Catalog: Vintage Arts (86)

Very nice decorative ornate lighter case marked Peruzzi 800 Florence with an equally nice Zippo lighter inside also fully marked. Sold, no pric, no info. Reply: 7/11 to P. Apologies, the memory is illusive; bought & sold years ago. Consider checking other dealers & auction sites.

Reply to Y: Available, cab is glass and very good working condition. Please view all images for full details.
Vintage Art Deco ornate cathedral frame mesh bag with blue cab snap closure, chain tassel, mesh handle, and showing maker's marks: Whiting & Davis Co; Soldered Mesh, Pat'd Feb 1, 1921 inside the cathedral frame.
Also marked: STERLING on both engraved slides, this being the only place the word "Sterling" is found. Please view all images for condition details...

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...

Very Ornate unsigned Peruzzi 800 silver bracelet, as seen in vintage jewelry books. This one has an open cut work Green Agate & Coral cab charm and the 'usual' unusual closure seen with this type. Sold, no price, no info

Both Parenti and Peruzzi have used this Baby Motif and the bow is so Parenti, however because it is marked 800 yet unsigned, it is most likely Peruzzi from Italy (leaving Boston Peruzzi, Cini and Parenti out, who worked in the American stardard of Sterling) with a nice heavy Gold wash. 3 piece Screw back Dangle Earrings are 2.25" long and .75" wide and very, very nice condition at good weight of .4 oz or 14 Grams on postal scale.
SOLD, no price, no info.

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...

See reply below. Unmarked unsigned silver that tested bright red, hand made ring with a four claw prong held pierced green jade jadeite oval 25 X 15 mm stone. Chinese export? Size 5.5 allowing your jeweler to resize the 1/8" wide shank for you. In very good preowned vintage condition.

$10 USA priority/ins/track or free with USA Ck or USPS MO...

From a local Boston area estate of a Peruzzi, Cini & Parenti collector; this well made vintage ornate intricate figural dragon or sea serpent motif pin brooch, with a favored motif by same. Unsigned yet stamped: STERLING and very Peruzzi Cini Parenti like, as the first two often used this sea serpent motif.
Wt: 10 grams. Gorgeous green 13 mm bezel set chrysoprase green semiprecious cab for a total of
2 3/8" X 7/8 and in super pre owned unpolished vintage condition...

Vintage heavy well made pendant and chain stamped marked: "Towle Sterling" with a beautiful blue Lapis Lapiz Lazuli 13X20 mm bezel set cabochon showing a few pyrite flecks.
Weighs just under 1 Oz or 26 Grams.
Suspends 2 3/4" X just under 1 inch on a highly Victorian Looking background.
Chain's clasp is marked sterling and is 23 1/2"...

Valentine any time! This two piece construction odd shape heart pin by Charles Skiera of Austin Texas shows an organic look with the bench made reticulated surface and the bezel set natural odd shape Boulder opal stone showing deep blue and green flashes.
1.5" both ways and has a good working safety catch.
Gem stone 10 X 9mm with an organic shape and strong deep blue.
Stamped: sterling and a scribed "Skiera" on the bumpy back...

Each. Mexican Taxco Mexico collectors, here are the missing earrings to complete your set. Vintage 1940's one pre assay and two Mid Century Mexican sterling silver SB Earrings. 59/Each.
(A) Possible book piece butterfly motif black 10mm onyx cabs - 1 X 3/4" - see image 2, 3 ;
(B) This is a Fred Davis design. Round 14mm green "jade" cab, mark: AEM or AE in a heart. That mark also seen and attributed to some Rancho Allegre and to Estella Popowski who worked with Antonio Castillo...

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...

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...

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. White Company of Rhode Island and feature the motto WoHeLo (Work Health Love) in Alas...

Choose A or C. Stamp, snuff, ink or pill boxes from Victorian era to mid 20th.
(A) Two piece carved wood with a star and a top that slides completely off. ~ 2 X 1 1/4" X 7/8";
(B) SOLD, thank you!
(C) Beautiful Chinese pink green and blue enamel floral marked: China possibly for export. 1 1/8" X 7/8" X 1/2" deep;
(D) SOLD, thank you! Secret Japanese message or maker's mark.
Take both for $95 and earn Free Priority Mail/Ins with your USA Ck or USPS MO.

$10 USPS Priori...

Mexican Mid century moderne 10.7 ounce 304 grams! Hefty hammered footed dish stamped: Listed silversmith S. dela Serna, Sterling 925, Hecho en Mexico and a faint 24 assay mark for this listed silversmith.
Concave 10 X 6.25 X 1/2" tall which includes three 12mm ball 'feet'.
Very good preowned vintage condition with the usual faint lines and hammer marks normal for this handmade "pitch" method.

$15 USPS Priority/Ins/Track or Free with your USA Ck or USPS MO.
Please collect wit...

Circa 1940. From a local estate a demi parure set, 88 grams or 3.1 Oz of hefty hand applied rich ornamentation sterling silver bracelet stamped: PERUZZI and ring marked: HAND MADE STERLING. 3.1 ounces of tested 925 silver. Bold yet for the more petite person. Must be seen to appreciate (image #2). Super vintage condition with decades of rich darkening. This is a bold piece for a smallish wrist, leading one to believe it to be a custom set? Having collected much by this maker, this set is...

The coveted Boston mark. Brooch circa 1940 with the look of Arts Crafts bench made with three 6 petal applied flowers each with 3 granulated orbs as centers on 3 frames then stamped PERUZZI BOSTON STERLING for the Gino M. Peruzzi shop of Boylston Street in Boston, as there is No evidence that he had a shop in Italy - although may be related to the family in Italy.
Just under 1 3/4" X 5/8" with a safety catch.

In superb unpolished condition showing decades of rich darkening in recessed...