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GUAYASAMIN ERA ECUADORIAN SILVER TURQUOISE PIN PENDANT Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Latin American: Pre 1970 item# 1126209 (stock# RL448)
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Primitive ~ Modernist ~ Timeless ... Boasting both pre-Hispanic and modernist attributes—greatly evocative of silverworks by renowned artist Oswaldo Guayasamin—this Ecuadorian brooch pendant dates to the 1950's or '60s. Masterfully handwrought in .900 silver and boasting a sharply angular, geometric form, it depicts an anthropomorphic Inca icon, perhaps a tumi god. The figure is composed of a heavily chased, textural body and semi-circular headdress to which highly polished silver com ...click for details

HARD-TO-FIND WWII-era 3-D DIORAMA BROOCH~BOOK PIECE Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Costume: Unsigned: Pre 1950 item# 1126000 (stock# RL446)
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Blast from the past! … This fabulous pin is one of a series that brought some much-needed levity during the Post-Depression and World War II years. Known as “Picture Frames,” these wonderfully detailed, three-dimensional works whimsically depicted iconic vignettes—each portrayed with metal, enamel, and paint, and enclosed within a goldtone frame. This piece, titled “Mariachi Band,” features the scene of two Mexican mariachi band musicians—one playing a guitarron mexicano, the other a concerti ...click for details

RARE 1942 MEXICAN LOS BALLESTEROS SILVER BROOCH PIN Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1950 item# 1125453 (stock# RL444)
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From the renowned Taxco Talleres de Los Ballesteros ... Leave it to Los Ballesteros to not only produce a brooch with elegant and classically wrought silver making, but also to imbue it with wonder, enchantment, and poignancy. Depicting a bucolic motif replete with iconic Mexican imagery—a burro, water jug, demure farm woman, and lush agave cactus, almost looking like the tree of life—the pin is a small masterpiece of hand-rendered repoussé, remarkably detailed chasing, delicate silver roping ...click for details

MID-CENTURY DANISH METTE + FINN MODERNIST BRACELET Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Other Metals: Pre 1980 item# 1125440 (stock# RL443)
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And now for something completely different ... This unusual and commanding, Mette + Finn modernist bracelet hails from 1960's or `70s Denmark. Handwrought in steely, heavy-gauge pewter, it is composed of five deeply arced bars interconnected to open, triangular terminals at each end by oversize jump rings. The triangle elements, in turn, are joined to a soldered O-ring and toggle clasp by similarly large jump rings. The result is a potent work of wearable art, at once curvaceous and robus ...click for details

FAB FIND! EARLY ’90s SHULTZ BAKELITE GOLDFISH PIN Catalogue: New Century: Jewelry: Pins: Pre 2000 item# 1125244 (stock# RL442)
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Don't let the big one get away! ... Husband-and-wife collaborative team Ron and Ester Shultz handcraft some of the most creative, colorful, and charming bakelite jewelry on the market today. Salvaging old bakelite from the 1930’s and ’40s, they cut, carve, laminate, and paint their wide range of designs that result in timeless art plastic collectibles. This fantastic pin is an older Schultz work, most likely dating to the early 1990’s. Depicting a cavorting goldfish with abstract modernis ...click for details

SUBLIME 1940’s MEXICAN REPOUSSE SILVER OWL EARRINGS Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1950 item# 1124958 (stock# RL441)
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Classic Taxco ... In the manner of such silver making masters as Hector Aguilar and Los Castillo, this exquisite pair of earrings most likely dates to the 1940's—the golden years of Mexico's silver renaissance. Handwrought in .925 silver, by an exceptionally talented artisan, the earrings depict delightfully stylized owl heads. Each is a marvel of high-relief repoussage and chasing, all enhanced by heavy oxidizing. Splendidly dimensional and defined—yet boasting remarkable minimalism ...click for details

AWESOME ’60s MEXICAN SALVADOR TERAN MARBEL PENDANT Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Costume: Designer: Pre 1970 item# 1124816 (stock# RL440)
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¡Salvador Sensacional! ... He trained with Spratling at Las Delicias. Worked for thirteen years with his Castillo cousins, at their Los Castillo taller. And in 1952, he relocated from Taxco to Mexico City to establish his own successful workshop. A genius of pre-Hispanic design, Salvador Vaca Teran was listed with Enrique Ledesma, Antonio Pineda, and Hector Aguilar as among the "outstanding Taxco silversmiths." When he collaborated with Marbel—one of Mexico City's prestigious de ...click for details

RARE MODERNIST SWEDISH ISAAC COHEN SILVER CUFFLINKS Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Scandinavian: Pre 1970 item# 1124527 (stock# RL438)
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Scintillating Scandinavian ... These cufflinks were designed by the noted and hard-to-find silver maker Isaac {Isaak} Cohen, who had a workshop, Galerie 22 {registered 1963-1965}, in Stockholm, Sweden. Sporting a minimalist yet bold motif, the links comprise three sets of rings, which are connected with a rectilinear crossbar element that intersects each ring pair. At once displaying the attributes of both sleek modernism and geometric deco, the cufflinks will appeal to men and women who enjo ...click for details

VINTAGE PERUVIAN SILVER 2-SIDED STORYTELLER BRACELET Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Latin American: Pre 1960 item# 1124255 (stock# RL437)
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Rare + Rarified ... What Peruvian artisans may have lacked in the refined silver making seen in jewelry from Mexico, they more than made up for with their extraordinary design ingenuity and innovative imaginations. Most probably dating to the 1940's or '50s, this fascinating bracelet is composed of eight convex panels interconnected by pin hinges. Handwrought in .900 silver, it not only boasts astonishing and meticulous miniature openwork, but it is also two-sided, displaying motifs o ...click for details

ANTIQUE SCOTTISH “FISH OUT OF WATER” SILVER PIN Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Victorian: Pre 1900 item# 1124045 (stock# RL435)
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Heirloom quality collectible ... Fully hallmarked—including maker's mark "SS"—this dynamic little pin was produced either in 1846 or 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Exquisitely handwrought in sterling silver, it depicts the full body of a fish, its head rising above the surface of a pond, with the water rippling around it. The fish figure boasts exceptional chased and stippled detailing {it resembles a trout or salmon}, as well as remarkable three-dimensional depth {note the twisti ...click for details

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