All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Designer Signed : Pre 1990 item #1432991
Rare vintage sterling orchid cuff bracelet from Angela Cumming's iconic first collection as an independent designer after she left Tiffany & Co. It measures 5 1/2" around in the inside plus an additional 1 1/8" opening and is 2 3/4” wide at the widest point in the front and tapers to 1 3/4" at the terminals. Weighing 105 grams, it is in fine original condition and signed and dated 1984 as shown. Inspired by her love of nature and beautiful in every way.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1990 item #1390400 (stock #20181011a)
This is one of Matilde Poulat's most loved designs. It has become so rare to find one of her earliest pieces of the fish dangles that I am offering an MS-12 Matl Salas signed and hallmarked for after 1980 fish design. Salas worked with his aunt since she opened her shop. She died in 1960 and Salas continued with her shop producing the master pieces that we love. The Matl plaque is a double strike and is quite clear. The length is 21 inches long and has a dark natural patina...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1990 item #1434642 (stock #15300)
An absolutely stunning table-cut citrine adorns this massive Carmen Beckmann Mexican silver ring. The gem, its color traveling from refreshing lemon to saturated yellow as the light changes, is lifted above the finger in a terraced setting with geometric cut-outs...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1990 item #1360199 (stock #17046)
I am pleased to offer a Mexican Silver Matl Salas Palomas Y Rosas that is carved magnificently on the hand made repousse. This necklace is 2.25in. tall at the drop and a length of 21 inches. We have an extremely different Palomas with a smaller over all scale of each link. At the back of the neck rests 2 very tiny birds with turquoise eyes at .75in. across and the other links have gradation from overall larger to smaller. I would call it somewhere between a mid size to a demi...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Retro : Pre 1980 item #776404 (stock #5809)
A sterling silver young man's ID bracelet circa 1970s. This vintage solid silver 7-7/8" x 3/8" wide signet bracelet is just a bit less than 1/8" thick. It features curved rectangular ID-style planchettes alternating with a thick chain segment. As it is less than 8" in length, it is a suitable length for a woman also. It has a lobster claw closure which has a 925 mark with an unidentified maker's mark. It weighs a rather substantial 37.9 grams...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1261557 (stock #12690)
Vintage silver and tiger's eye necklace by Erika Hult de Corral, the Taxco modernist designer with studies in Paris and apprenticeships in the workshops of both Ledesma and Sigi Pineda. I love Ric's jewelry for the fluidity of lines and her unique way of marrying sterling with hard stones. The necklace at hand has an inner circumference of 15 3/4" (clasped) with its width varying between 3/4" at center front and 1/8" at its narrowest, next to the clasp...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1332155 (stock #161305)
Los Ballesteros is certainly known by collectors to have the best giant bangle full of polka dots. You find these (when lucky) with all onyx, obsidian, Bakelite in colors and multi stones. This is a multiple stone beauty with no damage(but plenty of glare) and all the stones are smooth. There is tiger eye, lapis, chrysoprase, obsidian and a banded blue agate that I can name...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Pre 1980 item #1176552 (stock #J2249)
This pink seashell, resembling a cat’s paw shell, is mounted in an irregular shaped and textured sterling silver frame that appears to be an extension of the shell’s surface. The impressed linear design of the frame is enhanced by gilded bands, most of them vertical. The pin is a substantial piece with a secure rollover clasp. The shell appears to be naturally colored on the exterior; it has a white interior that appears pink in the light...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1430160 (stock #15234)
A true maestro when it comes to combining silver with faceted, brilliant gems Enrique Ledesma is the creator of this modernist Mexican hinged bangle bracelet. Ledesma set three color-change sapphires against a glistening sterling frame here but I have also had one or two similar pieces in which the silver had been oxidized. Held in place with prongs, the stones are open-backed allowing the light to play its luminous games and coax different colors out of the stones...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1425475 (stock #15097)
Perfect for medium to smaller wrists, this modernist Erika Hult de Corral bracelet was made in Taxco in the 1960s-70s. One of the few female contributors to Mexico's 20th c. Silver Renaissance that we know of, de Corral studied at the Parson's School of Design in Paris. An award-winning designer, she worked with Sigi Pineda and Enrique Ledesma before opening her own workshop...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1334980 (stock #7328)
A blue moonstone sterling 1980s ring with nice blue fire. This size 4 ring features a 5/8 x 3/8" bezel set natural moonstone with nice underlying blue internal fire. This ring is stamped 925, it weighs 6.9 grams and it is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs other than a light patina from use. The stone has the expected internal cleaves and striations. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are n...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1429958 (stock #15216)
One of the most inspired Taxco modernists, Enrique Ledesma is not widely known as an enamelist yet he did create jewelry combining sterling with bright colored enamels. It seems that those pieces are rare and difficult to find but if one is lucky enough to come upon an example, the search is justified and the seeker duly rewarded! The necklace at hand, distinctly "machine age" in its constituting elements, breaks free of its functionalist constraints with the use of brilliant blue enamel. The co...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1415385
A bold and stunning sterling necklace with gold accents and large picture agate by Modernist Eleanor Caldwell. The necklace has intricate side hinges and one of them opens and closes and serves as the clasp. The necklace measures approximately 16-16 1/2" around in the inside when clasped. The front silver piece measures 6" across and the picture agate is 2 1/2" by 2". Total weight is 179 grams. Fine original condition with no chips or cracks to the gorgeous stone. Signed in 2 places with her per...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1416113 (stock #14533/14986)
In keeping with the love the 1960s and '70s had for huge, "ethnic" pendants this Los Ballesteros sterling silver sunburst stunner is inspired by ancient Aztec and Maya calendar disks and measures 3.5 in without the bail! Several silversmithing techniques were combined to create the pendant - cutwork, chasing, overlay, oxidation - and right at the center, a crown-set amethyst brings intense color to an otherwise silver and black background. The chain itself is an incredible find not just because ...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1429365 (stock #15165)
I look at this Sigi Pineda brooch and I see pine trees frosted with snow, dancing to the tunes of cold winter winds in a Nordic forest. I am sure that others out there will see something else - and this is the magic of minimalist, abstract design; the magic of Sigi when he is truly inspired. I will not say much more hoping that my photos will help illustrate your dreamscapes but will add that the brooch is 2" tall by 1 1/8" at its widest and weighs 8.5 grams. It is fully signed with Sigi's signa...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Period : Pre 1980 item #1367243 (stock #TR881)
This sterling silver vermeil diamond heart is set with 158 brilliant cut diamonds. The approximate total weight of all diamonds is 1.50Ct. The height of the of the pendant is 1 ¼” and the width is 7/8”
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Retro : Pre 1980 item #1334205 (stock #7301)
A heavy 925 sterling silver gate link signet I.D. bracelet from the 1980s. This simple but well-designed bracelet is 7-1/2" long and 1/4" wide. The pivoting hinged links are pinioned at each end and it has a heavy duty box clasp. It also has a central link with space for a monogram or name (it has never been initialled), it weighs an impressive 33.7 grams, it is stamped 925 and it is in excellent condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly a...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Pre 1980 item #1163322 (stock #02194)
A fine pair of pierced sterling silver earrings with natural opal and sapphire stones. These 5/8" x 1/4" earrings feature claw-set natural white opals with green, blue and orange fire as well as two 4 point deep blue genuine sapphires. They are stamped 925 on the butterflies and on one post, and they weigh 3.1 grams. This item is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition i...