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GALLERY OF ORIGINALS by Mimi Dee and under PARTIAL GALLERY OF SIGNED WORKS (Featured Items - 15)

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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Arts and Crafts : Pre 1920 item #303008 (stock #T 812)
Reward: Be the first to identify the vintage mystery mark on this demi with lapis blue art glass cabs. "C" catch on brooch pin, fine chain with old clip for pendant, both marked STERLING, while this maker's mark (see image 4 & 5), seen on other Arts Crafts pieces, is stamped on the brooch only.
Pin is 1 5/8 X 5/8"
Necklace: 6 petal drop is 1", the chain is 16.5"+.
.5 Oz and in excellent pre owned condition with decades of patina...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1970 item #417219 (stock #T 1339 )
Sterling silver 4 pc necklace earring ring 'Set'. Pendant & ring both marked ISRAEL 925 plus other maker's mark and unmarked earrings have bezel set green Malachite Lapis Eilat cabs. May consider selling pieces separately (See image 4 ) for break down) as someone once put this
1.1 OZ - 32 Grams 'set' together...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1950 item #380129 (stock #T 1258)
Mystery mark reward below. Vintage Arts & Crafts to Modernist signed studio stamped with superimposed mystery mark of CW or WC. It is sterling silver - tested not marked for content. Figural brooch pin of a Paul Revere or three cornered hat rider man carrying a stein or beer mug while riding full speed ahead on a horse! Chased.
Weighs 10 grams.
2 5/8" X 1 1/2 with older type of pin mounting...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #399919 (stock #T 1305)
Reward for mystery maker - see below. Vintage signed stamped marked with maker's mark: HANDWROUGHT STERLING RWMAC hammered crossover bangle bracelet with nice heft of 1.1 Oz or 31 Grams! ONC?
2 1/2" across and its crossover characteristic allows a more generous frame...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #789943 (stock #T 1644)
Just in time for the graduate or the bride. Coral is being protected and will be more difficult to obtain. Sweet mid to late Victorian Circa 1880 antique pendant unsigned yet tested 14 or 15K Gold banjo shape lavalier carved darker salmon pendant.
Lavalier: 1 1/4" X 5/8" across and tests between 14 and 15K.
Carved coral salmon rose: 1/4" X 3/16" thick.
Chain: newer not tested "same period style" 15 1/2" gf ending in a fish hook closure...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #171260 (stock #T 398)
Vintage sterling sturdy hefty 36 grams cuff bracelet marked Mexico, initials starting with S"them perhaps an MP. Assay 3 was shared by many well known and well collected Taxco silver makers. See image 2.
Three nice golden Tiger Eye cabs one is 14mm long the other 2 are 10mm long.
Mid century styling.
Nice Heft at 1.2 oz or 36 on Postal Scale. Gauge is 1.5mm thick. A lot of bracelet for so little money.
Inside is 6 3/4" which includes the 1" opening. 2 1/2" across...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1930 item #1150172 (stock #T 1736)
Circa 1920 to Art Deco era 36" long silver tone chain and black glass necklace lavalier sautoir with a 3" pendant or drop of a "Lalique" like finely etched and ground floral berry amber glass drop.
Floral berry etched glass drop is 1 3/8" X 7/8" X 6mm thick with nice heft.
There are a few books that describe this type of cut work as "Lalique" like. For more info please view images.
The doubled chain is 36" and has 14mm long 5 sided black glass beads (24)...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1950 item #290870 (stock #T 771)
Vintage Mexican mid century 35 grams necklace with striated melon color Jasper ball orb pendant on an elongated hand fabricated chain signed:
a stylized MS or SW in a circle with Assay #17 which is associated with Los Ballesteros and Antonio Pineda although looks like another Serafin Moctezuma mark?
The handsome peach color Jasper reminds one of the type of stone favored by Fred Davis
Just under 1" across and 1.75" from top of bail down...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #334317 (stock #T 1039)
Very modern mid century pin earrings set stamped and signed STERLING REBAJES on the pin only as the moderne screwback earrings are just stamped Sterling on the turn wheels.
Rebajes' foreman was Otto R Bade and also made these in the same mid century modern style. This pair however, is made and marked by the former.
The pin is 2 5/8 X 1 1/2", the ears are 1". 1/2 Oz or 16 Grams...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Cufflinks and Accessories : Gold : Pre 1930 item #1317314 (stock #1817)
A handsome pair of double sided cufflinks 14K gold pair with rounded square slightly concave medium gray iridescent abalone pearl set in a white gold leaf or wreath design around the edges with yellow gold backs and findings.
Marks: 14K YG WG with the shirt stud logo for Larter - maker of fine gentlemen's jewelry - although anyone could wear these.
14mm across x 1.5mm thick
6 grams weight
Color: Medium gray...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #412411 (stock #T 1326)
Must have a devoted strong man servant to assist you! ;>) - Oval hinged bangle bracelet marked: MEXICO 925 TC-110...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #339515 (stock #T 1079)
Look at that face! The ethnographic faces on this Silver Bracelet marked: MEXICO STERLING EME and assay 83, a listed silversmith, could be of the god Totec of Aztec fame? A very pre Columbian Aztec idol motif. Reminding one of a book piece....
18 Grams
3/4" wide x just over 6 1/2" Inside with the push V box clasp Engaged. Can be lengthened by your jeweler.
Very nice preowned vintage condition, possibly light polished by previous owner?

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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Other Metals : Modernist : Pre 1960 item #765908 (stock #T 1631)
Circa 1960 mid 20th century modernist fan rectangular station copper bracelet signed REBAJES for Frank Rebajes, the most successful modernist jewelry manufacturer of the mid century. Born in the Dominican Republic in 1907, he came to New York in 1923 to seek his fortune, establishing his own factory in 1932, and his own Fifth Avenue store in 1942.
Possibly a custom order at 7 X 1 5/8"
2.2 Oz or 65 Grams.
Bold bracelet for the petite frame.
Rich vintage patina. Super secure pus...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Cufflinks and Accessories : Pre 1900 item #414426 (stock #T 1331 )
Desirable double sided sterling silver ornate cufflinks. Chased engraved unmonogrammed cuff links cufflinks stamped STERLING on the neck connecting each 3/4" X 1/2" ovals.
One is stationary the other flips. 1/2 inch between the two on narrower side. No issues, some one may have once dipped them in antitarnish. Still lots of darkening on the chased stamped fronts. Super pre owned condition!

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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1940 item #681782 (stock #T 1589)
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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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Enamel : Pre 1930 item #467561 (stock #T 1425)
Signed Vintage Antique Enamel Sterling Silver turn of century to early Art Deco Pin with old very wide C catch and rich vibrant multi color abstract enamel guilloche colors yellow, blue, black, orange & green.
2 1/8 X 1/8.
Stamped: OB Sterling for Ostby & Barton Company of nearby Providence, RI. He was the largest ring manufacturer in the world then. How many enamel pins did his company make?
Ostby perished on the Titanic while his daughter Helen survived.

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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Deco : Pre 1950 item #600079 (stock #T1547)
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. Each displays concentric oval or round designs on each link. Very nice pre owned condition.
(A) Necklace 14.25" interior - See image 2 for more info - $74 and or
(B) Bracelet with gorgeous carnelian cabs 7" interior - see image #2 for full details - $126 or
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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #338365 (stock #1066)
Vintage mid century sterling silver ring with rich multi color change deep magenta greenish blue 10 mm stone - 12 prong high set synthetic or lab created Alexandrite Stone stamped: MEXICO 925, JR, & Assay Mark 215 or 213.
These stones never cease to please and amaze in various light changes; almost like wearing a new one several times a day!
Size 5 which can be resized by your jeweler and in super condition.

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