All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Scandinavian : Pre 1980 item #1393715
Exceptional sculptural, tactile sterling bracelet designed by the Swedish silversmith Rey Urban for the Danish company A. Fausing. Measuring 7 1/2" end to end, it is 1 1/4" wide and weighs 74 grams. The clasp interlocks and looks continuous on the wrist. All of the links move and are fluid when on. It is in fine original condition and signed as shown. Very industrial and architectural looking. A Modernist masterpiece !
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1324919 (stock #02551)
A sterling silver tennis bracelet with genuine diamonds from the 1980s. This vintage tennis bracelet measures 7-3/8" long and 3/16" wide. It has a lobster claw clasp and it is stamped 925 SC. It weighs 16.6 grams and the 48 diamonds average ~2 points each (almost a carat in total). The diamonds are set in round star-designed bezels which makes them appear quite large, and this bracelet would make a great gift...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1427929 (stock #15142)
Biomorphic sterling silver appliques on a highly oxidized "puffy" background take center-stage in this modernist Mexican set of Salvador Teran earrings. I grew up close to the sea so to my eyes, it's little crabs catching a bit of sun on mossy beach pebbles that are pictured here but your mind's eye might see something entirely different. Precious like all Salvador jewelry, beautifully made, not entirely identical as is the case with hand-wrought pieces of wearable art...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1307182 (stock #151808)
This is a signed Melvin and Connie Begay gorgeous turquoise lavalier. The silver work is masterful with the carving to the flower and the ball bead to it's center. The way the leaves curl and wrap the stones show that this necklace was an endeavor of time and love. You can wear the length at 19in. for the longest and hook it in shorter if you like. The drop is 3.25in. tall and the silver and stone stations are approximately 1.25in. x 1.25in. The weight is 96 grams heavy...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Scandinavian : Pre 1980 item #1349608
This is a magnificent sterling and rutilated quartz bracelet by Danish designer Bent Knudsen. There are 7 stones of the highest quality and sitting high in their settings. The last stone is an ingenious clasp that 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 97 grams. Beautiful original condition, with no chips or cracks to the stones. Signed as shown...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Designer Signed : Pre 1980 item #1309739
Stunning and bold, vintage sterling link necklace with large toggle by Robert Lee Morris. Acquired from the original owner who purchased it in the late 70's from Morris' Soho Store, this necklace measures 18" end to end. The links are 1/2" wide and the toggle is 1 1/4" diameter. Weighing 165 grams, it is in fine original condition and signed as shown. This necklace is currently offered on the Robert Lee Morris website for $1995. It is wonderful.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1416967 (stock #14988a)
One of the few female designers we know of in Mexico's 20th c. Silver Renaissance and a gifted modernist at that, Erika Hult de Corral created jewelry that attracts the eye and captures one's imagination. I am particularly fond of her "moonscape" designs that touch upon biomorphic brutalism, if you allow me the combination, yet the sense of unimpeded, fluid motion and the abstraction present in this particular bracelet reflect, in my opinion, one of her best moments...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Retro : Pre 1980 item #1334205 (stock #7301)
A heavy 925 sterling silver gate link signet I.D. bracelet from the 1980s. This simple but well-designed bracelet is 7-1/2" long and 1/4" wide. The pivoting hinged links are pinioned at each end and it has a heavy duty box clasp. It also has a central link with space for a monogram or name (it has never been initialled), it weighs an impressive 33.7 grams, it is stamped 925 and it is in excellent condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1402113 (stock #14628)
Heavy Antonio Pineda Mexican silver bracelet wrought in his signature .970 alloy comprised of a series of with geometric links holding bezel set tiger's eye oval cabs on swivel pins. There is something very serious about Antonio jewelry - even his most minimalist of designs have a presence that commands respect and deference. Here the sturdiness of the silver "z" links is softened by the sense of fluidity in the molten browns and caramels of the stones...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Retro : Pre 1980 item #776404 (stock #5809)
A sterling silver young man's ID bracelet circa 1970s. This vintage solid silver 7-7/8" x 3/8" wide signet bracelet is just a bit less than 1/8" thick. It features curved rectangular ID-style planchettes alternating with a thick chain segment. As it is less than 8" in length, it is a suitable length for a woman also. It has a lobster claw closure which has a 925 mark with an unidentified maker's mark...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #317511 (stock #T 906)
Modern Taxco Mexico Silver Neck Cuff Necklace mrkd: encircled "SJ" Mexico TC-110 (both listed) or TL-40 & 925. Nice heft @ just under 2 Ounces or 55 Grams w the bezel set black Onyx Trapezoid 23 X 12mm stone at mid front. Measures 15 1/4 inches inside including the flexible 3 inch opening X 7/8 in at widest to 1/4 in at narrowest. SOLD, no price, no info
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1333946
A stunning sterling cuff bracelet with 10 gorgeous round azurite stones by Carmen Beckmann. The cuff measures 6" around in the inside with and additional 1 1/4" opening and is 1 1/ 2 " wide. Weighing a hefty 113 grams, it is in fine original condition.There are no chips or cracks to the stones. Signed as shown. An exquisite piece. Carmen Beckmann is one of the few well known women Mexican silversmiths of her time. Her work is hard to find and always interesting and beautiful . She had a shop in...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1990 item #1373054 (stock #181601b)
A superb giant brooch hallmarked Matl Salas MS-12. It is equipped to hang as a pendant also but I use these large brooches to put shawls or other open duster designs together so as not to slip or fall off. This is 3in. x 4in. in stature. The repousse is very puffy and deeply carved with skill on the top. The pin is strong and will hold to tapestry weighted fabrics. The patina is naturally dark. No damage or repairs. A beautiful thing...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1990 item #1360199 (stock #17046)
I am pleased to offer a Mexican Silver Matl Salas Palomas Y Rosas that is carved magnificently on the hand made repousse. This necklace is 2.25in. tall at the drop and a length of 21 inches. We have an extremely different Palomas with a smaller over all scale of each link. At the back of the neck rests 2 very tiny birds with turquoise eyes at .75in. across and the other links have gradation from overall larger to smaller. I would call it somewhere between a mid size to a demi. I do see where I h...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Designer Signed : Pre 1990 item #1432991
Rare vintage sterling orchid cuff bracelet from Angela Cumming's iconic first collection as an independent designer after she left Tiffany & Co. It measures 5 1/2" around in the inside plus an additional 1 1/8" opening and is 2 3/4” wide at the widest point in the front and tapers to 1 3/4" at the terminals. Weighing 105 grams, it is in fine original condition and signed and dated 1984 as shown. Inspired by her love of nature and beautiful in every way.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1990 item #1433759 (stock #15303)
Modernist sterling ring by Erika Hult de Corral (Ric), this rather rare to find design combines silver in two finishes with richly colored malachite and two small, deep blue lapis cabochons. I am very excited to have found this piece, especially since I recently sold the matching earrings to it (you can use the search feature to see them, if you wish). A talented designer and one of the few known female contributors to Mexico’s 20th c. Silver Renaissance, de Corral is at her best when she flir...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1990 item #1390400 (stock #20181011a)
This is one of Matilde Poulat's most loved designs. It has become so rare to find one of her earliest pieces of the fish dangles that I am offering an MS-12 Matl Salas signed and hallmarked for after 1980 fish design. Salas worked with his aunt since she opened her shop. She died in 1960 and Salas continued with her shop producing the master pieces that we love. The Matl plaque is a double strike and is quite clear. The length is 21 inches long and has a dark natural patina. The length of the fi...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1990 item #1434642 (stock #15300)
An absolutely stunning table-cut citrine adorns this massive Carmen Beckmann Mexican silver ring. The gem, its color traveling from refreshing lemon to saturated yellow as the light changes, is lifted above the finger in a terraced setting with geometric cut-outs. Though this design was created in the 1960s-70s ( I was fortunate enough to have sold an example from that period a while ago), the piece at hand dates in the 1980s yet the quality of materials and exquisite design Beckmann jewelry is ...