Modernist Jewelry and Modern Art by Auerbach and Maffia
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1454746 (stock #4087)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,750.00

Marci Zelmanoff

Huge sculptural brooch featuring her classic wire construction in mixed metals with ceramic stone

6" long

Weight - 64 grams

Marked Zelmanoff '72

Very good vintage condition with minor roughness on the ceramic stone

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Scandinavian : Pre 1980 item #1457647 (stock #4112)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,750.00

Tapio Wirkkala, for N. Westerback Oy, sterling silver "Crescent Moon" necklace

Finland

1972

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

Chain 24"

Hallmarked NW, 925H, Crown mark, Helsinki mark, T7

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1234548 (stock #2906)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,750.00

Art Smith modernist sterling silver and stone ring

Oversized and substantial

c. 1950

Stone measures 2 1/16" long x 1" at widest point

Size 7 - 7 1/4

Weight - 31.55 grams

Very good vintage condition

Stone displays natural variations and inclusions

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1355697 (stock #4079)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,800.00

John Prip modernist sterling silver brooch

Mid 20th century

2 1/4" x 2 3/4"

Weight - 21.50 grams

Marked with artist's cypher on verso

Inscribed Josephine H. Gilbert

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Scandinavian : Pre 1980 item #700439 (stock #1042)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,800.00

Tapio Wirkkala sterling silver kinetic necklace for N. Westerback.

Circa - 1973.

Pendant measures 4" in diameter. Chain measures 24" when outstretched.

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1096376 (stock #2555)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,800.00

Art Smith modernist sterling silver brooch

1950

3" x 1 1/2"

Signed

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1435740 (stock #4072)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,800.00

Betty Cooke modernist sterling silver and wood brooch

Mid 20th century

2 1/2" x 2 1/2"

Weight - 12.6 grams

Marked Cooke, sterling

Excellent condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1006850 (stock #2389 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,800.00

Tobias Musicant - Artist, American [NJ] 1921 - 2004

Exhibitions -

Pennsylvania Academy

The Philadelphia Print Club

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Solo shows -

Heffers Gallery - Cambridge, England

Contemporary Arts Gallery in New York

Sterling silver brooch with green stone

1 3/4" x 1 1/4"

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1036653 (stock #2452)
Auerbach and Maffia
$2,900.00

Ed Wiener exceptional sterling silver and copper modernist brooch

Crafted early in his career

3" x 1 1/4"

Heavy and expertly rendered

Marked Ed Wiener sterling

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Scandinavian : Pre 1980 item #1216360 (stock #2820)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,000.00

Tapio Wirkkala Silver Moon modernist pendant and chain

Finland

1972

2.5" diameter

Markings pictured

Very good vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Scandinavian : Pre 1970 item #1325999 (stock #3499)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,200.00

Rare Ibe Dahlquist modernist sterling silver necklace

Unique paddle design with alternating smooth and etched surface treatments

Ibe Dahlquist was one of the few Swedish silversmiths who designed for Georg Jensen

This necklace was produced at her own studio

Sweden

c 1965

Measurements -

15 1/4" long

Each paddle measures 1" long

A hefty 105+ grams in weight

Hallmarked and stamp signed - review...

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1355541 (stock #4077)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,200.00

Rare John Prip sterling silver brooch

Mid 20th century

2 1/4" x 1 1/4"

Excellent vintage condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #623707 (stock #830)
Auerbach and Maffia
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Elsa Freund modernist necklace.

Aluminum, silver and ceramic.

Measures 16 1/2" when outstretched, drops measure 1 3/4" long.

Appropriately signed.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #684244 (stock #1007)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,200.00

Art Smith Modernist Brass Earrings.

Larger earring measures 2 1/8", smaller earring measures 1 1/4".

Condition - excellent.

Screwbacks

This unique pair of earrings are signed and fully documented.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Scandinavian : Georg Jensen : Pre 1980 item #1458353 (stock #4115)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,250.00

Georg Jensen sterling silver and amethyst bracelet [No. 203] by Vivianna Torun Bulow-Hube

This classic bracelet features a gorgeous amethyst stone in matrix

Front opening - 1 3/4" wide

Overall dimensions - 2" x 2 1/4"

Stone measures 1 1/4" x 1 5/8"

Should fit a small to medium wrist

Fully hallmarked [see photo]

Excellent condition

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #1227491 (stock #2876)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,500.00

Ed Wiener modernist sterling silver dancer brooch

3 1/4" x 2"

Very good vintage condition with good original oxidation

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #851849 (stock #2185 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,500.00

American Modernist Sterling Silver Constructive Brooch

Art Smith

c.1950s

Excellent condition

2 1/2" x 2 1/2"

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Edwardian : Pre 1930 item #1023598 (stock #2438 *)
Auerbach and Maffia
$3,500.00

Wiener Werkstatte enamel and sterling brooch

Dating from the first quarter of the 20th century

Markings include WW, The Austrian silver hallmark and A. St.

A St. was the mark of Alexander Sturm who was the craftsman and manufacturer commissioned by the designers of the Wiener Werkstatte to produce silver objects

Brooch measures 1" x 1 3/8"

In very good antique condition