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Dazzling Vintage Pewter Tone Aluminum Leaf Bracelet

Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Costume: Pre 1960   item# 952487 (stock# GA352)

Dazzling Vintage Pewter Tone Aluminum Leaf Bracelet
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Divine design ~ Quality construction … Dating to the 1950’s, this dazzling aluminum bracelet is composed of seven large, overlapping leaf links connected by soldered metal hoops at the back. Each leaf element is extraordinarily dimensional and boasts superb, lifelike detail, including cut and crimped edges and intricate veining patterns. With a satiny and lustrous, pewter tone finish and wonderfully lightweight, this is a sublime piece of vintage wearable art, feminine in design and time ...click for details


EXCEPTIONALLY RARE Mexican SANBORNS Silver BRACELET

Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1930   item# 952041 (stock# GA351)

EXCEPTIONALLY RARE Mexican SANBORNS Silver BRACELET
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Resplendent repoussé ~ Dramatic design ~ Exquisite execution! … Established in 1903 by two American brothers, Sanborn’s department store remains a successful corporate business today. Known mostly for its superb sterling silver tableware and decorative objects, the Mexico City shop on rare occasion offered high-end jewelry, designed by master silversmiths. This sumptuous and elegant, open cuff bracelet is just such a piece—made all the more extraordinary because it was produced very early, p ...click for details


Large Retro Moderne Copper Openwork Panel Bracelet

Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Costume: Pre 1970   item# 947909 (stock# GA343)

Large Retro Moderne Copper Openwork Panel Bracelet
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Ravishing Retro ~ Madly Moderne! … Exceptionally well constructed—and imposing in both design and dimension—this very substantial copper panel bracelet hails from the 1950’s or ’60s. Handmade by a highly skilled artisan, it is composed of five oblong panels linked together by pairs of lazy eight connectors. Each panel boasts a fabulously moderne, openwork motif, with a subtle Asian flair. The bracelet closes with a pair of lazy eight connectors, slightly open at one end so that they can ...click for details


Large Pre-Eagle Mexican Repousse Silver Gazelle Pin

Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1950   item# 947606 (stock# GA342)

Large Pre-Eagle Mexican Repousse Silver Gazelle Pin
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¡Grande y magnifico! … Dating from the 1930’s or early ’40s, this gorgeous brooch was handwrought entirely en repoussé. Impressive in both dimension and design, it depicts a gazelle at full gallop. The maestro-worthy silver répoussage is exceptional, as are the debossing, cutwork, deep incising, and oxidizing, which imbue the pin with exquisite sculptural detail and character. As an added accent, the gazelle’s eye is made of a high-domed, bezel-set, turquoise cabochon that lends remarkab ...click for details


50s Mexican Silver Inlay Modernist Fish Pin~Book Piece

Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1960   item# 947605 (stock# GA341)

50s Mexican Silver Inlay Modernist Fish Pin~Book Piece
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In the masterful manner of Ledesma … Based on a work by prestigious Taxco designer Enrique Ledesma, called “Fish Against a Tortoise Sea Pin,” this modernist pin also was handwrought by a skilled Taxco artisan. Composed of .925 silver and crushed stone aggregate, the freeform, slightly convex piece depicts two highly stylized silver fish surrounded by eight tiny air bubbles, floating against a sea-green ground. The silver inlays are set perfectly flush with the stone mosaic, and boast sup ...click for details


Vintage Industrial Modernist Brass Silver Cuff Bracelet

Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Modernism: Pre 1980   item# 945761 (stock# GA338)

Vintage Industrial Modernist Brass Silver Cuff Bracelet
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Studio Showstopper! … Most likely American studio-made, this one-of-a-kind, open cuff bracelet boasts a visually dynamic, industrial modernist design. It has been constructed in heavy-gauge, hammered brass that is studded with knob-like, silver beads. The highly elevated silver elements imbue the piece with a dazzling dimensional and textural quality, and the firing process employed to embed the beads has given the brass an extraordinary luster and iridescence. Most likely dating to the ...click for details


VINTAGE Peru MODERNIST G. LAFFI Silver + Enamel LOBSTER

Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Modernism: Pre 1960   item# 944018 (stock# GA337)

VINTAGE Peru MODERNIST G. LAFFI Silver + Enamel LOBSTER
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“The Spratling of Peru” … Florentine-born, Graziella Laffi lived and worked in Peru during the 1950’s, producing singular and stunning silver pieces in both modern and pre-Columbian forms. Most aficionados believe that her creations rival the masterworks that came out of Mexico. She is one of today’s hottest collectibles in the field.

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Magnificent Mexican Art Nouveau Silver Fish Bracelet

Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1950   item# 944012 (stock# GA336)

Magnificent Mexican Art Nouveau Silver Fish Bracelet
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¡Es espectacular! … This breathtaking, handwrought showpiece most likely hails from the 1930’s or ’40s—the nascent years of Mexico’s silver renaissance. Imposing in both design and definition, it is composed of four large, deeply convex, square panels interconnected by pin hinges. The panels display an Art Nouveau vignette, which consists of a highly dimensional leaping fish that has been executed in extraordinary openwork, so that it appears to be surmounted to the panel frames. Each panel i ...click for details


Huge Vintage ELZAC ERA Texas Longhorn WOOD LEATHER PIN

Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Costume: Pre 1950   item# 940967 (stock# GA334)

Huge Vintage ELZAC ERA Texas Longhorn WOOD LEATHER PIN
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Big, bold + bodacious! … This spectacular showstopper dates to the 1940’s, the same period when Elzac was producing its novelty jewelry. Completely handmade, the massive pin employs a variety of materials to create the head of a Texas Longhorn steer. The steer’s face is composed of a finely grained, medium shade hardwood with deeply carved details. The ears are fashioned from leather that has been shaped and inserted directly into the sides of the wooden face. The bull’s thick forelock i ...click for details


SPECTACULAR 50s Mexican MODERNIST SILVER CUFF Bracelet

Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1960   item# 938402 (stock# GA327)

SPECTACULAR 50s Mexican MODERNIST SILVER CUFF Bracelet
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In the manner of the mid-century modernist studio jewelers … The exhilarating inventiveness and craftsmanship of this open cuff bracelet evokes the works of such masters as Esther Lewittes, Paul Lobel, Art Smith, Henry Steig, Ed Wiener, and Frank Miraglia. Handwrought in substantial sterling silver, it boasts a dazzling structure that is at once elegantly Art Deco and boldly primitive. By overlapping planes, alternating silver sheet with partially flattened silver wire, and applying oxid ...click for details

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