An elegant 14K rose and yellow gold bow brooch featuring a “knot” invisibly-set calibre-cut green tourmalines. The brooch is also accented with a pair of pearls set in white gold. The tourmalines have very fine bright coloring. The golden bow is worked in both a polished surface and a micro-beaded finish. The latter is a technically difficult texture to achieve and shows the hand of a master jeweler. The back of the pin is marked “RMU” and “585” for 14K gold...

Phyllis Mark modernist aluminum kinetic necklace

1970s

Pendant - 5 1/4" x 3 1/8"

Neck ring measures 14 3/4" round

This necklace is part of a small series of pendants that the renowned sculptor designed during the early 1970's

Marked on verso Phyllis Mark '71

Very good vintage condition with minor surface scratches

Betty Cooke modernist brass brooch

Late 1940s to early 1950s

1 3/4" x 2 1/2"

Weight - 7 grams

Marked COOKE on verso

Excellent vintage condition

Ca 1940 An early sterling bracelet by Jensen USA designer, Laurence Foss. Lovely patina.Marked with the Foss logo, Sterling 116. 7-1/2" x 1/2" ~30.8gr.

A modernist brooch by noted mid century silversmith, Frances Holmes Boothby in Sterling Silver and Ebony. This large marlin measures 3 3/4" long and 1 1/2" tall. Lightly hammered. Marked fhb, Sterling on the back. Has a safety rollover clasp that holds tightly. Nice condition, just a few minor scratches and a little tarnish. A wonderful example of Mid Century Modern jewelry.

Old hand made tribal turkomen moon shaped silver necklace with carnelians with original chain...easy to wear...

Ed Wiener large abstract 1960’s clip earrings. Marked Ed Wiener Sterling and the mark of a Scandinavian retailer. Height "3 ¼ / 8 cm, width "2 ½/ 6.3 cm. Condition: fine.

This mid-century buckle bracelet is based on a design which originated with Antonio Pineda. It's a stunning, rarely seen design. Striking, edgy, modernist, gorgeous. Opens wide to easily fit on the wrist. The buckle swings over the notch which fits into the groove on the buckle. Closed, wearable length is about 6 3/4"...

A beautifully detailed carving of an unusual stone cameo depicting a man is set in a 14Kt pink gold frame. The early 20th century oval cameo pendant measures 35 X 27 millimeters without the jump ring and the bail.

An ode to Mexico’s ancient crafts this “tribal” necklace wrought in sterling silver with bone links and agate beads bears the signature of Reveriano (Reveri) Castillo. Though the Castillos did, on occasion, incorporate Aztec and Maya artifacts and beads in their jewelry, I believe that here the materials used are contemporary to the designer but brought together is such a way as to evoke ancient types of personal adornment...

A vintage 1920’s oval shell cameo depicting a young lady with flowers in her hair and a heart shaped necklace with a 0.03Ct single cut diamond set in a 14kt white gold filigree frame. The cameo is a broach with a fold down swivel that makes it wearable as a pendant. The cameo measures 48 X 36 millimeters and the measurements of the broach are 1 ¾” wide and 2 1/16” high.

GeWe, Sweden

Large sterling silver amethyst modernist necklace

1966

Pendant - 4" long

Chain - 15 - 16"

Weight - 33 grams

Excellent condition

Knud V. Andersen modernist sterling bracelet

Denmark

Mid 20th century

This heavy and well crafted bracelet, referencing deeply cut topographic configurations, measures 7" long x 7/8" wide

Weight - 68+ grams

Marked KVA, Michelsen hallmark, 925s, Danmark

Excellent vintage condition

Wonderful mid 20th-Century pin by seminal modernist jewelry designer Sam Kramer. In sterling silver accented by what looks like copper. The pin is fully hallmarked and stamped "sterling." It measures over 2.5" long and 1.25" tall. It is in excellent condition.

“Jewels by Tono”, the signature found on the figural Mexican silver and carved amethyst brooch at hand, is one of Antonio Pineda’s early hallmarks. Holding a fan, his hair in a long braid, part of his face obscured by the wide coolie hat, the man portrayed here is meant to hail from the “exotic Far East”...

Carol Horrocks modernist sterling silver and ebony bracelet

1950

6 1/2" interior circumference

Flip clasp opens in rear

Very good vintage condition

European 15k gold stickpin, ca 1880. Mounted with carved intaglio cameo, depicting a left-facing Classical female head. The color is reddish brown. It is in a gold frame mounted to a twisted shaft. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 2 5/8 x D 5/8 in. #112  

A tailored, simply elegant design is this 18Kt white and yellow gold mid century modern stylized ribbon ring. Each half is identical to the other except for the one side is 18Kt yellow gold while the other side is 18Kt white gold. The ring is a size 6 and can be sized.