Catalog: Estate Jewelry: Silver (507)

Rebajes modernist sterling silver and banded agate pendant/brooch

Mid 20th century

3" x 1 5/8"

Weight - 35.50 grams

Marked Rebajes, sterling

Excellent vintage condition

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

Art Smith modernist sterling necklace and bracelet set w/amethyst

Sterling silver choker and bracelet

Choker measures appx. 3 7/8" x 4" interior diameter

Bracelet measures appx. 2 1/8" x 2 1/8" interior diameter

Large amethyst orb measures 3/4" in diameter

Lot weight - 49 grams

Necklace signed

Excellent vintage condition

Modernist hand crafted sterling, pearl and hematite ring

c. 1950

Size 6

Front measures 1 3/8"

Marked sterling with illegible cypher

Very good vintage condition

Ed Wiener sterling silver modernist earrings

1950

1" x 1"

Weight - 14 grams

Marked - Ed Wiener, sterling

Fine vintage condition

Mixed metal constructivist brooch

Sterling silver, brass and copper

1950

Well crafted and substantial

1 1/2" x 1 1/2"

Weight - 21.35 grams

Unmarked

Very good vintage condition

Henry Steig modernist sterling silver ring

1950

Size - 6 1/2

Weight - 12 grams

Height - 1 1/2"

Stamped Steig, sterling

Very good vintage condition

Art Smith modernist earrings

Sterling silver

1950s

Large and impressive at 2 1/8" across

Weight - 26 grams

Screw back

Signed Art Smith - slightly obscured

Excellent condition

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

C. Leslie Smith modernist sterling and Amethyst ring

1950

Size 8

Weight - 14 grams

Marked - handwrought, sterling, cls in shield

Excellent vintage condition

Dynamic sterling silver cuff bracelet featuring abstract figural forms

Israel

Mid 20th century

Inner circumference measures 6 1/4" plus a rear gap of 1 1/2"

This statement bracelet stands 1 5/8" inches at its tallest, tapering down to 3/4" at its end points

Weight - 46 grams

Crafted very much in the manner of the renowned Israeli sculpture and artisan Aharon Bezalel if not his work

Marked Israel, sterling, 925, and Hebrew letters...

Peter Macchiarini modernist sterling, bronze and copper brooch

c. 1950

California

3" x 3"

Marked MACCHIARINI

Very good vintage condition

Janiye modernist sterling silver free form brooch with hematite

Japanese/American modernist

1950s

2" x 2 1/4"

Weight - 21 grams

Marked Janiye, sterling on verso

Very good vintage condition

Maxwell Chayat modernist sterling and gray agate brooch

2 3/4" x 1"

Excellent vintage condition

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

American Modernist Sterling Geometric Brooch

Frank Miraglia

c.1950s

Excellent condition

2 3/4" x 2 1/4"

Walter Rhodes modernist sterling silver and turquoise pendant necklace

1950

Pendant - 3" long by 2 1/2" across

Leather cord - 21" long extended

Marked Rhodes, sterling

Very good vintage condition

Art Smith modernist jewelry silver necklace/choker dubbed "Paraspiral"

Exquisite hand wrought form - very rare in silver

1950

Measures approximately 2" at tallest point

Diameter approximately 5" x 4 3/4", should fit a 14 or 14 1/2" neck

Excellent vintage condition