A stylish Victorian gold filled 2-1/8 x 1-3/8" pin with a central claw-set facetted amber crystal stone. This unsigned pin has the original c-clasp, and it is in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are secondhand and may have slight signs of gentle use. Surface shipping to the continental U.S...
Not much is known about Industria Argentina, except that they produced exceptionally designed and crafted jewelry in the 1950s and '60s. This weighty silver ring is typical of their purist modernist aesthetic.
Size 6. Marked "Industria Argentina, Buenos Aires," and hallmarked 900 for silver fineness. Quite substantial at 11.9 grams. Excellent vintage condition.
Circa pre-1948, this tour-de-force cuff bracelet is the work of Silver Corpus Artisans of Mexico.
I know this mark to be associated with Doris Silver, although this piece is not marked as such.
Quite possibly one of a kind, this is an amazing cuff with superb silver work. Measuring 4" tall, the design has koi fish with bubbles coming out of their mouths, amidst huge waves.
Should fit up to a 7" wrist...
Pal Kepenyes abstract silver and stone hinged bracelet
Impressive statement piece
Mexico
1970
Interior circumference - 6 5/8"
Center element - 1 1/2" long x 1/2" tall
Stamped Pal Kepenyes, Mexico
Excellent vintage condition
A lovely late Victorian brooch featuring an oval-cut amethyst flanked by a pair of 7mm half-pearls surrounded by rose-cut and old-mine cut diamonds. The amethyst has nice coloring and clarity that contrasts nicely with the creamy color and soft luster of the pearls. The tiny diamonds add just a hint of sparkle. The back retains the original pinstem and c-clasp. Tested and guaranteed 14K gold.
Origin: probably America, ca. 1900. Condition: excellent, all original. Size: 1-9/16” x 5/8”...
Vibrant red coral stones in these vintage sterling clip back earrings and matching pin. Unsigned, but in the style of Frank Patania, Thunderbird Shop. The earrings measure 1 1/8" by 3/4" and weigh 15 grams total. The pin measures 1 3/4" by 1 1/8" and weighs 13 grams. Fine original condition with no chips or cracks to the beautiful coral stones. A great set!
This late 19th-century gunmetal chain has both length and strength, with a bold, stunning look. It features a secure spring-ring clasp and a glossy, blue-black finish, produced by electroplating a coating of iron over a white metal. The links are securely soldered, save for the end link, which may have had a jump ring. Unclasped, the chain measures 51 inches long.
Ed Wiener modernist sterling silver brooch
3" x 3 3/4"
1950
Marked Ed Wiener, sterling on reverse
Very good vintage condition
1960s earrings with French clip backs, and red poured glass cabochons at the top, and strands of red, blue, green, and colorless glass beads wired in goldtone metal, with filigree caps. Marked DEPOSE MADE IN FRANCE. 3 inches long and about 1 inch wide. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail.
Paul Miller modernist sterling silver and red agate shadow box ring
1950
New York
Size 8
Weight - 26.12 grams
Well crafted and substantial
Very good vintage condition
A handsome pair of French 18K yellow gold cufflinks, the faces comprising white jasper chalcedony carved into quadrants and enhanced with rope-twist gold bindings. The faces are connected by chains to barbell backs. The jasper chalcedony has a very attractive translucent milky white color with a tinge of bluish-gray (the photographs seem to have a more pink tint). Each cufflink is stamped with French 18K gold marks and with an illegible maker's mark.
Origin: France...
Marci Zelmanoff intensely crafted mixed metal and wire mesh brooch/pendant
Sterling, silver mesh, brass and enamel
2 3/8" x 3 1/2"
1979
Can be worn as a brooch or a pendant
Etched on verso - Marci Zelmanoff, February, 1979
Fine vintage condition
Marci Zelmanoff - born 1942, Philadelphia
Zelmanoff studied at the Rhode Island school of Design and received a MFA at Southern Illinois University
Her primary i...
A wonderful pair of Edwardian 14K yellow gold enameled cufflinks, one face decorated with the image of an eagle and the other with an owl. This eagle and owl were often used in Victorian jewelry to depict day and night, a concept popularized with the rise of Japanese motifs in the 1870s. The faces are worked in the “basse-taille” enamel with detailed engraving of the gold base covered with a layer of enamel in a single grayish-green color...
Composed of curved openwork panels formed as highly stylized bird heads, possibly eagles, with a pre-Columbian influence. The tongue-and-groove clasp is original and very secure for this substantial bracelet. It is bears the circular mark for Pedro Castillo, who worked for Spratling and Aguilar in the 1930s and started his own taller in the 1940s (per Bille Hougart’s ‘Little Book’ of Mexican silver marks, p. 41)...
This fabulous Art Nouveau/ Edwardian necklace would be perfect for a bride … or anyone, really, at any time! The “wow” factor is huge! It measures 1-1/4” at the widest point, and from the top-most diamond to the bottom of the dropper it is 2-1/4”. The dropper is a river or “dogtooth” pearl, 11/16” long, which has a collar of gold around it, set with 3 Old European cut diamonds, and swirls of gold holding 4 more little pearls...
Janiye sterling silver brooch
1950
1 7/8" x 1 3/8"
Marked on reverse
Very good vintage condition displaying intended oxidation
Elis Kauppi modernist sterling necklace with tiger eye.
Finland - Circa 1965 - 70.
Pendant 3 1/2" x 1 5/8", neck ring 5" x 5".
Condition - excellent.
Both pendant and neck ring are marked.
A nice 18K rose gold Sputnik ring by H Stern in a desirable smaller size. The dome is bezel-set with nineteen round citrines, amethysts, pink and green tourmalines, garnets and aquamarines. This design was created in the 1950s to highlight the range of colored gemstones available from Stern's Brazilian mines. Each piece has a unique appearance depending on the particular selection and placement of the stones...