Modernist Jewelry and Modern Art by Auerbach and Maffia
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Other Metals : Modernist : Pre 1960 item #1392708 (stock #3445)
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Rare Betty Cooke modernist brass and ceramic necklace

Late 1940s - 1950s

4 3/4" x 4 1/2"

Each drop measures 3" long

Very good vintage condition with only minor loss to the edge of 2 ceramic cylinders

Stamped, Cooke

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1393287 (stock #3448)
Auerbach and Maffia
$395.00

Ron Pearson modernist sterling silver ring

1950s

Size 5 1/2

Weight - 10.6 grams

Unique biomorphic form

Marked Pearson, sterling

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1394269 (stock #3453)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,200.00

Max Chayat modernist sterling silver and rhodocrosite necklace

American modernist

1950

Length - 14"

Width - Just under 3/4"

Screw back earrings - 3/4" x 3/8"

Total weight [three pieces] - 51 grams

Marked Chayat, sterling [see photo]

Very nice vintage condition with original oxidation

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #1397696 (stock #3464)
Auerbach and Maffia
$595.00

Carmen Beckmann sterling silver and copper bracelet

Mexico

Mid 20th century

Weight - 51 grams

Interior circumference measures 5 7/8" plus a rear opening of 1 3/8"

Very good vintage condition with minor surface scratches

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1398592 (stock #3465)
Auerbach and Maffia
$450.00

American modernist sterling silver figurative brooch signed Hoover

Mid 20th century

This wonderfully designed and well crafted brooch measures 2 3/8" x 1 1/2"

Weight - 22 grams

Marked on verso - Hoover, sterling, handmade

Fine vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1401951 (stock #3477)
Auerbach and Maffia
$650.00

Henry Steig modernist sterling silver bracelet

Mid 20th century

Interior circumference measures 6" plus a 1" rear opening for a total of 7" round

Height - 1 3/8" at tallest point

The bracelet is flexible

Weight - a solid 36+ grams

See matching necklace Inventory 3816

Marked Steig, sterling

Fine vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1402067 (stock #3480)
Auerbach and Maffia
$450.00

Sterling silver hand wrought portrait ring

Striking and well made this unique ring is a size 7 1/4 - 7 1/2

Weight - a solid 18.5 grams

Marked 925, with artist cypher [S pierced by a center line]

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Latin American : Pre 1960 item #1403866 (stock #3494)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,600.00

Graziella Laffi modernist sterling and 18K gold necklace

Mid 20th century

Peru

Should fit a 15 1/2" to a 16" neck

Center element measures 5 3/4" x 2 1/4"

Weight - 105 grams

Marked Laffi, Peru , 925, k18

Fine vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1405495 (stock #3502)
Auerbach and Maffia
$395.00

Paul Miller modernist sterling silver kinetic pendant necklace

1950

Pendant measures 2 7/8" x 1 1/2"

Neck chain - 22" long when outstretched

Weight - 16+ grams

Pendant marked Paul Miller

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Scandinavian : Pre 1960 item #1408814 (stock #3620)
Auerbach and Maffia
$265.00

Nile Erik From modernist sterling silver and amber brooch

Denmark

Mid 20th century

2 3/8" x 1"

Weight - 13.85 grams

Marked NE From, Denmark, 925s, sterling

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1410881 (stock #3630)
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Betty Cooke modernist sterling silver and resin kinetic brooch

This early and rare brooch measures 3 1/4" x 1 5/8"

Weight - 17.10 grams

Marked Cooke

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1411790 (stock #4025)
Auerbach and Maffia
$395.00

James Frappe modernist sterling silver and carnelian cuff links and tie bar

These heavy and solid sterling links weigh a hefty 54 grams

Beautiful and rich deep carnelian cabochons

Links - 7/8", tie bar - 1 1/2" long

Marked Frappe, sterling

Very good vintage condition with original patina

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1412809 (stock #4026)
Auerbach and Maffia
$275.00

Fridl Blumenthal modernist sterling silver screw back earrings

Mid 20th century

1 3/8" long x 5/8"wide

Weight - 7 grams

Marked Fridl, sterling with tulip hallmark

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Scandinavian : Pre 1960 item #1413092 (stock #3645)
Auerbach and Maffia
$695.00

Carl Ove Frydensberg sterling silver and amber parure featuring a necklace, bracelet and a pair of clip earrings

This exceptional set was crafted in Denmark and dates to the middle of the 20th century

Necklace - 14" x 1"

Bracelet - 7" long x 1"

Earrings - 1 1/8"

Total weight - 88 grams

Marked COF, sterling, Denmark

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Scandinavian : Pre 1960 item #1413093 (stock #3646)
Auerbach and Maffia
$275.00

N.E. From modernist sterling silver bracelet

Denmark

Mid 20th century

6 3/4" long x 5/8"

Weight - 26.25 grams

Marked - NE FROM, sterling, 925s, Denmark

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1416497 (stock #3658)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,295.00

Jules Brenner classic sterling silver buckle type cuff bracelet

1950

Interior circumference - 5 1/4" plus a rear opening of 1 1/4" for a total of 6 1/2"

Weight - 51 grams

Stamped Jules Brenner, sterling, in block letters

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1418602 (stock #4046)
Auerbach and Maffia
$1,295.00
Paul Lobel modernist sterling silver brooch

Rare example from his sterling menagerie

1950s

2 1/4" x 1 1/8"

Weight - 11+ grams

Marked LOBEL, sterling on verso

Very good vintage condition, minor light surface scratches

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1423284 (stock #4034)
Auerbach and Maffia
$595.00

James Frappe modernist sterling silver and red stone ring

1950

Frappe - an American modernist artisan working in the Pittsburgh area. He studied at the Carnegie Mellon Institute and later taught there as well. His work is hard to find, always solid and well crafted

The ring is a size 9 - 9 1/4

Weight - 16.55 grams

This showstopper of a ring is in wonderful vintage condition

Marked, Frappe, sterling