Catalog: Estate Jewelry (165)

Pre assay Mexico era. Both Maricela and Los Ballesteros and maybe Rafael Melendez along with other Taxco silversmiths have made this style of bench cut - not cast -2 tier cuff bracelet with applied C shape rope elements and "dot" application...

Unknown initials mark. Floral bow reminds one of Matilde Poulat 'unmatched' old blue, green turquoise, stamped 22 assay shared by Fred Davis, Bernice Goodspeed, Antonio Pineda et. al., it is no doubt in good Taxco Silversmiths' company!
9 florals have multi blue & green color 4 mm turquoise centers.
3 1/8" X 1 7/8" and in untouched unpolished condition, yet will lightly hand cloth polish FREE when requested...

Amethyst collectors of vintage sterling silver jewelry look at this oval cuff bracelet with a bezel set light color, probably untreated earlier faceted Amethyst 8X10 mm stone.
Hammered rose Gold accents with sterling silver granulation around that.
Measures 7" inside including the slightly flexible opening of 1 1/4". 1 5/8" at widest center tapers to 1/4" wide at rounded ends...

A senor doll motif. Vintage circa 1945 sterling silver pin brooch as a pre assay era figural man with sombrero carrying a crate of 'tomatoes' stamped: SILV MEX - testing at least 90%, tho often these are higher. No doubt by a talented Taxco Mexico Mexican silversmith working in repousse holloware.
The native peoples have been known to make dolls as teaching tools for their children to play...

Vintage bird parrot avian Mexican sterling silver collectors, look at this engraved feather parrot perched in circle pin brooch marked: Hecho en Mexico 0925 around "JV" a listed silversmith. 'He' is has a 8X13mm green jade/onyx stone belly w an engraved feather riveted through that! Handsome and in perfect shape of 1 X 1 3/8" in size as seen in one book or another.

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Vintage reticulated ethnographic pin brooch that converts to a pendant with fold down bail stamped: "925 18K", open cut work Pre Columbian motif . 18K Gold face on round Malachite open work fancy bezel set stone.
Just under 1 1/4",
malachite is 12mm and the
Gold face piece is 10mm.
In wonderful un polished pre owned condition with all good working parts...

Vintage silver pin and earring set signed and stamped with the maker's mark as: A & Z STERLING which was founded by Carl Anshen & Saul Zeitlin in 1905 in nearby Providence RI.
These well made beautiful "pinched" leaf motif screwback rhodium plated pieces date to mid 20th Century and are in very nice, probably never worn and in No issues condition.
.Brooch is 1 1/4 X 2 1/2" and the ears are 1 X 5/8"...

A vintage Taxco pin pendant with maker's mark of "FLC" inside a circle: "Taxco Mexico Sterling 925" and assay # 3. Could this be by a Castillo family member? Multi color gem fish, micro inlay around a very modernist fish pendant pin combination.
2" X 1.5" Very wearable pre owned vintage condition and needs a good polishing. Please view closeups for more info...

Is this made in Taxco Mexico? Lizard gekko silver set is simply stamped "Sterling" on the belly of the pin and the turn wheels of the screwback reptile earrings.
Brooch is 3 X 1 1/4" and the
ears are 1 1/4 X 1/2" and weigh 9 Grams.
In wonderful preowned vintage condition with decades of rich darkening of the detailed texture. Free hand cloth polishing - please request when placing your order...

Vintage Signed Sterling Silver 5 dome pin brooch with "C" catch marked: MAISEL'S STERLING for the Albuquerque New Mexico maker of Native American jewelry of years past. It is 2 3/8" X 1/2" @ widest, this being the smallest dome at 10mm while the mid one is 13mm. Slightest hint of a very shallow dimple that even the camera won't pick up and the "C" catch is a bit askew yet very secure.
Similar seen recently on Jane Russell in an old black and white western movie...

Carnelian bracelet and choker necklace, not a set, very Art Deco in design, each stamped signed: SYMMETALIC STERLING + 14K, mark first used in 1936 by the W. E. Richards Co. on their highest quality jewelry...

Unsigned Peruzzi? Do not let the low price deter you from collecting this hard to find 60+ grams sterling silver six piece suite with multi applied rose petals that make up a suite such as this vintage bronze color gold wash on marked Sterling parure set. It includes a necklace with chain, sb earrings, bracelet, and three pins all with a multitude of hand applied rose petals. How often do you find a three piece demi parure let alone five or six matched pieces?

The multi petal foliate appl...

Two wrist ornaments to wear today. Select either or take them both for real savings:
( A) Stamped: GERMANY STERLING with 13 faceted 12mm x 8mm bezel set Carnelians in a slightly serrated bezel. Organic shading, as they are not all identical color.
End to end 7 3/4X 7/8; or
(B) Rhodium plated with 8 half round Carnelian looking claw set stones. Each half moon shape is 30 X 15mm and although quite even coloration, no bubbles noted.
End to end 7 3/4 X 1 1/4". No marks seen.
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Vintage butterfly wing earrings in lush blue morpho lavender hues encased under a convex glass dome. The aqua to brick color change is the reason these are often erroneously referred to and sold as saphiret glass! 5/8" gold star in the center. Just under 1 7/8" across with perfectly working turn wheels. Appear to have been barely worn.

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Unsigned unmarked yet tested bright red, may be higher than sterling silver and could be an Arts Crafts, Art Deco or Modernist Studio Ring with 3/4" bezel set Carnelian looking cab at size 6 3/4 yet your jeweler could resize.
Top is 1 1/8 X 7/8 and is unpolished. There is some silver that was never 'cleaned up'.
In good sound preowned vintage wearable condition.

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Very Danish Scandinavian looking 7 oak leaf link motif bracelet screwback earring set stamped signed: DANECRAFT R STERLING on the oak leaf bracelet, yet only STERLING on the screwback's turn wheels.
Notice the old Art Deco era spring ring clasp on the brace. 18 grams. What a buy!

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60 Inches! Knotted rope black "French Jet" facet glass beads marked "Made in Austria" on japanned clasp.
What Downton Abbey party outfit would be complete without this?!
137 shiny faceted individually knotted 8mm beads that catch the light beautifully while you dance the night away! 3.1 oz or 88 Grams.
Very nice decades old preowned vintage condition. This vintage strand has tiny dulled areas from being danced in all night, however magnification is needed to see them. Perfecti...

Vintage mini mantilla comb? Reminding one of Aguilar scroll work. A Taxco contemporary of Spratling or Castillo? Beautifully hand cut unmarked yet tested at least sterling, but could be higher due to its density.
21 grams.
3 x 1 /2"
1mm thick making this 16 or 18 guage sheet.
Unusual configuration: silver portion is @ 90 degree angle to the "hecho en Mexico" plastic 10 tine comb. Marks and one comb tooth missing please see #2 and priced accordingly. Still, a lot of prec...

Mystery mark reward below. This seahorse motif Arts Crafts or Modernist pin brooch is as found unpolished unmarked for silver content (yet tests at least 90%) is stamped with silversmith's mark of superimposed CW or WC.
The chased seahorse, coral and other sea life motifs appear to be applied on to a slightly convex 55mm (2 1/8") round
Weighs approx 18 grams. Safety clasp. Still unpolished and tests at least 90% yet may be higher than sterling.
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Vintage late Arts Crafts era, circa 1935 hand made sterling silver bracelet from a New Hampshire household reminding one of Foss or even Peruzzi?
Six foliate disc links with applied petals, engraved or chased leaves, etc. There are buds and calla lilly like flowers applied
See image 3 and 4 to see the metal work and the old Art Deco era spring ring clasp marked 'Sterling'.
Measure 7" interior X 3/4" wide. Great 3 D and in very nice, rich silver vintage pre owned condition. Weighs...

Vintage Spratling era reminding one of Aguilar, et al, hand tooled dense pin brooch with a 6mm green ish turquoise cab simply stamped: MEXICO SILVER. Although could be a higher content - the weight is dense as with many early pre assay jewelry. Early wide C catch. By one of Spratling's or Aguilar's contemporary silversmiths no doubt.
Just under 2 1/2" X 1 1/4" and just under 1/2 ounce on a postal scale. Rich unpolished pre owned vintage condition.

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Unmarked unsigned tested sterling silver pendant necklace with old spring ring closure. Unsigned maybe Arts Crafts or Art Deco era, yet mostly hand made in the Modernism and Arts Crafts tradition. The hand wrought "cage like" pendant holds a 9mm undrilled jade jadeite or nephrite orb then ends with a chain tassel for a total of 1.5".
The 17" chain ends in a pesky old style spring ring clasp that is marked sterling. Needs a good polishing.

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Mystery maker. Unsigned unmarked silver coral ring. Ornate foliate shank and applied silver leaves at the shoulders. 1 1/8" top.
Cabochon gemstone is 20mm and bezel set
The ornate shank is original to the piece. This foliate design has been seen on some signed Peruzzi; the Italian one using 80% or 800, while the American using 925 sterling.
Is it European or Chinese?
The genuine salmon coral with lighter shading is often seen in continental jewelry. There is applied rope arou...

c 1930 not commonly found hand made sterling silver articulated pin in a fan and dangle basket design marked "Lillian Pines" and Sterling. She was a contemporary of Mary Gage. Ms. Pine's store was in New York City's Madison Avenue from 1930’s- 1950’s. Similar piece can be seen in Paul Somerson's chicagosilver.com site. A must see site for all collectors of Arts & Crafts works.
Ms. Pines was born in Manchester NH. She may well have participated in Boston's Society of Arts Crafts as a ...

Vintage late Art Deco sterling silver and dreamy light blue bezel set glass moonstone stone cab bracelet stamped: WRE Sterling for the Richards Jewelry Company since 1902 also makers of Symmetalic jewelry. Signed WRE fold over clasp engaged: measures 7 1/4" inside X 3/4" wide.
(B) Please examine image #4 and 5 to view another WRE moonstone glass silver bracelet.

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Reply below. This vintage Japanese damascene - nunome zogan metalwork fan necklace is expertly rendered in what is often described as in the style of Komai. The clasp is marked K24 for the highly decorative 24K gold metalwork of multi figural butterfly, bird, moon, boat, flower, etc in gold silver inlay motifs. Acquired from an Amita jewelry collector. This is so well executed that it is very likely an unsigned Amita necklace.
Bracelet is SOLD.
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Bird doll motif. Pre assay era Made in Mexico bird pin brooch. Early - tested at least sterling - colossal 4 3/4" north to south with 2 turquoise beads. This figural exhibits flowers in the style of Fred Davis or Matilde Poulat. Repousse and chase workmanship.
The native peoples were known to make dolls representing the local animals for their children to play. Today those same children are being taught the value in Nature Tourism.

This Quetzal bird parrot pin is stamped: SILVER...

Each. Bracelet collectors, look at these vintage mid century retro silver bracelet trio - one signed - at 59 each!
(A) Art Deco sterling with 11 sharply faceted bezel set 10 mm citrine color poured stones that shine like Swarovski crystal, newer fold over clasp 8 X 1/2"; or
(B) Retro signed Providence Stock Co 12K on Sterling with three red stones 7 X 1/2"; or
(C) Bi color Goldfilled retro leaf with brilliant sharply cut bezel set 6 mm amethyst color crystal 7 1/4 X 1/2".
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Vintage 4 strand angel skin coral bracelet with 2 spacers and decorative open work push in decorative box clasp / safety catch

Stamped: 900 for Mediterranean silver content.
Weighs: 31 grams.
7 end to end. With the 3 bead open work engraved decorative box clasp engaged, yields
~ 6.5 interior X 7/8" wide.
4 glorious rows of gorgeous angel skin blush color beads.
Coralbeds are being protected and these sought after semiprecious beads are getting more difficult to colle...

Vintage Art Deco impossible to find Leach & Miller of Attleboro MA with the L&M mark, let alone in this gorgeous Bermuda ocean color and in all original condition! They made high quality sterling with the look of fine jewelry and ceased to exist in the early 30's.
The hard to find items with the famous mark of L & M and two leaves; see image 4.
80 gorgeous Bermuda teal blue aqua faceted channel set paste - glass - crystal stones set in ornately decorated double open rectangular link...

Circa 1920 camera shy magnet reacting cut steel sautoir worthy of a jewelry museum or jewelry book and ready for the next movie. This multi metal beaded fluid flapper fringed necklace is a rare find.
Similar to the French made sautoir book piece seen on page 190 of Antique Trader Jewelry Price Guide 2nd edition which is priced higher in the book than here.
From North to South doubled it measures 18" which includes the 3" medallion pendant, yielding approx 31" around the interior. Eac...

Reply at end of description. This type of sterling two piece sword with scabbard brooch pin has been made in Victorian, Art Nouveau, Edwardian and Deco periods, in many different countries, by many different jewelry makers.
This one has a beautiful bezel set pierced, etched green 20 x 15mm Jadeite gem stone and marked Sterling.
3.5" long when sheathed with a 1.75"" blade and weighs a nice.7 oz.
Very nice, good working preowned vintage condition with lots of darkening as old silver...

Mystery mark reward below. Signed VM. Hammered handmade half moon pin brooch stamped with 4 marks, and maker's mark of "VM" for V. Mortensen? Yet another touch mark after that! You be the detective and find the maker! Nordic or Alaskan motifs on the front.
1.5" X 1.5" and lots of unpolished silver patina, and will hand cloth polish at no fee.

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Quintessential Art Deco! 104 grams! At ~ 27", longer would be too heavy. 12mm frosted glass or crystal faceted beads resembling camphor glass, while the faceted "French jet" black beads are wafers, bicones, rhondells and 18mm discs for a very, very Art Deco look. These are wired in place; no cord here to break! Old filigree hook box clasp. Teenie flea bites ARE expected for this type of necklace and age. Perhaps this was once a 60" flapper (>200 grams!?) necklace, and the poor girl tiring...

Quintessential Art Deco sterling silver necklace with 15 - 9mm prong set faceted topaz citrine amber color finely cut glass stones. The 16.5" sterling chain ends in an old spring ring clasp marked "Sterling". Super pre owned vintage sparkly condition.

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Signed: ORLANDO. These Victorian to late Deco era gold gilt on brass adjustable rings do not survive because brass anything was usually tossed out.
Who is Orlando?
Knuckle to knuckle ring has a molded or pressed
30mm black glass oval set within a serrated bezel setting with applied leaves and other decorations.
It is in quite good antique condition considering it is decades old and not saved.
Presently @ ~ 7, yet can be gently coaxed either way.
Maker's Mark: 3rd...