Catalog: Vintage Arts (86)

REPLY to EM 6/07/09: Have 3 total available all sterling silver (#s D, E & F), please read below for assorted prices and weights.

Silver Camp Fire Girls Bracelet Cuff with Hammered Texture odd symbols Marked: STER(W)LING given as an award to a Campfire Girl who earned the Fire Making badge around the 1920s-1930s through mid century. They were supplied by the Campfire Outfitting Company or was it the J. J...

It's not every day you can find sterling silver jewelry signed: BOSTON CINI STERLING. Repeat collector wrote, 'Mimi: I am absolutely WILD about this pendant! It is fabulous. Thanks so much for finding it for me. It is truly unique and special. I had fun wearing it today and got lots of compliments. Keep hunting for the unusual pieces.'
Sold, no price, no info.

Very vintage shiny original rhinestones on bangle bracelet clamper clasper style marked: "Bates & B." "1/20 12K USA" with round black glass 'onyx' disc, also often called French Jet. 6+" interior and 1/2" @ widest. Reminds one of styles from the Victorian to Edwardian to Art Deco era. bo Very nice pre owned vintage condition...

SOLD. Fabulous Renaissance Revival Motif Pierced Jadeite Pin Brooch stamped: PERUZZI BOSTON STERLING with Gold wash. Created by Gino M. when he had his workshop named the "Peruzzi Jewel Shop" on Boylston Street in nearby Boston, MA. PS it was next to Cini's (before Cini moved to CA in 1957)! Hefty, highly ornate pin w/fab 30mm pierced green jadeite gem. SOLD, no price, no info.

Pre Assay piano hinge silver pill or stamp box stamped and marked: Silver Made in Mexico. Applied ethnographic feather like design and a bezel set 7mm amethyst cab. 21 grams and could be higher than sterling. 1 1/8" X 1 3/4". While it has a nice vintage outer patina, the inside is very "white", as if when rec'd it was put away for decades and the inside never saw the light of day...

Very vintage Hobe Sterling Silver Bow Pin Brooch signed: HOBE STERLING DESIGN PAT'D, hand applied leaf ornamentation and 7 bezel set ocean blue aquamarine color faceted poured glass stones...

Positively Delicious Necklace marked Sterling & "Flli Peruzzi" showing Victorian & Art Nouveau ornamentation, including the equally delicious Carnelian Cab bezel set at 16 X 12 mm. This is a well made solid back necklace that measures 19.5" from J hook to eye and weighs 1.1 Oz or 31 Grams. Some say this is one of the earliest Florence mark, but how when they worked in 800 not 925 silver? The pendant part from the crown down measures 2.5 X 1.25" wide...

Sold, no price, no info. Dragon sterling silver square open cut work pin brooch stamped PERUZZI STERLING BOSTON created in the shop founded by Gino M. Peruzzi in the early 1930s, (no relationship to the European ones who worked with 800 silver). Gino's shop was once located at 252 Boylston Street in Boston, MA, where the most unusual figural art nouveau, renaissance and medieval style jewelry was created...

Select from two old Chinese lots:

(A) Reticulated jade or jadeite double sided pendant plaque open work carved hard stone with an Asian man carved on both sides.
20 grams white to light soft sage with touches of light tan yellowish russet on some edges.
Ice cold to touch, has a good gloss and a nice "clink" when clinked against an old nephrite carving.
57 X 40 X 4mm...

SOLD, no price, no info. Never used, Part of a Peruzzi boxed collection. Richly Chased with older marks: coffin mark w 3 tiny symbols, 800 and 85 stamped twice. Heavier at 1.7 Oz or 50 Grams than others listed in this catalog! 2 1/4 X 3/4". Slight cloud in mirror and priced accordingly. SOLD No price No info available .05jpl

Sold. Here a vintage sterling signed bracelet by the Parenti Sisters who were trained silversmiths in Italy, then later set up their Shop on the still Prestigious Newbury Street of Boston and their second shop on Cape Cod, now both closed these many years. 7 1/2". 03. Sold, no price, no info available.

Purchased by Perry the winner of the Mimi Dee Artwear / Associates Art Award $50 Gift Certificate won at North Shore Arts for "Romeo" the handsome watercolor kitty.

Vintage silver pencil marked: "A X T Sterling" "Made in USA" with a faceted bezel set green glass stone at one end. Just under 3 3/8" with a lead opening approx 1mm. One teenie dimple and ready to accept lead, otherwise ready to give or own good preowned vintage or antique condition retractable sterling silver pen pencil...

Signed amethyst Peruzzi SB earrings with the earlier desirable Florence 800 Silver Mark and the added unusual FAP Italy mark. Signed: PERUZZI FLORENCE 800 SILVER and FAP ITALY.
These 80% silver SBs are covered with a warm gold finish and hold 10mm faceted yummy amethyst bezel set stones.
7/8" and very little gold wear where expected for age and use: turn wheels and at the loop that hugs the lobe.

$11 USPS Priority/Ins/Track or Free with your USA check or USPS MO...

Very vintage signed Lillian Pines sterling fan pin. A contemporary of Mary Gage, as they both died a year apart from each other in the early mid 90's. While this maker was born in New Hampshire, Mary Gage died in nearby Maine. This fan style is her familiar motif using applied silver balls and curly Qs. Stamped LILLIAN PINES STERLING in back of one of the 1 1/2" fans connected with a 5 1/2 and 6" flat "S" chain. Each has a working safety clasp pinback and weighs a total of 23 Grams...

Sought after American sterling mark. This 76 gram large highly ornate bracelet for the small wrist stamped: PERUZZI BOSTON STERLING on the ornate wide "J" hook so seen on the pieces from the GINO M. PERUZZI Jewel Shop of Boylston St. Boston, MA, was made nearby during the 2nd quarter of the 20th century. Richly ornate showing a person sitting in the yoga lotus form with a multitude of flowers.
This is for someone who does not mind being noticed! A super gift for the bracelet collector.

SOLD. From Cape Cod this 6 Point Flower Pin signed with another Boston Italian Famous Silversmith's Maker's Mark: PARENTI STERLING and a luminous Moonstone Cab 12mm Center. Larger version of 2 1/2" & weighs .7 Oz or 22 Grams. There were 2 Parenti shops in 2nd quarter of 20th Century, one on Newbury St Boston & one at Hyannis, MA. Delish, Gorgeous unpolished condition. Sold, no price, no info available

Hefty 50 grams! Unsigned, yet having owned several Peruzzi pieces, who else but the Florence Peruzzi Bros could produce this superbly chased ornate early collectible unsigned 800 silver lipstick case. Nice heft at 50 grams or 1.7 oz on postal scale, 2 1/4" x 3/4" and showing an 8mm bezel set turquoise color cab. Early marks: "coffin", 800 & 10. mild mirror clouding, yet the mirror is intact; see #5. Fab vintage condition.

$9 USPS Priority/Ins/Track or Free with USA Ck or USPS MO.
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Vintage continental late Arts Crafts to Art Deco 835 silver signed ring with rose gold accents, carnelian and 30 all intact marcasites on an oval and cut work design. German - Austrian? Presently at 5.75. Resizing would require avoiding the 2 touch marks; one of a falcon facing right over 835 and the other of a J under a canopy?
Knuckle to knuckle power finger perfect at 1 1/4". All marcasites intact. Super unpolished vintage pre owned condition.

$10 USPS Priority/Ins/Track or Free...