Eye catching 940 sterling silver and copper graduated discs bracelet designed circa 1950's by Taxco, Mexico artist Hector Aguilar (1905-86). Bracelet measures 1 3/8" wide at center panel with a wearable length of 7 inches. Weight is a hefty yet comfortable 75 grams. Beautiful condition and patina. Clasp is tight and secure. Fully hallmarked for Aguilar as shown. This design is pictured on p. 139 of SILVER MASTERS OF MEXICO by Penny Morrill...

A fine signed Birks hand engraved hinged sterling silver bangle bracelet from the 1940s-50s. It measures 8-1/2" in circumference, 2-1/2" x 2-1/4" across the interior walls, and it is 1" wide. It has a safety chain, a box clasp and it is engraved on one half with a flower and ornate engraving. It is stamped STERLING with a B in a hexagon Birks maker's mark on the inside and it weighs 42.2 grams...

A nicely detailed vintage Robert Allison Scottish sterling silver 1-1/2 x 1-1/4" citrene pin or brooch with a Greek key design fully hallmarked for Edinburgh 1961. This pin has a safety clasp, the citrene is a genuine stone and it weighs 8.9 grams. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs...

A vintage round double link sterling silver charm bracelet with applied textured hearts from the 1970s. This 7-1/8" bracelet is 7/16" wide, it has a stamped STERLING with an H in a triangle maker's mark (for F.A. Hermann, Framingham, Mass. 1908-77), and it has a box clasp with safety loop. It weighs 12.8 grams and it is in fairly good condition with no breaks, losses, repairs, but some of the loops are slightly bent out of alignment...

A detailed intaglio Laws Scottish family crest sterling silver seal ring from 1900-1930. This vintage size 7 ring features the family crest from the Laws family with a cockerel atop the shield and the quote from Horace (30 BCE) "COMPOSITUM JUS TASQUE ANIMI" which has various translations referring to justice, uprightness and nobility of the soul (one version states "A mind which respects alike the laws of mutual justice and of god")...

A Birks sterling silver yellow sapphire school graduation ring dated 1976 from St. Thomas More Secondary School in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This size 8-3/4 ring features a natural yellow sapphire, it measures 11/16" wide across the setting and it has a 76 date on one shoulder and GM initials on the other. It is stamped with partial marks for BIRKS and STERLING which have been obscured due to a resizing in the past...

What a rare Mexican silver jewel this is with bright colors that flash in this large Cantera Fire Opal. The amount of time to decorate the hand made chain with hearts, plus the engraving is truly a work of love. In addition the locket is framed with another heart that the locket hangs from. Signed RAF eagle 28 who is noted in Bille Hougarts THE LITTLE BOOK OF MEXICAN SILVER TRADE AND HALLMARKS. No dents or damage of any kind and the locket shuts tight. The height of the locket is 2in...

A Navajo sterling silver and genuine turquoise cuff bracelet circa 1940 1950. This vintage 5/8" wide cuff bangle bracelet measures 2-1/8" x 1-1/2" across the interior and it features three natural bezel-set gem turquoise stones. They are Sleeping Beauty mine turquoise, lovely in color and quite hard to find now. The bracelet is a dainty classic southwestern design bracelet, for a small woman's or girl's wrist...

Vintage & rare this 1940's sterling silver and stone pin or brooch was designed & signed during Hubert Harmon's short time in Taxco, Mexico. This large piece measures 4 1/4" long X 2 1/4" wide and weighs 43 grams. Harmon always brought humor and an unusual thought provoking style to his sculptural designs...

A Robert Allison Scottish sterling silver and genuine citrine round pin or brooch with a Greek key design. This vintage 1-1/2" round brooch is fully hallmarked for Edinburgh probably 1958 (we think - the date stamp is difficult to make out). This pin has a safety clasp and the citrene has been checked to verify that it is a genuine gem stone and it weighs 15.0 grams. These stones are sometimes referred to as smoky topaz, but they are actually a light brown citrine. It would make a handsome addi...

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. Even though the camera lens and light bends the polka dots as they go around the bracelet I assure you that they are as cl...

A hand engraved hinged sterling silver bangle bracelet circa 1940s 1950. This vintage retro wide bangle measures 8-1/2" in circumference, 2-1/2" x 2-1/4" across the interior wall, and it is 1-1/8" wide. It has a safety chain, a box clasp and it is engraved on one half with the design extending into the undecorated half at the hinge and clasp. It has never been monogrammed, it is unsigned and it weighs 48.7 grams. It is in excellent condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or...

A big, bold, magnificent sterling and spider webbed turquoise bracelet by Frank Patania Sr. The 7 saw tooth bezel set turquoise pop as the center focus of the cuff. Measuring 5 1/2" end to end plus an additional 1 1/2" opening, it is 2" wide and weighs an impressive 110 grams. There are no chips or cracks to the stones. The bracelet is in fine original condition and signed as shown. Frank Patania Sr. came to Santa Fe, N.M. from Italy and opened The Thunderbird Shop in 1927. He created a style of...

A Scottish sterling agate pebble brooch or pin from the 1890 1900 period. This fine 1-5/8" brooch feature fine hand tooling, bloodstone and red jasper stones along with a large claw-set faceted amber cut glass crystal stone. This antique Victorian cairngorm pin has a c-clasp, a loop for a safety chain and pin (not present) and it is stamped STERLING SILVER. It weighs 20.6 grams and it is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. All ite...

A sterling butterfly wing pin or brooch from the 1920s. This 3 x 1/2" pin features a tooled bezel setting of sterling silver and the natural genuine butterfly wing is intact and shows a vivid irridescent blue with no major rot or disintegration. It is stamped TIM STERLING MADE IN ENGLAND, the wing is mounted under a curved crystal window and it has the original c-clasp. It weighs 5.8 grams and it is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repai...

A sterling butterfly wing pin or brooch from the 1930s 1940s with a painted scene. This 1-5/8 x 11/16" pin features a tooled bezel setting of sterling silver and the natural genuine butterfly wing is intact and shows a vivid irridescent blue with no major rot or disintegration. It has a colourful reverse painted scene with two palm trees, hills and water. It is stamped T.I.M. STERLING ENGLAND, the wing is mounted under a curved crystal window and it has the original safety clasp. It weighs 4.8 g...

A Scottish Dirk pebble and crystal knife pin or brooch from the 1900 era. This late Victorian/early Edwardian pin had fine hand engraving and tooling, the amber stone is of molded glass and the two stones are of red jasper and (probably) black onyx. It measures 2-7/8" long and 3/4" at its widest, it has the original c-clasp and it is stamped SILVER. This Scottish clan classic style brooch is still being produced today and this example is an antique one. It weighs 8.6 grams and it is in excel...

An amethyst sterling silver pendant on chain necklace from the 1930s. The 5/8" pendant has a free-swinging genuine faceted amethyst in a lobed circle and it is on an 18-1/2" sterling chain with a springring clasp. The chain is stamped STG (the pendant is unmarked) and this necklace weighs 3.0 grams. the stone is 0.8 ct in size (calculated) and this necklace is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conser...