Catalog: Estate Jewelry: Silver (41)

Minimal Scottish terrier, jigsawed from silver sheet metal and wearing a copper collar. Made in Austria or Bohemia in the 1920’s or 30’s. The chain is later, stamped 835. The little dog is "1/2 / 14 mm long, the chain "16 / 41 cm. Condition: fine.

Elegant silver pin brooch with two cabochon cut amethyst stones surrounded by leaf vines in Art Nouveau / Jugendstil. Made in Germany c 1910 and marked 835 for the silver content. Swedish import mark (three crowns in an oval and S). Width "2/ 5.5 cm, height "3/4/ 1.8 cm. Condition: fine.

An English, Victorian slide locket. To both sides a design of water lilies with the floating contours of Art Nouveau. Lion passant, anchor mark for Birmingham, date mark for 1901, and maker’s mark ESB (?). A ridge inside the locket indicates that it might have been equipped with a mirror. Diameter "1 ½ / 4 cm. Condition: fine.

Elegant modernist screw-back earrings in sterling silver and jacaranda. Swedish, by Arvo Saarela. Marked AMS for Saarela, the assay mark of Enköping (the town where AS and his wife Maria ran their studio 1948-78), Swedish silver hallmark and D9 for 1954. Length "1¼/ 3,2 cm. Condition: fine.

Modernist abstract 1960’s cufflinks. Polish standard mark for a silver content of 800 and two additional makers marks. Maximum width "¾ / 2 cm. Condition: fine.

Bolo tie, leather and silver with an Aztec warrior and inlay of blue turquoise chips. Marked Mexico and 925, probably made c 1960. Height of the silver slide "1 ½ / 4 cm, length of cord "43 / 110 cm. Condition: some tarnish.

Traditional Balinese bangle and ring, sterling silver with silver pearl filigree and gold inlay. 1950’s (?), marked 925 and 22 K. The inner width of the bangle is "2 ½ / 6.8 cm, inner diameter of the ring "2/3/ 18 mm. Condition: some wear to the bangle’s gold inlay (cf. pics).

A pair of geometric modernist sterling silver bangles, by Danish silversmith Helge Arthur Bang. Bang worked only for a short period (1962-73) and his works are rare. Makers’ mark HE BA, Sterling 925 S and Swedish import marks (three crowns and S), weight 17 grams. Inner diameter "2 ½/ 6,5 cm. Condition: fine.

A sterling silver “Sirene” ring, an early 70’s design by Björn Weckström, Lapponia. Sterling silver, partly gilt (the cavity is gilt, difficult to photograph). Stamped 925 twice (European and Finnish stamp), the small Lapponia mark, H8 for 1985 and Lapponia. Inner diameter "½ / 17 mm. Condition: fine.

Brutalist bracelet made up by five large cast, sawed and oxidized sterling silver links. From Finnfeelings, the firm of Sten & Laine, Turku, Finland. Marks: the dented small mark of Finnfeelings, 925, A (city mark for Abo /Turku), year mark U7 = 1973, Finland and Swedish importation mark. Length when clasped "7 ¾ / 20 cm, width "1 1/3 / 3.4 cm, weight 52 grams. Falls smoothly around the wrist. Condition: fine.

Silver and moonstone brooch with a raised and oxidized design in Celtic style. Unmarked except for a very small cross-like mark on the pin. Tested for a silver content of at least 800 / 1000 and probably Scottish, c 1900. Length "2 ½/ 6.5 cm, security clasp. Condition: fine.

Impressive Jugendstil silver brooch with a cabochon cut garnet. Danish, c 1900- 1905, designed just before the Skonvirke period. Marked C.S. for C. Sorensen in Copenhagen (1893-1937) and 830 for the silver content. Width "1 ¾ / 4.8 cm. Condition: fine.

Ed Wiener large abstract 1960’s clip earrings. Marked Ed Wiener Sterling and the mark of a Scandinavian retailer. Height "3 ¼ / 8 cm, width "2 ½/ 6.3 cm. Condition: fine.

Vermeil or silver gilt shoe buckle set with paste, the setting arranged as a ribbon with a stripe of green enamel. French, c 1770-80, no visible hallmarks, but traces of an old assay to ascertain the silver content. Length "3/ 7.3 cm. Condition: wear to the enamel and to the gilt of the prongs (cf. pics).

Silver gilt earrings from the years just after the French Revolution, with hallmarks used 1798 – 1809. “Poissarde” (fishmonger’s wife) model with hinges fastening in the front motif, in this case a faceted ball. The little loops stopped the earrings from sliding forwards in front of the ear lobes. Diameter "1 / 2.8 cm. Condition: fine.

Beautiful antique brooch with three pendants. Silver and paste, unmarked, France c 1870’s. Height "1 ¾ / 4.5 cm, width "1 ½ / 3.8 cm. Condition: fine.

Pair of sterling silver modernist cufflinks by Hans Hansen, Copenhagen: two concave and cylindrical roundels of tapering form. Double H mark, 925 S and Denmark. Upper surface diameter "2/3 / 1.6 cm. Condition: fine.

Softly folded modernist silver ring from Hans Hansen, Denmark, c 1960s. Makers mark HaH and 925 S. Inner diameter "3/4 / 19 mm. Condition: fine.