This is William Spratling's River of Life cuff which is one of several versions of his design. This is a first phase design and properly hallmarked as shown. The weight is 84 grams and the gap in the back is 1in. The diameter is 2.25in. and the width at the highest wave is 1.5in. There are some streaks of tarnish and glare, however there are no dents or damage. The piece is hand chased and the balls are heavy repousse with a warm, natural patina...

This is a change of pace from 16in. necklaces. The Quetzalcoatl necklace is super long at an overall length of 28.75in. with the drop being 3.75in. tall and 3in. across. The silver is hand carved into 980 silver and it is silky soft to the touch. You can see the work marks on the back of this very early piece. This weighs a remarkable 128 grams heavy and the silver is 3.5mm thick. This has such presence to wear alone or add other silver with it for even a greater effect...

Very early, c. 1930, silver fish pin with a turquoise cabachon eye by Taxco artist Fred Davis. This pin is featured on page 80 of the book SILVER MASTERS OF MEXICO by Penny Morrill. One of his most famous pieces, this pin measures 3" by 1 1/8" and is in fine original condition with a great patina. It is signed for Fred Davis as shown in the photo. A wonderful pin!

This summer obi is made out of soft "Ro" silk with a gold tint. The silk on the front side is in mint condition (never been used) with an antique looking silk liner. Soft and high quality obi. It comes with basting stitches all around. The design on the silk is a picture of Karuta cards with beautiful calligraphy of old “waka

This sculpturally beautiful design is signed with Spratling's earliest hallmarks dating the piece to c. 1933-38. Each hand forged link is made of solid sterling silver giving the piece a hefty, yet wearable weight of 170 grams. The necklace is 15 3/4" long X 7/8 of an inch wide. Excellent condition with a gorgeously aged patina. The design is pictured on Phyllis Goddard's spratlingsilver.com.

This is a beautiful old Japanese Shusu (lustrous Satin-weave) obi with the finest embroidery work. Condition of the silk is excellent. It feels so soft, totally different from the newer obis. Color is a shiny deep blue. There is one seam in the center of the front and two in the back. Converted from Nagoya style obi to a flat obi of 11 1/8" wide x 80" long, all the works are done profesionally by hand. The design areas are balanced on each end of the front side this way...

We have a stunning pair of matching cuffs from the Mexican Silver Renaissance with a grand height of 5 inches. Beautiful cabbage roses with leaves adorn the treasure. The wrist is 2.25 in. and up the arm it is graduated to 2.75. It can be made somewhat smaller or larger. I would say it is set for a medium wrist with air to flow comfortably. The repousse is deep and puffy and without any holes where light can go through them. In superb condition with no damage or repairs...

Sanborns heavy, deeply repoussaged and expertly carved bracelet is a mammoth 2.5in. tall. The weight is 73 grams heavy. This is another cuff in fabulous condition with no issues what so ever. I am featuring 3 fine open backed repousse cuffs in tonight's listings as the biggest ones are getting hard to get. Grab one while they are still around.

A typical mask from far north west district of Nepal, More information on request H 35cm, wide 16 cm

KARUTA

Remains of the 18 old paper picture cards (with no cards to be read) in a game of Japanese card game called 'karuta' (ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karuta), early 20th century, Japan, 5.5 x 8 cm (2.16 x 3.14in) each...

This trio of carved Bakelite bangles is great worn is stack fashion. The green are translucent, the butterscotch is opaque.Each is 7/8" wide with a 1/4" straight wall.

This early sterling silver brooch was designed & signed c. 1930's by Matilde Poulat. Poulat signed her designs Matl, the Aztec word for water. The pin measures 2 1/4" long and features a pair of quetzal birds looking over their shoulders. The use of rear facing quetzals is rare in Matl designs. The pin is set with turquoise & coral stones. Beautiful condition & patina. Hallmarked on the reverse. Pin and safety are secure & work smoothly...

Garnet color glass beads on hand knotted string. Sterling, marquisite: what more could be asked of this elegant Deco necklace? 39" full length of knotted beads, 1 1/8" diameter of circular attachment, 2 3/4" tassel.

Pines in the Rimpa style grow on the folded surface of this fan painted by Kamisaka Sekka and enclosed in the original signed wooden box, retaining the original paper binding on the fan itself...

 

Sterling silver ring mounted with an intricate hand carved rock crystal face c.1930's signed by Frederick Fred Davis(1880-1961). The Pre-Columbian design face measures 1 inch. Ring size is 11. In their chapter on Fred Davis, Greta Pack and Mary Davis' MEXICAN JEWELRY states that "he set as jewels the little old stone carvings which were still being dug up from the fields and were plentiful at that time". Davis often incorporated onyx, obsidian or malachite carved stone faces in his designs but t...

A rare and spectacular handwrought sterling repousse cuff by silversmith Peer Smed. He was trained in Denmark, came to the U.S. and worked for Tiffany & Co., then later opened his own shop in New York. The workmanship of this bracelet is superb.The flower and leaves look alive. His pieces are hard to find and this is the first bracelet made by Smed that I have ever seen. Measuring 5 1/4" around in the inside with a 1" opening, it is 1 1/8" wide in the front and tapers to 1/2" in the back. It is ...

Vintage Unmarked Unsigned No Stone Arts & Crafts Bow or Celtic Brooch Pin that tests at least 925. Has Heft for it's size of 1 3/8" X 1 1/8". Very good condition with just a little wave to pin stem. Rich Silver with plenty of patina in crevices.
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