This great, puffer fish / blow fish pendant can also be worn as a charm. It measures 1 1/8" from mouth to tail and is 3/4" "tall." It has blue rhinestone eyes and a wonderful, Mexican design. The tail is marked MEXICO 925, below initials that looks like CRL - ( all marks are slightly unstamped--see pictures). It is in excellent condition.
Featuring a clean impressed linear decoration enhanced with oxidation, this unmarked bangle looks to have been inspired by Mexican or Native American design of the U.S. Southwest. It has a graduated width and interesting, irregular-shaped terminals. There is a little bit of give in the fit, but the bracelet is quite strong and has retained its shape. It tests definitively for sterling silver...
Betty Cooke modernist sterling silver orbital bracelet
Interior circumference - 7 3/4"
Silver bands - 3 /16" tall
Weight - 27.88 grams
Excellent vintage condition
Circa mid-century, this necklace was produced by Ana María Nuñez de Brilanti, whose shop was known as Victoria.
Brilanti was known for her unique designs in mixed and married metal, and for her commitment to quality.
This is a gorgeous necklace. The pendant can be removed and worn alone as a pin. It's a large piece with a multi-dimensional celtic design in sterling silver, copper, and brass...
Large and beautifully crafted Navajo Silver and Turquoise ring, size 8 3/4", measuring 1 3/4" long and 1" wide, and 1 1/4" high from base of band to top of stone.
The stone has a lovely caramel and brown matrix, with a deep turquoise green tone.
It is signed "sterling" and has a maker's mark that is not clear.
From a collection of good Navajo jewelry, most pre 1980s.
In good condition, some wear and slight tarnist visible to silver, but the stone is in perfect condition, nicely polished and ...
Offered here as a pair, these beautiful vintage heishi necklaces are made up of slender shell disks, turquoise, silver and glass beads and what I think are most probably shark teeth. They have been with me for a long, long time and I always thought I would combine them into one longer piece yet never gotten around to it. So it's time for them to go to a new, loving home where they will be worn and enjoyed once again...
Southwest modernist(in the style of H. Fred Skaggs and Frank Patania) amber and sterling ring and earrings set signed, made in Arizona, c.1960's. The large ring has 4 pieces of amber and is size 8 1/4. The front of the ring measures 1 1/2" long by 7/8" wide. The pierced earrings each have 3 pieces of amber and measure 1" by 1". The silver is of good weight and the set is in excellent condition...
Modernist sterling Georg Jensen ring, #1250. It is signed "GEORG JENSEN(in dotted oval) DENMARK 925S #1250" and is in excellent condition. It is size 6 3/4 and measures 1 1/16" long....$15 USA insured shipping plus applicable NY sales tax.
Lovely vintage sterling and moonstone ring by Georg Jensen Denmark. This has an early Jensen hallmark, dating it 1915-30. The ring is a size 8 3/4 but can be sized. Weighing 5 grams, it is in fine original condition with hallmarks as shown. Charming.
Joachim S'Paliu modernist sterling silver with carnelian ring
Spain
Mid 20th century
This gorgeous, over sized, ring measures 1 9/16" tall x 1 1/8" deep
The polished carnelian stone is a deep reddish burnt sienna displaying a wonderful translucence
Size - 9 to 9 1/2
Weight - a substantial 22.65 grams
Hallmarked S'Paliu, sterling
Excellent vintage condition
This is a STERLING ART NOUVEAU STICKPIN with a of FACE OF A BEAUTY at the Top. The size of the Oval Face is 1/2" X 3/4"; length overall is 2 3/8". Clearly marked: F&B STERLING on the back, the maker's mark for Foster & Bailey of Providence, RI.
EXCELLENT Condition dating ca. 1900. Via a Northern Virginia Estate, DC Suburb. ADD to the ART NOUVEAU SILVER JEWELRY Collection
Very well constructed heavy gauge silver modernist pin with four hanging moveable tiger-eye drops. It measures 1 3/4" by 1 3/4". Unsigned and in excellent condition.....$10 for insured US shipping.
Circa mid-century, here is one of Margot's early and most beloved designs.
Hand-wrought with world class repoussé silver work, it's crazy killer gorgeous. Will not fail to be noticed.
Measures a closed, wearable length of 6 3/4", with a width of 1 7/16".
Weight is 79.6 grams.
Closure is a tight and secure tongue in box, with original safety chain.
In excellent vintage condition.
I love these William Spratling all silver tulip earrings. They are 1in. x .75in. in size and they are 3/8th's thick in the centers. The depth is outstanding as well as they are the perfect companion with the tulip necklace just listed. Excellent condition and properly hallmarked as shown.
Minimalist design hand made sterling pin by AJ, Denmark, c.1950's. It is signed "AJ STERLING DENMARK" and is in excellent condition. Pin measures 2 1/4" long by 1 1/8" wide. Good modernist design and well constructed....$10 USA insured shipping plus applicable NY tax.
These mid-century earrings from Antonio Pineda are large and unusual. The primitive hunter design is said to have been based on the Lascaux cave drawings, used on several of his pieces. I have the matching bracelet in my shop.
These dangle earrings are quite substantial, measuring 2" top to bottom, with a width of 1 7/16".
Weight is 28.5 grams...
This is a spectacular sterling and tiger eye ring. What makes it so special and unique is the large round gorgeous, vibrant tiger eye stone. It is a size 6 1/4 but plain in the back so could be sized. The stone measures 7/8" diameter and is free of chips, cracks or scratches.( The white dot is refection from the camera). Weighing a sturdy 16 grams, it is signed Steinmarkt Berlin. I have not been able to find any information on the maker. Smashing on the hand!
Absolutely exquisite 970 silver, onyx and moonstone necklace and matching screw back earrings by Taxco Master silversmith Antonio Pineda. Magnificent design and construction, this is a rare necklace measuring 16"end to end and 1"wide. It has 21 crescent shaped onyx stones and 21 round moonstones, a very striking contrast. The clasp is a silver crescent. The matching earrings measure 1 1/4" long. The necklace is in fine original condition with no chips or cracks to the stones...