Catalog (757)

Ron Dembosky - Pair of powerful mythic figures

Oil on canvas

Mid 20th century

Dembosky - American, PA. 20th century

13" x 33"

Very good original and unrestored condition

Raphael Sabatini - Cabaret black face performer

1927

Sheet size - 12 1/2" x 9 1/2"

Unframed

Pencil signed

Raphael Sabatini, 1898 – 1985, Philadelphia, Pa.

Professional life – Professor of Painting and Sculpture at the Tyler School of Art at Temple University from 1936 to 1966

President of the Philadelphia Art Alliance in Philadelphia.

Sabatini studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts with Arthur Carles,...

Ed Levin modernist sterling silver brooch with inlay

c. 1950

1 5/8" x 2 1/4"

Unique form, rarely seen

Excellent vintage condition

Art Smith Modernist copper and brass cuff bracelet

1950

Entitled - Criss Cross

Interior circumference 6 1/2"

Back opening 1 1/8"

2" tall

In untouched vintage condition retaining original patinas

Marked Art Smith

Hans Hansen modernist sterling silver bracelet with inset stones

6 3/4" long x 3/4" wide

Features the classic Hansen screw type closure

Markings - small H on cross bar of larger H, 925

Very good vintage condition

John Lewis modernist jewelry sterling brooch

Boston

1 3/4" x 2 1/8"

Hand crafted with nice weight

Very good vintage condition

Ed Wiener - rare and important sterling silver brooch

4 7/8" x 1"

Designed in 1947

An example of this brooch is pictured on page 145 in the book - Messengers of Modernism [see picture] also pictured in Jewelry By Ed Wiener Catalog that Ed Wiener and Fifty/50 Gallery put together for a show in 1988 - (Page 11).

Wonderful condition

Unmarked as is the brooch in the catalog

Frances Holmes Boothby modernist sterling silver necklace with blue glass stone

Pendant - 2 1/2" x 2"

Chain - 17" long outstretched

Signed fhb sterling

Very good vintage condition

Betty Cooke modernist mixed metals brooch

Sterling silver and brass

Sterling ovals display a brushed finish while the brass elements have a mirror finish

1960

2 5/8" x 1 5/8"

Very good vintage condition

Robert Larin modernist abstract bracelet

Silver plated pewter

c. 1960 - 70

7 " x 1 3/4"

Very good vintage condition

By Jean, modernist sterling and pink quartz pendant and chain

Bold and impressive design

c.1970's

Chain measures 14 3/8" long when outstretched

Pendant measures 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"

Marked By Jean sterling

Very good vintage condition

Egyptian revival necklace

C. 1920

Finely crafted silver necklace with gilt accents displaying crisp details and above average quality

16" long

Rectangular elements measure 1 1/4" x 1 5/8"

Very good original condition

Irena Bryner modernist sterling silver earrings

1950's

1 5/8" long

Marked I.Bryner

Very good vintage condition

Ed Levin Modernist jewelry Brooch

14K gold, sterling silver with baroque pearl

Fluid and elegant this brooch measures 4" long

Marked Ed Levin [script],sterling/14k

Excellent vintage condition

Oystein Balle sterling and enamel brooch

Norway

1950's

Diameter - 1 3/4"

Very good vintage condition

Alfred Karram sterling silver bracelet

1960's

Face - 1 1/4" x 2 5/8"

Interior dimensions -1 7/8" x 2 1/4"

Marked Karram sterling

Very good vintage condition with minor surface scratches and two tiny dings

Art deco necklace

Domed green onyx with black faceted stone spacers set in silver tone metal

Measures 15 1/2" long when outstretched

Each green stone measures 5/8" wide

Very good vintage condition

Carl Tasha brass crab pendant

1970's

2" x 2 1/4"

Marked Tasha

Excellent vintage condition