Catalog: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Modernism (356)

Carl Tasha sterling ring.

Size 7" - 7 1/4".

Condition - excellent.

Signed.

Sam Kramer modernist sterling silver and operculum shell ring

1950

Size 6

Weight - 15.58 grams

Very good vintage condition with appropriate surface wear

Two minor shallow fissures on each side of the shell but very stable

Mark is obscured but guaranteed to be a Sam Kramer design

Frances Holmes Boothby modernist sterling silver brooch

1950

Rare form

3 1/8" x 1"

Very good vintage condition

American Sterling Modernist Jewelry Brooch

Art Smith

c.1950s

Excellent condition

2 5/8" x 2"

Betty Cooke modernist sterling silver hand scored pendant/brooch

This large and versatile piece can be worn as a brooch or hung from a torque or chain as a pendant

3" 5/8" x 3"

Weight - 15 grams

Marked COOKE, sterling

Fine vintage condition

Ed Wiener modernist earrings.

Circa - 1950.

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

Condition - excellent with age appropriate patina.

Signed on verso.

American modernist jewelry movement.

Sterling silver pin made by Paul Lobel, c.1940s.

Entitled "Stradivarius",this brooch is in excellent condition.

Measurements 3" x 1".

Modernist Sterling Disc Brooch Pendant

Betty Cooke

c.1960s

Excellent condition

2 3/8" x 1 1/2"

Puig Doria modernist sterling silver necklace

Spain

1960's to 70's

Pendant measures 3" x 3"

Necklace should fit a 14" neck

Weight - 105 grams

Marked Puig Doria, Spain, 925

Very good vintage condition

Sterling silver ring with two types of stones personal made by Rebajes hand, c.1950s. The ring is in excellent condition and very clean. The ring is adjustable for size. Showing is a size 5.

Rachel Gera ring

1970

Israel

Sterling silver with carnelian stone

Bold and dynamic design

Size 8

Weight - 17.75 grams

Stands 5/8" above the finger

Overall dimensions - 1 1/2" x 1"

Very good vintage condition

Hans Appenzeller sterling silver cuff bracelet

The Netherlands

1970s

Interior circumference 5 1/4" with a rear opening of 1 1/4"

2 1/2" x 1 1/2"

This solid and well crafted bracelet weighs a hefty 76 grams

Marked Appenzeller, sterling

Excellent vintage condition

Marci Zelmanoff - born 1942, Philadelphia.

Zelmanoff studied at the Rhode Island school of Design and received a MFA at Southern Illinois University.

Her primary influences were her teachers, Brent Kington and Olaf Skoogfors.

Oversized mixed metal brooch - abstract textured collage.

3 1/4" x 3 1/2"

Very good vintage condition.

Hand signed and dated - June 3, 1979.

Marci Zelmanoff - born 1942, Philadelphia.

Zelmanoff studied at the Rhode Island school of Design and received a MFA at Southern Illinois University.

Her primary influences were her teachers, Brent Kington and Olaf Skoogfors.

Mixed metal brooch with rich and vibrant expressionist imagery.

2 1/4" x 2"

Very good vintage condition.

Signed and dated - May 26, 1979

Henry Steig modernist sterling silver brooch

1950

3 1/4" x 1 1/4"

10.50 grams

Marked Steig, sterling

Excellent vintage condition

Carl Tasha modernist sterling silver pendant necklace

1970's

Pendant - 4" long

Chain - 17" long when extended

Very nice vintage condition

Paul Lobel modernist sterling silver necklace

Strong biomorphic pendant and handmade neck chain

Rare form

1950

Pendant - 3 3/8" x 2 1/4"

Chain - 16"

Weight - 44 grams

Marked Lobel, sterling

Very good vintage condition with original patina

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