All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Designer Signed : Pre 1950 item #352652 (stock #T 1157)
Sold. There is a cuff out there that matches this not often seen signed "JP" & Sterling Silver Jelly Opal Art Glass ring showing these flashes of Plum, Peach, Pink, Blue, Red & Golden Amber Jelly Opal Dragon's Breath. Fred Harvey designs on the shoulder. Roped bezel set cabochon stone alone is 12 X 22 mm, few fine lines possibly when glass was poured. size 7 3/4 and could be resized.
Sold, no price, no info.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Designer Signed : New item #259200 (stock #T 633)
One of a Kind Studio Piece. Sterling Ring made by and Signed MIMI DEE. A 40mm etched Carnelian Gem Bead and .925 Silver was used to create this adjustable ring. Top is just short of 2"! Weighs 13 Grams. 05. Sold, yet similar could be custom ordered...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Designer Signed : Pre 1970 item #1350510
Bold 900 silver bracelet, circa 1960, with highly textured surface and smooth polished edges by master painter, sculptor, and jewelry designer Oswaldo Guayasamin of Ecuador. There are two large bezel set chrysoprase cabochons at the terminals which are the focal points of the bracelet and add a pop of color. Measuring 6 1/4" around in the inside plus an additional 3/4" gap, it is 1 3/4" wide at the terminals ( which is the front of the bracelet on the wrist) and 1 1/8" at the back...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Designer Signed : Pre 2000 item #1063321 (stock #T 1710)
SOLD. All metal is sterling. Mother nature gets credit for the yummy blue coral, the silver is USA mined and the bracelet was designed, carefully assembled by and signed: Sterling Mimi Dee in a USA studio. A small blue lace agate was added to the 1 1/2" charm. All metal is precious (never is plated cable used here!)and is carefully shaped through each bead to deter against loss. Both this metal and the coral's value keeps going up. The latter due to conservationists' continued restrictions...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Pre 1970 item #983853 (stock #01726)
A vintage 1950s-60s Navajo sterling silver bangle bracelet with a natural turquoise cabochon stone. This bracelet measures 5/8" across the stone, and it measures 2-1/8 x 1-3/4" across the interior (which is adjustable). It has fine hand-tooled arrows, grasses, lines and symbology and the turquoise is a blue green with sections of matrix. It is unsigned, and it weighs 8.8 grams; it is in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Designer Signed : Pre 1980 item #313525 (stock #T 870)
This is Sold, still have a Hermes Scarf & a Pollini black purse still in its fabric bag Acquired at an estate auction of Dr. Hedda Rev Kury who owned and operated the famous Cafe Budapest of Boston. Stamped w the Double B for Binder Brothers Sterling & inventory #? scribed: JF4063B. 4 Rectangle Etched Panels and 4 Black Onyx like Ovals with a fold over clasp for a total of 6 3/4" inside X 1" at widest and weighing 1.1 Oz or 31 Grams. In excellent apparently never worn Rhodium plated condition...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Designer Signed : Pre 1960 item #686211
EXQUISITE sterling and red Mediterranean coral hair band by Frank Patania Sr. Beautiful center floral design complimented by the side raindrop shaped stones. This hair band measures 13" around in the inside and is 1 1/4" wide at the center flower. It is all original and in fine condition. It is hallmarked in two places as shown. Fabulous in every way.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1970 item #483519
A beautiful sterling ring with central square faceted blue topaz by Antonio Pineda. It measures 3/4" long and 1/2" wide and is a size 6 but could be sized without loss of the hallmarks. Beautiful condition and signed as shown. It is 3 dimensional and interesting from every angle.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1950 item #148862
Classic Hector Aguilar 940 silver ring with oval black onyx. A beautiful setting. This is a large ring, currently size 13, but is actually adjustable and was made this way. Fine original condition, weighs 14 grams and is signed for Hector Aguilar as shown in the photo. A great ring.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #297560 (stock #T 794)
Signed Stamped Marked Wrap Ring: "Hecho en Mexico" 925 around "AAR", "Sterling Taxco" and 2 other numbers: 63?, that may be the 'matching style' number to a set perhaps, or the maker's assay? Deeply chased fish like motif as seen in one or two books. SOLD, no price, no info
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #1310541
Elegant sterling silver and black obsidian necklace designed and signed circa 1950's by Taxco, Mexico modernist Antonio Pineda (1919-2009). The necklace will comfortably fit up to a 16 1/2" neck. The necklace drapes beautifully and is in exquisite condition with no issues. Fully hallmarked. The clasp is tight and secure. Antonio designs have been included in numerous museum collections and exhibits.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1950 item #141125
Beautiful William Spratling cuff bracelet featured on page 39 of the book MEXICAN SILVER by Morrill and Berk. They date it c.1940. This bracelet was produced during his business agreement with Silson, Inc. and is signed with the Spratling Silson mark as shown in the photo. It measures 5 3/4" around in the inside with a 1 1/2" opening so for a 7 1/4" wrist. It is 1 1/8' wide, weighs 51 grams and is in excellent original condition...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1940 item #154767 (stock #T 266)
Vintage Hand Wrought Pin to Pendant. Hand Cut Open Oval with Applied Maya, Aztec, Mexican or Inca God Idol of better than 14K Gold. Marked 925. .5 Oz (16 grams). 2.25" long X 1.75" wide. SOLD, no price, no info
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1950 item #169354 (stock #T 380)
Pedro Castillo Abstract Deco Chased Small Sterling Silver Bracelet marked: "Hecho en Taxco Mexico" around a conjoined "CP" then Sterling and an Eagle 3 mark. Double Striking makes letters hard to see. Tiny Tight & Secure at 6" X 1" wide with safety chain. SOLD, no price, no info
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #719335
This is an exquisite sterling bracelet with large cabachon emerald and obsidian stones and pearls by Salvador Teran. The bracelet measures 6 1/2" around in the inside, 1 1/2" wide at the widest point and weighs 64 grams. It opens and closes in the back and has an intact safety chain. It is all original and in fine condition. There are no chips or cracks to the stones. The emerald has natural inclusions typical of emeralds. The color of the emerald is deeper than reflected in the photos...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #291701
Smashing, LARGE mixed metals belt buckle in the form of a fish by Antonio Pineda. Although several of the Taxco silversmiths worked with mixed metals, I have never seen a piece before in mixed metals by Antonio so I would think this belt buckle to be quite rare...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #289553
An astounding and extremely rare sterling pill box in the form of an articulated fish by William Spratling.The head of the fish opens to reveal a 1" deep compartment to keep whatever you wish. All of the scales move and make you feel sure that this fish can swim. Measuring 6 1/4" long and 2" at the widest point, it is in beautiful original condition and weighs 82 grams. It is signed with the WS script mark and eagle 30 which ,according to the spratlingsilver.com website, dates it c. 1951-56. A t...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1940 item #1351167 (stock #171101)
Sanborns crafted this open backed repousse cuff with a floral motif. This type of work is an early method with this one being of exceptional weight of 71 grams and a height of 2in. Sometimes these cuffs have holes where light comes thru and or have a lighter weight of silver. This has none of those issues of damage, repairs or faults of any kind. A lovely item of early work to be admired by collectors.