Seaman Schepps Box
21st Century and Contemporary Cufflinks
Onyx, Pearl, 18k Gold, Enamel
2010s Unknown Modern Modern Bracelets
Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
Late 20th Century Clip-on Earrings
Crystal, 18k Gold
Early 2000s Link Bracelets
18k Gold
Late 20th Century American Contemporary Brooches
Carnelian, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century American Modernist Cocktail Rings
Aventurine, Citrine, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
Vintage 1970s American Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Citrine, Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Drop Necklaces
Aquamarine, Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
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Spinel, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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Carnelian, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s American Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s American Contemporary Brooches
Citrine, Diamond, Cultured Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s American Retro Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
Vintage 1950s American Post-War Brooches
Diamond, Jade, Ruby, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1950s American Modernist Cocktail Rings
Amber, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s Modernist Link Bracelets
Coral, Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s American Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Quartz, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1910s Unknown Art Nouveau Brooches
Coral, Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1950s American Post-War Cocktail Rings
Natural Pearl, Pearl, White Diamond, Diamond, Platinum, Yellow Gold, 18k...
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Vintage 1920s Unknown Modern Link Bracelets
Diamond, Platinum
20th Century Italian Modern Charm Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
1990s Contemporary Link Bracelets
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Unknown Contemporary Link Bracelets
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s American Modern Bangles
1990s Beaded Necklaces
South Sea Pearl, Diamond, Cultured Pearl, 18k Gold
Vintage 1980s American Beaded Necklaces
Coral, Diamond, Sapphire
Late 20th Century French Artist Brooches
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold
Vintage 1960s American Modern Link Bracelets
Mixed Metal
Vintage 1970s Unknown Art Deco Engagement Rings
Emerald, Diamond, Yellow Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Chain Necklaces
Diamond, Onyx, Rose Gold
Vintage 1970s French Cuff Bracelets
18k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Italian Modernist Cocktail Rings
Coral, Turquoise, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century French Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Diamond, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s American Modern Hoop Earrings
Carnelian, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s American Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
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21st Century and Contemporary American More Earrings
Amethyst, Chalcedony, Iolite, Sapphire, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Link Bracelets
Gold
20th Century American More Earrings
Coral, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Bracelets
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Bracelets
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Link Bracelets
Gold
20th Century American Link Bracelets
Diamond, Gold
20th Century American More Bracelets
Diamond, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Earrings
Agate, Gold
Vintage 1960s American More Jewelry
18k Gold
Vintage 1970s American Link Bracelets
Coral, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s American Link Bracelets
18k Gold
Late 20th Century American Clip-on Earrings
Citrine, Diamond, Onyx, 18k Gold
1990s American Retro Brooches
Amethyst, Chalcedony, Citrine, Crystal, Emerald, Tourmaline, 18k Gold
Vintage 1960s American Brooches
Diamond, Multi-gemstone, Natural Pearl, Quartz, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Brooches
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Cuff Bracelets
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Link Bracelets
Diamond, Multi-gemstone, Chalcedony, Citrine, Emerald, Peridot, Quartz, ...
Late 20th Century American Clip-on Earrings
Chrysophrase, 14k Gold
Vintage 1980s American Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Quartz, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Coral, Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold
1990s American Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Aquamarine, Iolite, Blue Sapphire, Spinel, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1970s American Retro Clip-on Earrings
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s American Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Agate, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s American Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Coral, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1950s American Post-War Cocktail Rings
Lapis Lazuli, Yellow Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century North American Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Ruby, 18k Gold
Vintage 1960s American Retro Clip-on Earrings
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s American Modernist Cocktail Rings
Coral, Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Stud Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Cufflinks
Citrine, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Bracelets
18k Gold
20th Century American Cufflinks
Jade, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Cufflinks
Ruby, 18k Gold, Enamel
Late 20th Century American Contemporary Lever-Back Earrings
Carnelian, Coral, Onyx, Turquoise, Cat’s Eye, 18k Gold
Vintage 1980s American Chain Bracelets
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s American Hoop Earrings
Rock Crystal, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Retro Cuff Bracelets
Amethyst, Citrine, Lapis Lazuli, Moonstone, Turquoise, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Link Bracelets
Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Link Bracelets
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s American Modern Clip-on Earrings
18k Gold
20th Century American Artist Retro Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 2000s American Clip-on Earrings
Ruby, 18k Gold
Vintage 1970s American Brooches
Diamond, Quartz, Ruby, 18k Gold
Vintage 1960s American More Jewelry
Lapis Lazuli, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
1990s North American Contemporary Brooches
Carnelian, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Turquoise, 18k Gold
Vintage 1980s American Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Quartz, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s American Clip-on Earrings
Ruby, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s American Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Coral, Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Cufflinks
Jade, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Cufflinks
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1950s American Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Natural Pearl, Platinum
Vintage 1960s Stud Earrings
Emerald, Pearl, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, Gold
Late 20th Century American Clip-on Earrings
Tourmaline, 18k Gold
20th Century American More Bracelets
18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Earrings
Turquoise, 18k Gold
2010s American Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Onyx, Rock Crystal, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century American More Bracelets
Amethyst, Citrine, Diamond, Quartz, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Onyx, Rock Crystal, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Seaman Schepps Box For Sale on 1stDibs
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Seaman Schepps for sale on 1stDibs
A scrappy, self-made artist who transformed turbo shells into decadent earrings and crystal chessmen into bold bracelets, Seaman Schepps (1881–1972) tirelessly worked his way up from the tenements of New York’s Lower East Side to become “America’s Court Jeweler.”
Born to immigrant parents who named him for the Seamen’s Bank for Savings that his mother could see from the hospital — or so the legend goes — Schepps dropped out of school at the age of 14 and never had any formal jewelry training. He later moved to California, where he opened his first jewelry shop in 1904. In 1921, he returned to New York to build on the success he’d begun to enjoy as a jeweler on the West Coast, but it wasn’t long before his Manhattan house, which counted Broadway stars and theater patrons among its clientele, was hit hard by the stock market crash of 1929. Schepps used this disruption to rethink his approach to jewelry, debuting a new store in 1934 on Madison Avenue, where he would make his mark in playful custom adornments.
While many high-end jewelers of his era focused on the purest and most valuable gemstones, Schepps chose his materials for their color and shape, elevating flawed stones others disregarded in collage-like formations involving unconventional materials such as fine wood, coral, seashells and flea-market finds. Passersby of his New York City shop could find a frog-shaped brooch carved from rosewood, a vintage snuff bottle broken into links for a bracelet and loose-drilled pearls plugged with diamonds. Schepps’s whimsical pieces found fans in fashion icons who appreciated his unique statements, including Doris Duke, Andy Warhol and the Duchess of Windsor.
Following Schepps’s death in 1972, his daughter, jewelry designer Patricia S. Vaill, ran the jewelry house for two decades before it was taken over by Jay Bauer and Anthony Hopenhajm of Trianon jewelry. Following the closure of the company’s Park Avenue store in November 2020, sales for Seaman Schepps is now based in its boutique location out of Palm Beach, Florida, where the legendary brand carries forth its founder’s spirited designs.
On 1stDibs, find a distinctive collection of vintage Seaman Schepps jewelry, including brooches, bracelets and other accessories.