Modernist Jewelry and Modern Art by Auerbach and Maffia
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Other Metals : Modernist : Pre 1980 item #1428924 (stock #3694)
Auerbach and Maffia
$395.00

Modernist studio artisan necklace

Latter quarter of the 20th century

Beautifully cast brass or bronze

Featuring two posed dancing figures

Pendant size - 4 1/2" tall x 3" at widest point

Adjustable black suede cord

Weight - a substantial 67 grams

Unmarked but certainly the work of an accomplished artisan

Fine vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1046404 (stock #2474)
Auerbach and Maffia
$195.00

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

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1288358 (stock #3095)
Auerbach and Maffia
$450.00

Modernist abstract sterling silver and pearl ring

1970

European origin

Size 7 1/2

Front measures just under 1 1/2" tall

Weight - 10.71 grams

Marked 925

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1288362 (stock #3096)
Auerbach and Maffia
$595.00

Modernist abstract sterling silver bracelet

1970

European origin

Central element measures 2" tall

7 " interior circumference

Weight - 39 grams

Marked 925

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1435017 (stock #3725)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,200.00

Dynamic 18K gold statement ring

Square within a square with a small clear faceted stone accent

The striking statement piece is a size 5 3/4"

Weight - 17.33 grams

Main element stands 1 1/4" above the finger

Etched signature - GR

Stamped 18K

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1170635 (stock #2660)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,800.00

Modernist 18K gold and Kunzite brooch

Unique built up cubist form

1 1/2" x 1 3/4"

Very good vintage condition

Unmarked

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1402764 (stock #3488)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,400.00

Modernist 14K gold necklace with smokey quartz

Stunningly dramatic grid like design

Mid 20th century

Neck ring measures 16" round

Weight - 29.30 grams

Main decorative element measures 4" X 4 3/8"

Marked 14K

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #737552 (stock #2026)
Auerbach and Maffia
$395.00

Modernist 14K Gold & Alexandrite Earrings

c.1950s

14K & unnatural alexandrite

Excellent

5/8" x 1/2" each, pierced

Earrings were purchased with a matching pin. The pin was stamped with the Antonio Pineda mark.

Earrings are not marked.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Other Metals : Modernist : Pre 1950 item #1434907 (stock #3721)
Auerbach and Maffia
$110.00

Modernist Austrian enamel bracelet⁠

7" x 3/4"⁠

Excellent vintage condition⁠

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1261430 (stock #3019)
Auerbach and Maffia
$695.00

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

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Other Metals : Modernist : Pre 1980 item #1470222 (stock #4188)
Auerbach and Maffia
$699.00

Large and exceptional handcrafted brutalist mixed metal kinetic necklace

1970

Pendant - 3" x 4"

Chain - 25"

Unmarked

Excellent condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #686788 (stock #1013)
Auerbach and Maffia
$225.00

Miguel Melendez, Taxco sterling and amethyst earrings.

1 5/8" x 1 1/4".

Condition - excellent.

Marked with Melendez cipher.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #1470168 (stock #4182)
Auerbach and Maffia
$189.00

Miguel Melendez sterling silver and faceted amethyst brooch and earring set

Mid 20th century

Taxco, Mexico

This solid and well-crafted set weighs a total of 30 grams

Brooch - 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"

Earrings - 1" x 1 1/2"

Melendez apprenticed in William Spratling's studio in the 1940s before working at Los Castillo and later branching out on his own

Marked M in a circle, Taxco

Excellent condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1367082 (stock #3842)
Auerbach and Maffia
$495.00

Modernist sterling silver and enamel brooch

1950

2 1/8" x 1 3/4"

Weight - 19.50 grams

Marked sterling

Excellent good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1405258 (stock #3501)
Auerbach and Maffia
$450.00

Dynamic brutalist sterling silver and banded agate ring

1970

This heavy and well crafted ring stands 3/4" above the finger

Weight - 19.5 grams

Size - 9 1/2

Unmarked

Fine vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Enamel : Pre 1970 item #1427951 (stock #3682)
Auerbach and Maffia
$450.00

Michael and Frances Higgins abstract art glass pendant⁠ necklace

Mid 20th century⁠

Pendant - 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"

Suede cord - adjustable

Great vintage condition

The couple began fusing glass in their Chicago apartment by using kilns in their living room...

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1940 item #1475248 (stock #4216)
Auerbach and Maffia
$395.00

Sterling silver artisan mask necklace

Made in Mexico

1930s

16" long

Center mask measures 2" x 2"

Weight - 67 grams

Marked made in Mexico and etched Mexico sterling on verso

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #1468604 (stock #4165)
Auerbach and Maffia
$765.00

Exceptional clamper bracelet

Sterling silver and amethyst

Depicting fish in hands

Made in Taxco, Mexico

Mid 20th century

2 1/2" x 2 1/4" x 3 1/2" tall

Weight - 74 grams

Marked Taxco, JC, Hecho en Mexico, 925, sterling, eagle mark 3

Excellent condition