Catalog: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Modernism (355)

Graziella Laffi modernist sterling silver brooch w/stone inlay.

This large and well crafted brooch is a substantial three dimensional masterpiece.

3 3/8" x 2 1/8"

Marked G. Laffi Peru 925

Very good vintage condition

Paul Lobel modernist sterling silver brooch

1950

Large and well crafted this brooch weighs 23.30 grams

Measurements - 4 3/4" long x 3" wide

Marked Lobel, sterling on verso

Very good vintage condition

Betty Cooke modernist sterling silver and resin kinetic brooch

This early and rare brooch measures 3 1/4" x 1 5/8"

Weight - 17.10 grams

Marked Cooke

Excellent vintage condition

American Sterling Modernist Jewelry Brooch

Art Smith

c.1950s

Excellent condition

2 5/8" x 2"

Ed Wiener modernist sterling silver cut out brooch

Unique 1950's abstract landscape

1 1/4" x 2"

Weight - 11+ grams

Marked Ed Wiener, sterling

Very good vintage condition

Elsa Freund modernist bracelet

Sterling silver with Elsaramic stone

These ceramic stones were hand created and display internal lines and fissures

1950 - 1960

1 7/8" tall

Interior circumference 5 1/4" plus a one inch rear opening

Somewhat flexible

Signed Elsa

Very good vintage condition

Modernist Peruvian sterling brooch.

C. 1940 - 1950.

1 3/8" x 2 1/4".

Substantial and of heavy weight this brooch represents a classic melding of modernism with the ancient traditions of Peru.

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Ed Wiener modernist sterling, copper and rutilated quartz brooch

Late 1940s to 1950s

2 3/8" x 2 1/4"

Weight - 22 grams

Marked Ed Wiener, sterling on verso

Very good vintage condition retaining the original oxidation

Ed Levin modernist sterling bracelet

Rare early handwrought example of Levin's work, c. 1950 or earlier.

Three 1/4" diameter sterling silver balls.

Sterling silver wrap.

Deep blue and white ceramic beads.

Inside diameter measures 2 1/2"

Marked - see picture.

Very good vintage condition.

Ed Wiener modernist sterling silver brooch

3" x 3 3/4"

1950

Marked Ed Wiener, sterling on reverse

Very good vintage condition

American Modernist Sterling Vintage Guitar Brooch

Ed Wiener

c.1948

Very good condition

2 7/8" x 1 1/8"

Large American Modernist Sterling Spiral Brooch

Ed Wiener

c.1948

Excellent condition

3" x 2 3/4"

American Modernist Copper Antelope Head Brooch

Rebajes

c.1940s

Excellent condition

5 1/8" x 2 1/2"

Toyokoki 950 silver bracelet

Japan

Post WW2

8" x 1"

Weight - 56 grams

Marked - Toyokoki, silver 950, CPO

Excellent condition

Wiley Sanderson, modernist sterling silver and 14K gold brooch

Cranbrook

3 1/8" x 1 5/8"

Etched Sanderson - 48, sterling, 14k

Very good vintage condition

Pictured in Kenneth Winebrenner - "Jewelry Making" [1955], fig. 61

Paul Lobel modernist sterling silver figurative brooch

This unique and well crafted brooch is rarely available for sale

American modernist

Mid 20th century

4 1/2" x 3"

Weight - 29+ grams

Marked Lobel, sterling on verso

Very good vintage condition

Rebajes sterling, copper and tiger eye hand crafted ring

Kinetic copper ball

1940 - 1950

Size 5 1/2, with adjustable band

Fully marked

Very good vintage condition

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