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5th April 2020 - Regional jewellery - Occitanie - n°250
necklace "rang d'or" which would be used to suspend a gold badine cross from the Tarn
30th March 2020 - Regional jewellery - Savoy - n°249
Gold Tarentaise Jeannette cross, with central motifs of the Saint Maurice cross and the Holy Spirit
27th March 2020 - Regional jewellery - Normandy - n°248
necklace made of three catches, gold and enamel
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27th March 2020 - Regional jewellery - Centre - Loire Valley - n°247
26th March 2020 - Regional jewellery - Introduction - n°246
Saint Lô cross in silver and Rhinestones where the polished-off culets have been imitated by black painted spots
At the end of the 19th century, the Parisian jewellers making French regional jewellery would do their best to make them look as antique as possible. On antique diamonds and Rhinestones, the bottom point of the stone, the culet, was polished off and so in order to make the modern cut stones look like the antique ones, the jewellers would paint a black spot on the culet of the stone.
26th March 2020 - Regional jewellery - Savoy - n°245
Gold Tarentaise Jeannette cross, with central motifs of the Saint Maurice cross and the Holy Spirit
26th March 2020 - Regional jewellery - Auvergne - n°244
three pairs of "briquet' ear pendants, popular in the Auvergne and Dauphiné regions
20th March 2020 - Regional jewellery - Auvergne - n°243
"rang d'or" necklace in gold and enamel
15th March 2020 - Regional jewellery - North - n°242
French folk costume with very long ear pendants
and soleil coiffe - Pas de Calais region - antique postcard
15th March 2020 - Regional jewellery - Auvergne - n°241
traditional mountain folk dress from Auvergne
15th March 2020 - Regional jewellery - Poitou - n°240
15th March 2020 - Regional jewellery - Savoy - n°239
8th March 2020 - Regional jewellery - Savoy - n°238
publicity by Mr. Bonsaquet of Chambéry
6th March 2020 - Regional jewellery - Provence - n°237
Provençale badine cross from the Arles region, in pink gold, diamonds and black enamel
6th March 2020 - Regional jewellery - Poitou - n°236
csilver châtelaine clip, Poitou
29th February 2020 - Regional jewellery - Champagne - Ardenne - n°235
croix de Valloire en or (copie moderne)
Valloire cross in gold
29th February 2020 - Regional jewellery - Aquitaine - n°234
Woman from the valley d'Ossau in gala costume
29th February 2020 - Regional jewellery - Centre, Loire Valley - n°233
Market gardener from Vendée with cape and silver cape clips
Ring "à la française"
'Bagues à la française' en or et strass
It should be noted that the moulds and dies used to make the French rings known as "bague à la Française", popular in Vendée and Normandy, were also used to make "poissarde" earrings, brooches and even some stick-pins.
Guimbarde brooches
Men's guimbarde brooc decorated with double hearts and used to hold the shirt closed, silver
illustration from 1903 showing how the guimbarde pin was used to close the shirt
men's heart-shaped guimbarde topped with a crown and pierced by an arrow, silver
men's heart-shaped guimbarde pin topped with a crown and a crucifix and pierced by an arrow, silver, 1798-1809
men's double heart-shaped guimbarde pin topped with a crown and a cross and pierced by an arrow, silver,
Vendéen brooch in stamped out and engraved silver
Vendéen stick-pin in stamped out and engraved silver
23rd February 2020 - Regional jewellery - Poitou region - n°232
21st February 2020 - Regional jewellery - North - Pas de Calais region - n°231
Three pansy necklace worn with regional costume from Le Portel
20th February 2020 - Regional jewellery - Poitou - n°230
Women's cape clasp with central flower motif without palmette terminals
20th February 2020 - Regional jewellery - Centre - Loire Valley - n°229
overcoat catch in engraved and openworked silver
9th February 2020 - Regional jewellery - Antilles - n°228
1st February 2020 - Regional jewellery - Antilles - n°227
"chenille" (caterpillar) earrings and "chou" (cabbage) necklace
"chenille" (caterpillar) earrings and "chou" (cabbage) necklace
26th January 2020 - Regional jewellery - Picardy - n°226
24th January 2020 - Regional jewellery - Exhibitions - n°225
Exposition de bijou régionaux, au Musée Bernard d'Agesci 26, avenue de Limoges 79000 Niort
Jusqu'au 31 mai 2020, exposition des bijoux régionaux Niortais, entrée €5.
24th January 2020 - Regional jewellery - Normandy II - n°224
24th January 2020 - Regional jewellery - Brittany - n°223
Brittany cross in silver, front and back view
24th January 2020 - Regional jewellery - Provence - n°222
The Dauphiné clover cross
small Dauphiné clover cross in gold
23rd January 2020 - Regional jewellery - Normandy II - n°221
postcard of Normandy regional jewellery
15th January 2020 - The Jewels of the French - Earrings and ear pendants - n°220
gold and Rhinestone creoles, popular with Gypsies
traditional créoles in gold with their facetted spheres
15th January 2020 - Engagement - n°219
Men's engagement rings in enamelled gold (150%)
14th January 2020 - Regional jewellery - Alsace Lorraine - n°218
Lorraine cross with thistle motif
14th January 2020 - Regional jewellery - Normandy II - n°217
coiffe pin in gold and
Bressan enamel
14th January 2020 - The Jewels of the French - Good luck charms - n°216
gold ring with horse-shoe motif set with pearls and sapphires
14th January 2020 - Regional jewellery - Provence Alpes Côtes d'Azur - n°215
provençale creole earrings in gold and coral