her tragic life. Great granddaughter of Henry VII, she was schemingly used as a pawn by her aristocratic family who coerced King Edward VI to thwart his Catholic half sister Lady Mary, heiress presumptive and successor to the throne. On his deathbed at age 15, King Edward VI named his Protestant cousin Lady Jane Grey as his successor to the throne. Also known as the "Nine Day Queen," Lady Jane Grey was executed by beheading for high treason on 12 February 1554.