Catalog: Estate Jewelry (546)

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

Modernist Sterling Earrings

Maxwell Chayat

C.1950s

excellent condition

1" dia.

Henry Steig modernist sterling silver necklace

1950

Choker style

Should fit a 13 1/2" neck

Jump rings can be added to increase size if needed

Center element measures 6 1/2" x 1 1/2"

Weight - 45 grams

This solid and well crafted necklace is signed Steig, sterling on reverse

Excellent vintage condition

Everett MacDonald modernist sterling silver and pearl shadow box ring

California

Mid 20th century

Size 6

Weight - 14.9 grams

Marked sterling, MacDonald

Very good vintage condition with minor age related surface scratches

Paul Lobel sterling silver modernist brooch

3 1/4" x 1 3/8"

Marked Lobel on verso

Very good vintage condition

Paul Lobel modernist sterling silver cat brooch

2 7/8" long

Good vintage condition with minor scattered surface scratches

Marked LOBEL sterling on verso

Vera Allison modernist sterling silver pendant necklace

San Francisco, Ca.

1950s

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

Neck chain measures 24" long

Weight - 12.33 grams

Marked sterling, Allison

Excellent vintage condition

Art Smith modernist patinated brass cuff bracelet

Dubbed "Four Ball" bracelet

Mid 20th century

2" at tallest point

Interior circumference - 5 1/2" plus a 1 1/8" rear gap

Unmarked

Very good vintage condition, displaying the highly desired original finish

One minor 3/16" darkened spot of finish in top left area of brass

Ron Pearson vintage Sterling Silver torque necklace

1950

Back to front - 6 3/4", side to side - 4 7/8" , rear opening 2 3/8"

Estimated to fit a 14" neck

Weight - 29+ grams

Marked Pearson, sterling

Very good vintage condition

Henry Steig modernist sterling silver cuff bracelet

1950s

Interior circumference measures 5 1/2" around plus a 1" rear opening

Weight - 57 grams

Very good vintage condition

Marked Steig, sterling

American Early Modernist Sterling Abstract Brooch

Ed Wiener

c.1955

Excellent condition

2 5/8" x 2 7/8"

Ed Levin modernist sterling abstract brooch with stone.

Circa - 1950.

1 1/2" x 2 1/2".

Condition - excellent.

Ed Wiener modernist earrings.

Circa - 1950.

1 3/8" long x 1 1/2" wide.

Condition - excellent with age appropriate patina.

Signed on verso.

Art Smith modernist sterling silver ring with onyx, amber and amethyst

1950's

Size 9

Weight - 17 grams

Purchased from the original owner who acquired it directly from Art Smith

Unmarked

Very good vintage condition

Peter Broome modernist ring with gem stones

Unique biomorphic form

Substantial and masterfully sculptural

Size 6

Weight - 17 grams

Marked Broome

Very good vintage condition

Ed Wiener modernist sterling silver and coral earrings

1 1/4" long

Unmarked as these generally are

Very good vintage condition

Henry Steig modernist sterling silver and wood earrings

C. 1950

1" long

Marked Steig, sterling

Very good vintage condition

Maxwell Chayat modernist sterling and gray agate brooch

2 3/4" x 1"

Excellent vintage condition