Catalog: Sold Items: Estate Jewelry (562)

An awesome handmade sterling cuff with a huge amber chunk by Arizona Modernist H. Fred Skaggs. This is a massive, bold cuff with a side opening which makes a great look. The central focus of the cuff is the applied setting housing the stone. Measuring 1 7/8" wide, it is 6 3/4" around in the inside and has a 1 3/8" opening. In fine original condition, it weighs 130 grams. This bracelet is 3 dimensional and looks different and interesting from every angle.Signed as shown...

An exceptional 970 silver and obsidian bracelet by Antonio Pineda,c.1955. This bracelet is featured on page 148 of the book MEXICAN SILVER by Morrill and Berk. Usually seen with amethysts, as in the book photo, this bracelet has magnificent obsidian stones with brown/green/black luminescence. The stones are all uniform in color although some of the photos make it look otherwise.Measuring 7 1/4" around in the inside, it is 1 5/8" wide and weighs 114 grams...

A bold and smashing looking sterling necklace and matching clip earrings designed by Eigil Jensen for the Danish firm Anton Michelsen. The boomerang shaped links look fabulous on the neck and so nice to have the earrings too. The necklace measures 15 1/2" long and the links are 1 1/8" wide. The clasp is invisible so looks continuous when wearing. The earrings measure 1 1/4" long and 7/8" at the widest point. Fine original condition, total weight is 95 grams...

A great looking Modernist sterling and onyx ring by Antonio Pineda. It is a size 5 and cannot be sized because of the unusual design. Fine original condition.Signed as shown. Terrific.

This is a magnificent sterling and polished moss agate bracelet by Danish designer Bent Knudsen who signs his work BENT K. They are the most beautiful moss agate stones that I have ever seen, with brilliant natural color. The last stone is an ingenious clasp. It unscrews and closes with a hook and bolt making the bracelet continuous when on the wrist. It measures 7" end to end and is 1" wide. Set in heavy gauge sterling, it weighs 103 grams. It came in a Georg Jensen box which I will pass on...

A very rare handmade sterling and center bezel set oval malachite bracelet by the American Arts & Crafts workshop Chicago Art Silver Shop. In 1912, after moving from their native Hungary, Edmund Boker and Ernest Gould formed the Chicago Art Silver Shop. Both had worked as silversmiths in a Budapest factory making objects for European royal families. The bracelet is a bangle that is 3/4" wide in the front, narrowing to 3/8" in the back and is 8" around in the inside...

This is a charming sterling framed enamel of a green apple on a blue background. What a wonderful choice of these two vivid, contrasting colors. The apple jumps out and the artist captured the stem perfectly. The pendant measures 1 7/8" long including the bail and is 1 3/8" diameter. It is in perfect original condition. The back is completely plain and there are no marks at all. The frame tests sterling. This piece is delightful.

Large early Matilde Poulat "MATL" cross c. 1945. It measures 3 3/4" long and 2 3/4" wide and is in beautiful original condition with all stones intact. The amethysts are deep purple and the coral a vibrant red. Signed with her early signature and registration number. This is an exceptional cross.

This is a sterling link bracelet by Hans Hansen ,(1884-1940),Denmark. It is an early piece signed with the superimposed double "H" mark, so pre- 1930. It measures 6 3/4" around in the inside and is 3/4" wide. It fastens with an ingenious screw bolt and weighs 70 grams. Fine original condition and signed as shown. A great early Hansen piece.

Great looking sterling clip earrings designed by the Swedish designer Rey Urban for the Danish company A. Fausing. They are three dimensional and very tactile. Measuring 1" by 1", they are in fine original condition and signed as shown. They come in their original suede drawstring bag. Terrific earrings.

A magnificent sterling and turquoise necklace and matching ring by Fred Davis. It is all original and in beautiful condition. The ring is signed but not the necklace so I would always keep it as a set. The ring is a size 6, front measures 1 1/8" long by 3/4" wide. The necklace is spectacular, a collar really, measuring approx. 16 1/2- 17" long. Hard to be exact because it is curved. It is 1 1/2" wide and weighs 148 grams...

A stunning sterling and coral bracelet by Frank Patania Sr. (1899-1964). Born in Italy, this silversmith came to the U.S. at an early age settling in the Southwest and achieved great recognition for his blending of European and Native American design. This hand wrought piece has coral of exceptional color that is now very rare to find. The color is a deeper red than my camera is able to capture...

A stunning 970 silver and moonstone bracelet by Antonio Pineda. The stones are clear and blue, all original and no chips or cracks. Measuring 7" around in the inside, it is 5/8" wide. The closure is one of the moonstones that you press so the bracelet looks continuous when on the wrist. It weighs 60 grams, is all original and in beautiful condition.Signed as shown. Exceptional!

A very interesting and beautifully made sterling parrot necklace by Tane, the silver manufacturing company in Mexico City whose emphasis is on quality. The founders arrived in Mexico City in 1942 and the Tane Company greatly expanded in the 1960's and 1970's with the assistance of Tiffany & Co. The necklace is hinged in the back and the opening is incorporated into the head of the parrot. It is approximately 14 1/2" around in the inside and is 1" wide at the parrots' chest. Weighing 70 grams, it...

Featured on page 182 of the catalogue of the exhibit WILLIAM SPRATLING AND THE MEXICAN SILVER RENAISSANCE:MAESTROS DE PLATA, this is the Modern Ribbon Swirl Cuff in sterling by Sigi Pineda c. 1955. The comment about this bracelet by the author of the catalogue reads " Sigi's purity of form is defined by a fascination with style developments in the modern art world". This beautiful bracelet measured 5 3/4" around in the inside with a 1" opening. It is 1 3/4" wide in the front and tapers to 1" in ...

A superb sterling bracelet of three dimensional triangle shaped links by Danish designer Hans Hansen. It has an ingenious closure of a screw bolt. Measuring 7 1/2" end to end and 1" wide, it weighs 57 grams and is in fine original condition. Signed and numbered as shown. Spectacular in every way.

A most fabulous sterling abstract ring by Modernist Paul Lobel. This ring makes a BIG statement on the finger measuring a TALL 2" long!.It is a size 5 - 5 1/2 and in fine original condition. Signed Lobel Sterling. Striking and wonderful on and so rare to find a ring by Paul Lobel.

Spectacular, unusual sterling and onyx earrings by Antonio Pineda. A great layered, modernist design with spikey pieces of onyx at the top of the earring. These are screwbacks and measure 1 1/4" long and 3/4" wide. Fine original condition and signed as shown. Terrific!!!