Catalog: Estate Jewelry: Silver (508)

Betty Cooke modernist sterling silver and wood kinetic brooch

1950

This exceptional and rare brooch measures 2 3/4" x 3"

Weight - 9.50 grams

We love Betty's simple and sophisticated elegance of design. That's what she's really known for. But we really love, especially in her early works, the way she made use of something whimsical or introduced unique elements like toothpicks or ebony from old piano keys...

Early American Vintage Modernist Sterling Deco Brooch

Betty Cooke

c.1950s

Excellent condition

2 3/4" x 3/4"

Rebajes modernist free form sterling silver brooch

1950

3 3/4" long

Marked Rebajes sterling

Very good vintage condition

Elsa Freund American modernist silver and ceramic kinetic necklace

1950

Pendant - 5" long

Neck wire - 17 1/2" in circumference

Marked Elsa

Very good vintage condition

Elsa Freund modernist necklace.

Silver with glazed ceramic 'stone'.

Pendant - 2 1/2" x 2 3/4".

Condition - excellent.

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

Bill Tendler modernist sterling silver cuff bracelet

Mid 20th century

American, New York

Weight - 40 grams

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

2" x 2 1/2" x 1 1/2" tall

Marked Tendler, sterling in block letters

Very good vintage condition with only minor scattered light surface scratches

American Modernist Sterling Quartz Crystal Brooch

Art Smith

c.1950s

Excellent condition

3 1/4" x 2"

Iconic modernist sterling silver shadowbox pendant necklace

1950

Pendant - 3" x 1 5/8"

Chain - 22" long

Unmarked

Excellent vintage condition

Ed Levin modernist sterling abstract brooch with stone.

Circa - 1950.

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

Condition - excellent.

Janiye [Miye Matsukata] modernist sterling silver brooch

1950

2 1/2" long

Very good vintage condition

Sigi Pineda modernist sterling and ebony belt buckle

1950

Mexico

2 3/4" x 1 1/8"

Weight - 38.65 grams

Sigi hallmark on reverse

Very good vintage condition

Art Smith modernist sterling silver brooch

1950

3" x 1 1/2"

Signed

Very good vintage condition

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

Modernist sterling silver and lapis lazuli ring

Bold organic design

1950

Size 7 1/2"

1 1/4" x 1 1/2"

Weight -22 grams

Unmarked

Very good vintage condition

Vintage American Modernist Sterling & Shell Ring

C.L. Smith

c.1950s

Good condition

Size - 9 3/4, front of ring - 1" x 3/4" - heavy gauge sterling silver

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Fine modernist sterling silver brooch

Well crafted and substantial

3 1/4" x 1 1/2"

Unmarked

Very god vintage condition

Art Smith modernist brass necklace

Unique and rare custom designed object

6 1/2" x 8 1/2", center drop: 5" x 1 1/4"

Excellent vintage condition

Marked twice