Antiques and the Arts Weekly Speaks with ALVR’s Mark Schaffer

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Laura Beach of Antiques and the Arts Weekly (the “Bee”) learns more about Mark Schaffer and his gallery, A La Vieille Russie.  “Mark Schaffer, PhD, is a principal at A La Vieille Russie (ALVR), leading specialists in fine European and American antique jewelry, Fabergé, gold snuffboxes, objets de vertu and Russian decorative and fine arts. The company recently moved to sleek new quarters at 745 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The sun-splashed gallery is the fifth New York venue for this firm founded in Kiev in 1851. We caught up with the peripatetic dealer…”   Click here for the full article.

Victorian Woven Pinchbeck Necklace

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Victorian filigree pinchbeck woven rope necklace.

Pinchbeck is a brass alloy imitating gold and invented by the English clockmaker Christopher Pinchbeck (1670-1732) in the 1720s.

English, ca. 1850
Length: 19 inches

$8,800

This item is available for purchase in the ALVR shop.

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Antique Hammered Gold and Gem-set Double Cufflinks

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Hammered 15k gold circular double cufflinks, set with a sapphire, diamond, ruby, and emerald.

English, ca. 1890.

$4,200

This item is available for purchase in our online shop and in our 745 Fifth Avenue galleries.