SOLD, no price, no info. C 1950. Maybe a modernist silversmith hand made this 25" sterling silver chain, stamped the J hook: EL or EI then added a 2 1/2 bakelite pendant made of a 12mm rust color bead and a 1 1/4 dark hunter green almost black carved 'pineapple' with mixed metals silver & brass accents. SOLD, no price, no info.

SOLD. Vintage Art Deco style or revival rectangle camphor frosted glass drop earrings with brilliant prong set center rhinestones. Metal is rhodium or silver plated while the earhooks tested sterling silver. Frosted glass is 18 X 12mm with No issues. They suspend @ 2 3/4" - have your jeweler or Mimi remove one station to yield as 2" instead. SOLD, no price, no info available

SOLD 08, no price, no info. Heavy pre assay era pre Columbian motifs stamped designs and turquoise cab pin by Rafael Melendez who once worked for William Spratling until 1939. This is stamped: 980 Conjoined RM in a circle & Taxco. 1.1 Ounce; 2 1/2 SOLD, no price, no info to protect the collector's privacy.

Featured on page 25 of the book MEXICAN SILVER by Morrill and Berk, this is a fine silver and amethyst bracelet by Fred Davis,Taxco. The authors date this piece c.1930. Measuring 7 1/2" end to end, it is 1 5/8" wide and weighs 93 grams. Fine original condition. An exquisite bracelet by one of Taxco's great silvermasters.

Sold. From local Boston area estate, this C 1920 unsigned except for 'Sterling' mark, hand made ring with Shiebler like Classic Greek Roman face of a bearded man as the 1 1/8 X 3/4 table and showing typical Arts Crafts metal work at shoulders. Presently @ 6 with a 1mm opening for adjustment at back of 3mm wide shank, yet can easily be resized or left with this old opening to adjust up or down. This ring has lots of age as evidenced by the softening of the facial features. Nice heft...

SOLD 08, no price, no info. Bracelet resembling Modernists Maine's Clifford Russell, H.Fred Skaggs or even the work of Arthur King, but with various copyright and makers marks, in the use of multi color quartz crystal or glass and caged in handwrought sterling silver. For the smaller frame fitting comfortably and measuring 6 1/4 inside with hand made J hook engaged. 43 grams or 1 1/2 Ounces. Pink, mint Green & light smokey colors for year round wear. Sold, no price, no info.

A beautiful early pair of ornate sterling hinged cuff bracelets by Los Castillo, c. 1940. They are 1 5/8" wide and 7" around in the inside. Hinged in the back, they open and close in the front. They are in fine original condition and have a great patina. Both are signed as shown. Fabulous to have a pair.

Circa 1945 stamped: "Sterling Mexico", a pre assay era mark. Huge Humorous Ostrich Bird wearing toe shoes & a bow tie figural Silver Pin. 4" plus and so cute! Acquired by a long long time Mimi Dee Artwear - Vintage Jewelry collector. SOLD - no other info available

TROCADERO AUCTION 2013. 1950s, fully marked signed: Los Castillo Taxco Mexico Assay # 15 and Style # 256. Sterling Green Mosaic or Mozaico Malachite Inlay SB Earrings in Origami Bird motif at just under 1 X 5/8". 3013. SB turnwheels are very secure, all mosaic intact and still unpolished. Won at auction, no info please.

Ethnographic Motif Brown Face Blue Enamel Headdress Pin Pendant Brooch Stamped Sterling Mexico, a conjoined JP for Jean Puiforcat or most likely JF for Jose F and assay #3? More than 3" and 'wearing' articulated earrings. Super cross collectible acquired for and by a long time client of Mimi Dee Artwear - Vintage Jewelry. Sold - info, price Not available

Another spectacular piece from Arizona Modernist H. Fred Skaggs that is complimentary to one of the rings currently being offered. This is a bracelet comprised of six sterling silver wired wrapped irregular shaped polished stones - aquamarine, rose quartz, citrine, amethyst, a second rose quartz and peridot. The stones are HUGE, the citrine, being the largest, measures 1 1/2" long and 1 1/4" wide. The bracelet measures 7 1/2" end to end and is 1 1/2" wide at the widest stone...

Mexican Graceful leaf & floral pin stamped signed: Sterling Taxco and the script "D G" for Damaso Gallegos who once worked for Hector Aguilar's Taller Borda. 15mm prong set tear drop shape green stone. 2 3/8 X 1 3/8 and in beautiful condition with the appropriate amount of rich darkening in the crevices.
SOLD 06, no price, no info

This is the second of 4 pieces I will be listing by Arizona Modernist H. Fred Skaggs who was active in the 1960's. His work is rare and impeccable and he used stones indigenous to Arizona. This is a beautiful handmade setting with a magnificent,large irregular shaped turquoise. The front of the ring measures 3/4" by 3/4". It is a size 6 1/4 but can be sized as it is plain in the back. Fine original condition and signed Sterling Hand Made H. Fred Skaggs. Suitable for a man or woman. Spectacular.

This is the first of 4 pieces I will be listing by Arizona Modernist H. Fred Skaggs who was active in the 1960's. His work is rare and impeccable and he used stones indigenous to Arizona. This is a magnificent, huge and massive brown and rose quartz sterling wire wrapped ring. Sculptural and 3 dimensional, it is truly " wearable art". It is BOLD, measuring 1 1/2" long and 1 1/8" wide. It weighs 22 grams and is currently a size 6 but can be sized as it is plain in the back...

Sold in 2005 before precious metals went up! All real, never faux here! Inspired by the colors & gems favored by Suffragettes and the Victorians that of Amethyst & Peridot accents. Hand knotted 16 - 17 1/4" choker made with 12-13mm high luster high nacre white pearls with lavender pink & aqua hues that make a rainbow complain to Mother Nature why these pearls should show more colors than the rainbow! Always guaranteed and free restringing if needed first 18 months...

Sold, no price, no info. Graceful studio reticulated leaf pattern pin brooch signed stamped: 'Sterling Hand Made Russell' by this Maine jewelry artist, Clifford Russell. The textured surface is what silversmiths call 'reticulated' and does not always result in the same look. 2 1/2 X 1 3/4. Sold, no price, no info. REPLY: 6/4/09 Ms K, will do!

Sold, thank you! New 22K Gold on Sterling Silver Vermeil pre fab Victorian looking metal mountings and early 20th light as a feather red faceted beads -that passed the friction electrostatic and acetone amber test - to assemble these 1 1/2" earrings in a USA studio. Sold, similar could be custom ordered. Collector's Testimony reads, 'Mimi's earrings set my day.'

SOLD. Vintage Sterling Bangle Bracelet Collectors: A)Mexican Mixed Metals Metales; B)unsigned maybe Danecraft; C) Lunt Sterling # 72 rich ornate. First two 2 1/2" across inside each, the Lunt is 2 5/8", each approx 1/8 wide. Sold, no price, no info