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Period: 20th Century
20th Century French Metal & Wooden Palette On Stand
Located in High Point, NC
Step into the artist's studio with this original 20th Century French Metal & Wooden Palette on Stand, a captivating piece that tells a tale of creativity in the making. This palette,...
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French 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

20th Century British Solid Silver Magnifying Glass & Ruler, Asprey, c.1929
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early-20th Century British solid silver magnifying glass & ruler, with engraved silver mounts and a handle terminating with a finger loop. Hallmarked English silver (925 stan...
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English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

Antique, Snooker, Billiard Cue Rack
By Orme & Sons 1
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Orme & Sons Mahogany Cue Stand. A fine quality mahogany billiard / snooker cue rack raised on three bun feet with a central turned pillar. The stand is designed to hold twelve cues, ...
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British 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Mahogany

Early 20th C Stern Name Board "Naomi" Clovelly Fishing Boat Naval Maritime Ship
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming folk art hand painted mahogany name board for the Clovelly (Devon) fishing vessel Naomi. Below has the owner and skippers initials Oscar Stanley Abbott. Age related losse...
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English Edwardian 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Hardwood

The Herman Miller Collection (1955)
Located in New York, NY
First edition ring-binder catalog of the Herman Miller Collection, showcasing the designs of Charles (and Ray) Eames and George Nelson (and Associates). Published in 1955 by Herman M...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Billiard Players, Billiard, Snooker Print After John Collier
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Billiard engraving, The Billiard Players. An atmospheric billiard engraving 'The Billiard Players' after the original painting in the Royal Academy by the Hon. John Collier...
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English Sporting Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Pair of Mid-20th Century Large Copper and Holophane Lead Crystal Pendant Lights
Located in Nantucket, MA
This is a fabulous pair of vintage pendant lights. It is a married combination of large copper shades from a decommissioned ship coupled with a large, prismatic Holophane lead crystal plate...
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Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass, Copper

Vintage Fox Hunting Print, Amorous Huntsman by Cecil Aldin
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage hunting print An original fox hunting lithograph print 'The Amorous Huntsman' depicting a huntsman flirting with a serving girl throug...
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British Sporting Art Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Antique New Williams Arts & Crafts Leather Treadle Belt Sewing Machine Cum Table
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Under-appreciated but exceptionally made Antique New Williams Company treadle sewing machine with leather belt and working mechanism. Inside it ...
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Canadian Arts and Crafts Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Engraved Ashtray by Orrefors
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A substantial and sculptural engraved glass disc-form ashtray.
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Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass

Antique Vintage Ladys Gentlemans Wooden Dress Cane Walking Stick Banded Agate
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Very Stylish Fine Quality Polished Ebony Lady’s or Gentleman’s Walking Cane of English origin, late Nineteenth Century. The extremely elegant ball grip in carved Banded Agate above...
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English Art Deco 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Art Deco Medical, Pharmaceutical or Apothecary Inspired Desk Clock
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique desk or table clock has no maker's marks, but is presumed to have been made in the United States in approximately 1920 in the period Art Deco style. The cock face is don...
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American Art Deco 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Italy 1939s Sketch Futurist Poster "Day of Two Crosses" Against Tuberculosis
Located in Milan, IT
Sketch of the futurist poster "Day of two crosses, 16th April 1939, XVII", mixed technique of pastel and water-color, for an Italian campaign against tuberculosis, to inform people a...
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Italian Futurist Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Mid-20th Century Brutalist Iron Hanukkah Lamp Menorah by David Palombo
Located in New York, NY
Hand forged, iron Hanukkah lamp Menorah in the style known as “Brutalism”, David Palombo, Jerusalem, Israel, circa 1950. David Palombo (1920-1966), was a sculptor and painter. He wa...
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Israeli Brutalist 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

1970's Vintage Olivetti Lettera 35 Typewriter
Located in San Carlos, CA
Beautiful vintage 1970's Olivetti Lettera 35 typewriter, made in Italy. This typewriter comes with a very cool vintage Olivetti shoulder bag. This typewriter is in very good cosmeti...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

French Faux Stone Neo-Roman Style Window Theater Decor
Located in Dallas, TX
This fabulous French architectural window was once used in a play or film as a prop. Made of sand, plaster and wood, this piece could be used as a piece of artwork, a mirror surround, or an overdoor. It has an incredibly realistic stone appearance, and is in the French Roman...
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French 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plaster, Wood, Foam

1986 Enorme Telephone Handset by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A perfectly postmodern telephone handset designed by the Memphis Milano master, Ettore Sottsass, and produced in 1986. The Enorme telephone was the result of a collaboration between...
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Post-Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plastic

Aeronautical III Gauge Clock
By Aviation Technology Group
Located in Telluride, CO
During the Great War, from 1914-18, a new kind of art flourished. Hand crafted creations from gifted soldiers and army personnel became known as trench art. They used whatever materi...
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English Other 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

The House and Garden Book of Classic Rooms, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The House and Garden Book of Classic Rooms by Robert Harling, Leonie Highton, and John Bridges. Vendome Press, NY, 1990. First Edition hardcov...
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American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

An Early Victorian Album: The Photographic Masterpieces, 1st Ed
By Roy Strong
Located in valatie, NY
An Early Victorian Album: The Photographic Masterpieces (1843-1847) of David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson by Roy Strong. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. ...
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American Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Sotheby's Chateau de Cornillon, Loire, France, October 2006
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Chateau de Cornillon, Loire, France: Important Gothic and Renaissance Furniture, Works of Art & Textiles. London: Sotheby's, 2006. Softcover. 126 pp. Château de Cornillon i...
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English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Vintage Chic Square Silver Plated Brass Vide-Poche, Hermes Paris 1970's.
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Chic Square Silver Plated Brass Vide-Poche, Hermes Paris , France 1970's. Silverplate Vide Poche or Cigar Ashtray.
Category

French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

S.T. Dupont Briquet De Poche LD Plaque Gas Cigarette Lighter With Original Box
Located in High Wycombe, GB
S.T. Dupont Briquet De Poche LD Plaque Gas Cigarette Lighter With Original Box and Papers Stamped 100NL95 No 2294 Made in Paris, France Purchase receipt shoes 4/2/1995 Goldsmith...
Category

French Art Deco 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold Plate, Steel

Au Bucheron: La Chambre à Coucher (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A soft covered trade catalogue of bedroom furniture and sets. Stylistically it looks to be dated from the late 1920s or 1930s; it would not have been before 1923 as that was the date...
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20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

19 century Islamic Persian Brass Celestial Globe
Located in New York, NY
19 century Persian celestial globe astrolabe mounted on axle, decorated with bands, Farsi inscriptions and animals, raised on four baluster shaped legs with secondary ring raised on...
Category

Persian 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Homes and Gardens in Old Virginia
Located in valatie, NY
Homes and Gardens in Old Virginia. Richmond: Garrett and Massie, Incorporated, 1932. 2nd Ed hardcover with no dust jacket. 367 pp. The 1st edition was a g...
Category

American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Atelier International Limited (Cassina) Trade Catalog, 1988
Located in New York, NY
Atelier International catalog in original printed plastic ring binder, with tabbed sections for Seating, Armchairs, Tables, Storage, and Office Furniture. The roster of designers fea...
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Italian Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plastic, Paper

Crete (KPHTH) Brass and Enamel Bottle Opener
Located in Alpha, NJ
Vintage Enameled Brass Crete Bottle opener. Condition is good, consistent with age.
Category

Greek 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

WWII Nikko Destroyer Ship Binoculars
Located in Telluride, CO
Nikon marine binoculars mounted on a wooden period tripod, these exceptional binoculars display entirely Original optics in a distinctly Japanese bulletproof straight-body instrument...
Category

Japanese Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum

Mid Century Japanese Fuji Meibo Naval Binocular Nardo Grey & Brass -Original box
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Japanese Fuji Meibo Observation Binoculars 15 x 80 - 4 degree field of view. A large pair of Japanese naval observation binoculars mounted on an a...
Category

Japanese Industrial Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

1960’s Tennis Rackets - Set of 2
Located in Bradenton, FL
Two vintage tennis rackets dating from the mid 1960’s. A Wilson ‘Jack Kramer Autograph’ racket has a white neck decorated with a three-prong gold crown lined in red. A Cortland Champ...
Category

Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Wood

WWII Brass Pocket Compass, England, 1942
Located in Nantucket, MA
A working brass pocket compass marked London, 1942 on the back. Nickel dial. With hinged glass magnifier. WWII English. TG Co. Ltd.
Category

English Industrial 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Vintage Mounted Red Deer Antlers, Austria c.1965
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT Vintage Red Deer nine point antlers with skull cap mounted on an inscribed Oak sheild with date and location. Labeled "Heiterwang (Tirol) 19, Oct. 1965". Heiterwang is located...
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Austrian Rustic 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Horn

1930’s Mills Novelty Horsehead Bonus Slot Machine
Located in Oakland, CA
This 25-cent Mills Novelty Horsehead Slot Machine from around 1937, produced by the Mills Novelty Company in Chicago, Illinois, is a charming relic of the Art Deco era. Despite showi...
Category

American Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Silver Lady Woman Ex Voto religious Folk Art, Antique European, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A cute petite religious Ex Voto. I do not know what it is made of, thin and light filigree silver or silver plated metal. It is handmade, embossed and then welded. Given the delicacy...
Category

German Art Nouveau 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver Plate, Sheet Metal

Tiffany & Co. 1960 Modernist Zippo Petrol Fluid Pocket Lighter 14Kt Yellow Gold
Located in Miami, FL
Pocket lighter designed by Tiffany & Co. Gorgeous luxury pocket lighter, created in New York city by Tiffany & Co, back in the 1960. The lighter's case has been crafted with sharp g...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold

IMCO 6300 Primex 1953 Julius Franz Meister Petrol Lighter In Chromed Steel MIB
Located in Miami, FL
Primex 6300 lighter designed by IMCO. This is a brilliantly engineered, unusual and quite ingenious semi-automatic pocket lighter designed by Julius Franz Meister in Austria, back i...
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Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Vintage Mexican Foosball Table with Metal Players, circa 1940-1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT An early 20th c. wooden foosball table top with distressed, painted metal Mexican soccer players, rubber handles and metal "Gebar" branded ashtrays on each end. Original paint...
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Mexican Industrial 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

1970's XL Japanese Brass Marine Nautical Searchlight Pendant Ceiling Lamp
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
The large brass pendant light is a reclaimed vintage searchlight from decommissioned Japanese cargo ships built during the 1970's. Professionally refurbished, these original brass ce...
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Japanese Industrial Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

RONSON 1960 Germany Modernist Cigarette Lighter Box in Cedar & Brushed Aluminum
Located in Miami, FL
Modernist geometric cigarette box designed by Ronson. An exceptional and very beautiful desk box, created in West Germany by The Ronson Co. for Scandia. This piece was made during t...
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German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum

Silver gold gilt Persian bib necklace with turquoise Middle Eastern Antiques
Located in London, GB
Silver gold gilt Persian bib necklace with turquoise Middle Eastern Antiques A Highly detailed gold gilt metal Persian bib necklace influenced by the ancient style with turquoise and...
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Persian 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

Vintage 1980s Keith Haring Exhibition Catalog
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Keith Haring 1988 Martin Lawrence limited editions catalog: Features 49 color and 19 black and white printed illustrations and also includes an exhi...
Category

Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

1965 Walt Disney Mickey Mouse Hot Water Bottle by Duarry Spain
Located in Antwerp, BE
1965 Walt Disney Mickey Mouse Hot Water Bottle by Duarry Spain. A collectible Mickey Mouse rubber hot water bottle with original stopper. This Walt Disney Production Mickey Mouse is made in Spain by Duarry in 1965. Walt Disney character, Mickey Mouse, wears a red pair of trousers and a blue T-shirt with long sleeves and is holding a rifle. This Disney Hunter figurine is made of rubber or latex and is still in very good vintage condition. Beautiful with some traces by age an use. Important: the rubber is not hard and still flexibel and has no bursts or holes. A must have for the Mickey Mouse Collector. Animated Cartoon Character - Mickey Mouse - Vintage Hot Water Bottles...
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Spanish Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Rubber

Ship's Brass Porthole Coffee or Side Table by Deborah Lockhart Phillips
Located in Nantucket, MA
Solid brass working nautical porthole window from a decommissioned ship with great patina. This has been polished, the rivets put back in and the table base designed by Deborah Lockh...
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Industrial 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Art Deco Shagreen and Silver Cigarette / Small Cigar Case
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Exquisite shagreen cigar case with silver collar. Expands for differing lengths of small cigar or cigarettes. Made in the U.K. in the 1900-1920´s. It has the stamp of the retail sho...
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British Art Deco 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Shagreen

20th Century Italian Solid Silver and Briar Double Bass Player
Located in VALENZA, IT
Double bass player in 800 solid silver. The double bass is in briar with silver details. The double bass bow is in silver. The player and the double bass ...
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Italian Other Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

Hidden History of the Kovno Ghetto
Located in valatie, NY
Hidden History of the Kovno Ghetto. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1998. Second printing hardcover with dust jacket. 255 pp. An important book published by the United States Ho...
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American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Carl Auböck Handcrafted Midcentury Foot Brass Figurine Key Ring Chain Holder
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming modernist foot keyring / keyholder / keychain, designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s. Handmade of solid polished brass by Werkstätte Auböck in Austria. Fully stamped and ma...
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Austrian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

1980s Citizen Japanese Blue Steel Retro Vintage Industrial Antique Quartz Clock
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Citizen super tanker slave clock original blue finish. A reclaimed and restored maritime slave clock also called secondary clock of superior build quality. These clocks were us...
Category

Japanese Industrial Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Chrome, Cut Steel, Steel

1970s Emerald Cut Diamond Engagement Ring 4.08 Carat GIA Certified
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Elegant Diamond Ring with GIA Certified Diamond 4.08 Carat N/VS2 Mid Century Modern Emerald Cut Diamond Engagement Ring With very good polish and symmetry. 11.35 x 8.40 x 4.99 mm. Di...
Category

North American Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold

Rhodes, James Ford, History of the United States, 7 Vols, in a Fine Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: RHODES, James Ford. TITLE: History Of The United States From The Compromise of 1850 To The Final Restoration Of Home Rule At The South In 1877. PUBLISHER: NY: The Macm...
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American Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

The Price Guide to Victorian Silver by Ian Harris, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Price Guide to Victorian Silver by Ian Harris. Clopton Woodbridge: The Antique Collectors' Club, 1971. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 275 pp. A guid...
Category

English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Royal Silver Calcutta Races Trophy
Located in New Orleans, LA
This stunning piece of horseracing history was presented to the winner of the 1933-1934 Calcutta Races on behalf of King George V. The Calcutta Races was the premier horseracing event in Asia of the period, and its prestige is reflected in this trophy, crafted by the silversmithing firm Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company...
Category

English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

1978 Gibson Estate Fresh ES 335 TD Semi Hollow Body Electric Guitar
Located in Ferndale, MI
Out of long term storage. Very original Gibson ES 335-TD guitar. Td model is equipped with Gibson " dirty fingers " Humbucker . This allows for higher outpu...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Chrome

Mid-20th Century Steel and Leather Directors Chair Made from Golf Clubs
Located in Stamford, CT
Fun and whimsical American chair made with golf clubs and balls, with leather seat and back. Unique gift for the duffer or golf fanatic in your life. Styled as a directors chair, it ...
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American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel

Art Deco Ashtray Stand, Chrome and Bakelite by Demeyere, Belgium, 1930s
Located in Saarburg, RP
Art Deco ashtray stand This beautiful and rare Art Deco Ashtray Stand from the 20s/30s is in the streamline modern art deco style. The designer of this extraordinary object has succ...
Category

Belgian Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Iron, Chrome

Audrey Werner, Sterling Silver and Grey Moonstone Taxco Bracelet, US, 1993
Located in New York, NY
Seamlessly mixing influences from around the world, Werner works with oft-overlooked materials--including her signature black iron--to create bold pieces of striking beauty. "I am am...
Category

American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

Audrey Werner, Banded Sterling Silver and Agate Earrings, United States, 1998
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Werner has always been interested in the different ways people around the world, and throughout history, have adorned themselves. As a child, she would make jewelry from everything she could find—from beads to rocks, wire, and seeds. In 1992 she enrolled in classes at FIT with an eye toward expanding her knowledge of metal, and, from this point onward, was hooked. Later that same year, she landed an apprenticeship with the jeweler Gregg Wolf. Werner soon became his assistant, a position she would hold for the next two years while establishing her own practice. Another influence on Werner’s work came from a seemingly unexpected place. In 1996 she was sharing a studio with jeweler Philip Crangi...
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North American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Agate, Sterling Silver, Iron

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