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Material: Sterling Silver
Small Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Bernadotte Dish 825
Located in Hellerup, DK
A small sterling silver footed dish, design #825 by Sigvard Bernadotte from circa 1937. The dish itself is undecorated, the outside of the foot is decorated with a chased geometric p...
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20th Century Art Deco Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Wedding Favor Box Art Noveau hand painted on lid Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round wedding favor with lid in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine manual engraving of flower shoots, fire-enamelled with various colours, in early 1900s Art Nouveau styl...
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century English Sterling Silver Ribbed Photo Frame Birmingham 1909
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century English Sterling Silver Ribbed Photo Frame Birmingham 1909.
This Cast silver frame is great quality and in excellent condition. The ribbed leading edge is a very ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Unusual Edwardian Neoclassical Style Sterling Silver Wood-Backed Picture Frame
By H. Matthews
Located in New York, NY
Unusual, Edwardian Period, Neoclassical style, sterling silver wood-backed picture frame, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1911, H. Matthews - maker. Designed with swags that...
Category
1910s English Neoclassical Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Foster & Bailey 1925 Art Deco Guilloche Blue Enamel Round Box In .925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco guilloche enamel box made by Foster & Bailey.
Beautiful enamel round box, created during the art deco period, back in the 1925. This beautiful antique piece was carefully crafted at the workshops of Foster & Bailey in solid .925/.999 standard silver with a hinged lid. Fitted with a mirror and a place to storage a 5 cents nickel coin. Decorated at both sides with engine turned guilloche decoration topped with applications of translucent vivid blue enamel.
Weight: 43.40 Grams, (27.82 Dwt).
Measurements: Diameter of 51 mm and a height of 12 mm (2.0 x 0.47 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's mark F&B associated to Foster & Bailey, the mark for the assay of the silver and signed, "F&B STERLING".
Foster and Bailey
Foster and Bailey is a vintage American jewelry...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Photo Frame Dated 1894 33x26cm
Located in London, GB
A superb Victorian sterling silver photograph frame by William Comyns, wuth hallmarks for London 1894.
A beautiful portrait frame decorated with a decorative heart shaped aperture...
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1890s Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cigarette Case Black Baroque style hand engraving Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular cigarette case with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with Baroque style hand engraving and black fired enamel, Russian niello type. Measurement cm. 5.8 x 9 x 1...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Mexican Abstract Brutalist Modernist Bracelet 925 Sterling Silver Cuff, 1960s
By Jack Boyd
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful abstract bracelet cuff. All in sterling silver haute couture - iconic. This piece is not only a ready to wear creation but also the most dynamic piece of modern sculpture. ...
Category
1960s Mexican Brutalist Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Vintage English Walking Stick Cane Wooden Gold Plated Cow Horn Handle
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Very Stylish Fine Quality Polished Ebony Wooden Lady’s or Gentleman’s Walking Cane of substantial quality and good weight very suitable to use as an everyday stick, with an elegant decoratively carved classical Cow Horn L shaped handle above a finely repousse chased gold plated silver collar with a vacant cartouche and a wonderful wide mount with matching chased decoration. Last quarter of the Nineteenth Century, of English origin
Condition: Good condition with nice patination, few small character dents to gilt mounts, complete with its original firm fitting solid steel and polished brass ferrule. Nice straight stick in wonderful condition.
Length: 35.5" (89cm) Width of handle: 4.25" (11cms).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
Affordable fixed price Worldwide Store to door Shipping offered by Seller.
*TIP: When deciding to purchase a Walking Stick on-line, always check the dimensions especially its length. Many antique sticks...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Crystal and Sterling Silver Guilloche Enamel Vanity Bottles, Pair/Set
Located in New York, NY
A pair/set of two (2) French crystal, sterling silver, and light blue guilloche enamel topped vanity bottles, circa late-19th century to early-20th century, France. Bottle tops are a...
Category
Early 20th Century French Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Sterling Silver Salt Cellar Lion Head and Paw Feet
Located in New York, NY
A sterling silver salt cellar with Lion head and paw feet detail, in the Empire style, circa early-20th century. Piece is a salt or pepper cellar vessel. A great piece for a dining t...
Category
Early 20th Century English Empire Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau sterling silver candelabras, 1900-1920
Located in Delft, NL
Art Nouveau sterling silver candelabras, 1900-1920
A pair of candelabras in sterling silver in Art Nouveau style. This model was designed by Albert Mayer, Sculptor and Designer. The design of Albert Mayer is the "Eiffel" in Germany and Albert Mayer was employed and director at WMF (1884-1914). These candelabras, designed by Albert, were made of base material such as silver plated, brass, or pewter. These you see are candelabras are sterling silver, which are not made in Germany, but in America.
Joseph and his brothers, Albert and Marcus Mayer, emigrated from Germany and established a business in Seattle, Washington, in about 1895.
Joseph Mayer...
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Early 20th Century American Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Reed & Barton Francis I Sterling Silver 3-Light Candelabrum
Located in New York, NY
Francis I sterling silver 3-light candelabrum. Made by Reed & Barton in Taunton. Central socket on spool base to which are mounted to reeded wraparound branches, each terminating in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Renaissance Revival Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Edwardian Period Victorian Style Sterling Silver Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Period sterling silver picture frame (in the Victorian style), Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1902, Charles Henry Freeman - maker. Sterling silver is pierced and ...
Category
Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
STERLING SILVER WALL MOUNTED ANTIQUE FRENCH WALL PLANTER ENGRAVED DETAiLING
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this rather lovely Sterling Silver tested antique circa 1880 wall mounted planter...
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1880s English High Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Geometric Abstract Futuristic Modernist Bracelet Cuff, 1970s
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful abstract bracelet cuff. sterling silver stamped. it's seven inches long and straight an incredible design. a piece of art.
Mid-Century, Space Age, Hollywood Regency, Ecle...
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20th Century American Futurist Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Georg Jensen Art Deco Box 857
Located in Hellerup, DK
A Georg Jensen sterling silver Art Deco box, design #857 by Jorgen Jensen from the 1930s.
Additional information:
Material: Sterling silver
Styles: Art Deco
Hallmarks: Vintage Georg...
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20th Century Art Deco Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Silver Art Nouveau Picture Frame - 1902
Located in Bath, GB
A truly stylish antique English sterling silver photograph frame backed in solid English Oak, incorporating a folding easel stand.
Beautifully decorated with stylised flowers, the s...
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Early 1900s British Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Heart table box Yellow enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Heart-shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent enamel fired on guilloche above and below. Contemporary modern style. Dimensions cm. 9 x 9.5 cm high. 3.Weight gr....
Category
1990s Italian Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate
Francis I by Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Compote
Located in New York, NY
Originally Babbit & Crossman, Reed & Barton was founded in 1824 in Taunton, Massachusetts by Isaac Babbitt and William W. Crossman. The company initially produced works in Britannia ...
Category
20th Century American Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Candelabras A Pair of Elegant Sterling Silver Candle Holders Hallmarked
Located in Hampshire, GB
A pair of elegant and pure sterling silver 925 large antique hallmarked three light candelabra in the late 19th century taste.
These fine candelabra have shaped oval bases and fluted...
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1910s British Hollywood Regency Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sheet Metal, Sterling Silver, Silver, Metal
Victorian Solid Silver Set of Four Candelabras, Macrae, circa 1872-1873
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century Victorian exceptional & very unusual set of four solid silver candelabras. Each large seven-light and smaller four-light candelabra set with repousse neoclassica...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Heavy Cast Pair of Sterling Silver Pheasant Models, London 1967, R. Comyns
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1967 by Richard Comyns, this handsome, pair of Sterling Silver Pheasants, are realistically cast and hand finished.
The male measures 6.25"(16cm) tall, by...
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1960s English Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Box Black Red Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions cm. 10.4 x 13.4 x 3.2. Weight gr. 530. Designed by Giorgio Sali...
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1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pair of Sterling Silver Neoclassical-Style Column-Form Candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of sterling silver, Neoclassical-Style, column-form candlesticks, American, Ca. 1930's. Each candlestick measures 5 3/4 inches high x 3 inches deep (at deepest point) x 3 inche...
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1930s American Neoclassical Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Stunning Arts & Crafts Antique Sterling Silver Box, Guild Of Handicrafts, 1903
By The Guild of Handicraft, Fleetwood Varley
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1903 by Guild of Handicrafts, this very attractive, Antique Sterling Silver Box, features an enamelled plaque on th...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Sterling Silver
Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Picture Frame from Italy
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and well-made sterling silver picture frame from American luxury house, Tiffany & Co., circa late-20th century, Italy. Frame was made in Italy as marked on front as shown...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Monumental Harry Bertoia Silver Necklace, Bertoia Catalogue Raisonne D.JE.49
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
WEARABLE ART AN IMPORTANT DESIGN FOR A NECKLACE The necklace is unique and extraordinary. Because of its specific design elements it lays beautifully and comfortably on any body structure. This piece comes from a private collection. Provenance will accompany the piece. It has been authenticated by Val Bertoia and is listed in the Harry Bertoia Foundation Catalogue Raisonne # D.JE.49 having been authenticated as a Harry Bertoia piece.
REPLY FROM CHRISTIE'S:
"Dear Charles,
thank you for contacting Christie's. I am absolutely stunned to see the necklace by Harry Bertoia you have submitted for feedback from us, and I would love to speak with you about the work at your earliest convenience.
I am a great fan and a known expert in the work of Harry Bertoia, and I have handled over 600 of his sculptures, jewelry and art over the last 22 years. I have never seen a better piece of his jewelry, and it stands as one of the greatest objects in any category that he made.
Michael Jefferson
Senior Vice President
International Senior Specialist
Design"
The following is from Beverly H. Twitchell, PhD, author of Bertoia: The Metalworker, London: Phaidon, 2019. She provides a very informative critique of Bertoia and his jewelry.
Wearable Art an Important Design for a Necklace
“Before Harry Bertoia enrolled at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1937 he had already mastered traditional jewelers’ techniques, but his engagement with Modernism led him to invent and use more direct methods. Instead of precious metals and gems, Bertoia made jewelry that appealed through its design, craftsmanship and the nature of its materials. That approach would make Bertoia a direct predecessor of the American Studio Crafts movement.
So complex and cumulative are human perception and memory that we often do not know from where our own ideas come and without firm evidence, it is impossible to think we can establish the origins of an artist’s ideas. While his jewelry is entirely modern, chokers with multiple small pendants had come from ancient Mediterranean cultures: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Italy, even from Europe and America at the turn of the last century. Did Bertoia see works in books, journals or at the Detroit Institute of Arts that resonated with him or did he invent this on his own, as he would so many other forms?
Bertoia found inspiration in nature from an early age on a small farm in Italy and later in Cranbrook’s woods, on the beaches of southern California and in the fields near his home in eastern Pennsylvania where he lived after 1950. The fluidity and motion of the his jewelry characterize much of his art. In that spirit, too, he made jewelry that suited human anatomy and was animated by its wearer’s movement. Bertoia had the instincts of an engineer, as the intricacy of the present lot’s clasp and overall construction of the jewelry demonstrates. Large jewelry by Bertoia is very rare. A delight to the eye, and like all of Bertoia’s work it is timeless.
Bertoia had the instincts of an engineer, as the intricacy of the present lot's clasp and the overall construction of this piece demonstrate. Closed, the necklace sits on a table in a surprisingly conical shape, but it is so flexible that it conforms to its wearer from her neck nearly to her shoulders. Each handmade section is riveted to its neighbors, allowing it to adjust to the body while the pendants curve in many directions: one fits the left clavicle so precisely that Bertoia likely tried it on Brigitta Valentiner, who became his wife in 1943. Other pendants face toward or away from each other, bending up or down. Each element has been hammered into multiple curves and worked in Bertoia’s hands. Large jewelry by Bertoia is very rare. A delight to the eye, this necklace no doubt caused a sensation in its day as it might at the 2022 Met Ball in ours, for like all of Harry Bertoia’s work, it is timeless.”
Harry Bertoia (1915 – 1978) was an Italian-born American artist, jewelry creator and modern furniture designer. He was born in San Lorenzo d...
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1940s American Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiffany Sterling Silver Two-Handled Vase, 1902-1907
Located in New York, NY
Of amphora form, the double swan handles terminating on the shoulder with masks of "comedy' and "tragedy", the mouth, shoulder and foot with embossed stiff leaf decoration.With conte...
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Early 1900s Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cartier Sterling and Enamel Art Deco Desk Clock with Breguet Engine Turned Dial
By Cartier
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Cartier
STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco / Desk Clock
METAL / MATERIAL: Sterling Silver / Kiln Fired Enamel
CIRCA / YEAR: 1920's
DIMENSIONS / SIZE: 5 inches Length X 5 inches Width
MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Manual Winding / 15 Jewels
DIAL / HANDS: Original Silvered with Luminous Roman Numerals / Blued Steel Luminous Hands
STAND: Easel
WARRANTY: 18 months on the movement
LIFETIME SERVICE COMMITMENT
This is a classic Desk Clock...
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1920s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Cartier Modern Sterling Silver Landscape Picture Frame with Regal Gold Crown
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
American Midcentury Modern sterling silver picture frame. Retailed by Cartier in New York. Rectangular window in same surround with convex front and flat sides. In hard-to-find lands...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Planished Sterling Silver Picture Frame - 1911
Located in Bath, GB
A grand large photograph frame made from solid / sterling English silver with an all-over planished decoration, perfect for any interior scheme, from traditional to ultra modern.
Th...
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1910s British Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Spring, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Spring is an original modern artwork realized in 1970s.
Realized by Euroesse (label on the back)
The artwork is realized on silver plate and gold leaf.
Includes frame.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Sterling Silver
GAB, Candlesticks, Sterling Silver, Sweden, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of sterling silver candlesticks designed and produced by GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Sweden, 1930s.
fits 0.80” diameter candles
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1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
21st Century Sterling Silver Baroque "Cartagloria" Picture Frame
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver frame in Baroque style called Cartagloria.
The frame is shaped and decorated with scrolls typical of the Baroque period.
In the upper part, in the center, there ...
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2010s Italian Baroque Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Brand-Chatillon Midcentury Modern Sterling Silver Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Modern sterling silver picture frame. Made by Graff, Washbourne & Dunn in New York, ca 1940. Rectangular window in plain flat surround. With glass, silk lining, and wood l...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Decorative Biscuits Box
By Mario Poli
Located in VALENZA, IT
Extravagant and very particular sterling silver biscuit jar depicting a lady reminiscent of the style of "Botero" paintings.
The lower part is bell-shaped with the "lady's" dress eng...
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Late 20th Century Italian Other Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Art Nouveau Etched Crystal and Silver Repose Perfume Bottle, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions:
Height 5 1/2 inches
Maximum width 3 1/2 inches
Bottom diameter 2 7/8 inches.
Both, the neck and the top cover of the lid are stamped with a full set of French hallmarks, half-erased due to long-term use and therefore illegible. The repose bouquet of Irises on the cover is stamped with an essayist' hallmark, containing artist initials "RD".
Fine and unusual French antique perfume bottle of a superb quality and workmanship; can also function as a body lotion or bath salt...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Rare Harry Bertoia Sterling Silver Brooch "Ginko Leaves" ca. 1940s
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
An extremely rare Harry Bertoia sterling silver brooch "Ginko Leaves." The brooch has been added to the Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonné and assigned the following catalogue raisonné number: D.JE.77. This piece comes from a private collection. Provenance will accompany the piece. The Brooch measures: 2.94 " long x 1.5 " wide x .30 " deep.
Although associated with Mid-Century Modern furniture, Harry Bertoia was originally a jewelry designer who used both sterling silver, precious stones and gem stones. The brooch and closure are all handcrafted and the clasp is his unique design.
The following is from Beverly H. Twitchell, PhD, author of Bertoia: The Metalworker, London: Phaidon, 2019. She provides a very informative critique of Bertoia and his jewelry.
Wearable Art an Important Design for a Necklace
“Before Harry Bertoia enrolled at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1937 he had already mastered traditional jewelers’ techniques, but his engagement with Modernism led him to invent and use more direct methods. Instead of precious metals and gems, Bertoia made jewelry that appealed through its design, craftsmanship and the nature of its materials. That approach would make Bertoia a direct predecessor of the American Studio Crafts movement.
So complex and cumulative are human perception and memory that we often do not know from where our own ideas come and without firm evidence, it is impossible to think we can establish the origins of an artist’s ideas. While his jewelry is entirely modern, chokers with multiple small pendants had come from ancient Mediterranean cultures: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Italy, even from Europe and America at the turn of the last century. Did Bertoia see works in books, journals or at the Detroit Institute of Arts that resonated with him or did he invent this on his own, as he would so many other forms?
Bertoia found inspiration in nature from an early age on a small farm in Italy and later in Cranbrook’s woods, on the beaches of southern California and in the fields near his home in eastern Pennsylvania where he lived after 1950. The fluidity and motion of the his jewelry characterize much of his art. In that spirit, too, he made jewelry that suited human anatomy and was animated by its wearer’s movement. Bertoia had the instincts of an engineer, as the intricacy of the present lot’s clasp and overall construction of the jewelry demonstrates. Large jewelry by Bertoia is very rare. A delight to the eye, and like all of Bertoia’s work it is timeless.”
Harry Bertoia (1915 – 1978) was an Italian-born American artist, jewelry creator and modern furniture designer. He was born in San Lorenzo d-Arzene, Pordenone, Italy. At age 15 he moved to Detroit, Michigan to live with his older brother, Oreste. He quickly learned English and the bus schedule and enrolled in Cass Tech High School in Detroit (1930-1936) where he studied art and design and learned the skill of handmade jewelry making. At that time, there were three jewelry and metals teachers Louise...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Extremely RareHarry Bertoia Necklace Sterling Silver Lapis Coral ca. 1940
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Extremely rare combination pendant attached to custom-made chain by Harry Bertoia in sterling silver, containing one Lapis Lazuli and one Coral. This piece comes from a private collection. Provenance will accompany the piece. The work has been added to the Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonné and assigned the following catalogue raisonné number: D.JE.78.
Although associated with Mid-Century Modern furniture, Harry Bertoia was originally a jewelry designer who used both sterling silver, precious stones and gem stones. The pendant measures: 1.25" long x 1" wide. The necklace measures: 11" length with a measurement of 22" overall length. The chain and closure are all handcrafted and in his unique design. Lapis Lazuli measures 20mm round supported by one 6 mm red coral. Total weight is
33 grams.
The following is from Beverly H. Twitchell, PhD, author of Bertoia: The Metalworker, London: Phaidon, 2019. She provides a very informative critique of Bertoia and his jewelry.
Wearable Art an Important Design for a Necklace
“Before Harry Bertoia enrolled at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1937 he had already mastered traditional jewelers’ techniques, but his engagement with Modernism led him to invent and use more direct methods. Instead of precious metals and gems, Bertoia made jewelry that appealed through its design, craftsmanship and the nature of its materials. That approach would make Bertoia a direct predecessor of the American Studio Crafts movement.
So complex and cumulative are human perception and memory that we often do not know from where our own ideas come and without firm evidence, it is impossible to think we can establish the origins of an artist’s ideas. While his jewelry is entirely modern, chokers with multiple small pendants had come from ancient Mediterranean cultures: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Italy, even from Europe and America at the turn of the last century. Did Bertoia see works in books, journals or at the Detroit Institute of Arts that resonated with him or did he invent this on his own, as he would so many other forms?
Bertoia found inspiration in nature from an early age on a small farm in Italy and later in Cranbrook’s woods, on the beaches of southern California and in the fields near his home in eastern Pennsylvania where he lived after 1950. The fluidity and motion of the his jewelry characterize much of his art. In that spirit, too, he made jewelry that suited human anatomy and was animated by its wearer’s movement. Bertoia had the instincts of an engineer, as the intricacy of the present lot’s clasp and overall construction of the jewelry demonstrates. Large jewelry by Bertoia is very rare. A delight to the eye, and like all of Bertoia’s work it is timeless.”
Harry Bertoia (1915 – 1978) was an Italian-born American artist, jewelry creator and modern furniture designer. He was born in San Lorenzo d-Arzene, Pordenone, Italy. At age 15 he moved to Detroit, Michigan to live with his older brother, Oreste. He quickly learned English and the bus schedule and enrolled in Cass Tech High School in Detroit (1930-1936) where he studied art and design and learned the skill of handmade jewelry making. At that time, there were three jewelry and metals teachers Louise Green...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Coral, Lapis Lazuli, Sterling Silver
Victorian Sterling Silver Tea Caddy William Hutton & Sons
Located in Northampton, GB
Ebony & Silver Finial
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are pleased to offer a Victorian Silver Tea Caddy. The Silver Tea Caddy of unusual oval shape ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Kern, Candelabra, Sterling Silver, Germany, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A sterling silver candelabra designed and produced by Kern, Germany, 1950s.
Fits 0.80”-0.85” diameter candles
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Gorham Edwardian Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Vase, 1904
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian sterling silver vase. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1904. Steeply tapering ovoid body; domed foot. Rims scrolled with applied flowers; mouth rim wavy. Fully marked includ...
Category
Early 1900s American Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Clock Cream Enamel on Guilloche Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Small table clock in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent enamel fired on guilloche, with columns in neo-classical Hellenic style. Swiss mechanical movement from Mai...
Category
1970s Italian Neoclassical Revival Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box in Malachite with Hinged Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large rectangular table box in malachite with hinged frame in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated. The malachite is a large single whole slab on the lid and the stone design becomes...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Malachite, Sterling Silver
Autumn, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Autumn is an original modern artwork realized in the 1970s.
Realized by Euroesse (label on the back)
The artwork is realized on silver plate and gold leaf.
Includes frame.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Sterling Silver
Arne Bang ceramic jar with Cohr silver lid and Hans Hansen Sterling silver spoon
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Arne Bang, ceramic jam jar with Cohr silver lid and Hans Hansen Sterling silver spoon.
Approx. 1940s.
In perfect condition.
Marked.
Dimensions: H 9.0 (including lid) x D 7.5 cm.
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cartier Country Chic Sterling Silver Basket with Enameled Strawberries
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Modern sterling silver basket. Retailed by Cartier in New York. Rectangular with straight sides. Plain rim and fixed c-scroll handle with “stitched” rims. Woven strips. Ov...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Large Antique English Silver Frame - Ribbon & Bow - 1906
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning English Edwardian frame made from solid / sterling silver fully hallmarked for London 1906. The makers mark is also present for F W Hentsch.
The frame is topped with a s...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Winter, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Winter is an original modern artwork realized in the 1970s.
Realized by Euroesse (label on the back)
The artwork is realized on silver plate and gold leaf.
Includes frame.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Sterling Silver
Summer, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Summer is an original modern artwork realized in the 1970s.
Realized by Euroesse (label on the back)
The artwork is realized on silver plate and gold leaf.
Good conditions except ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Box 507c
Located in Hellerup, DK
A vintage Danish sterling silver Georg Jensen box with internal wood lining, design #507c by Gundorph Albertus from circa 1927. A very heavy Art Deco style box...
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20th Century Art Deco Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Three Finger Cigar Case - Birmingham 1919
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome English solid sterling silver cigar case, beautifully engraved with a vacant shield-shaped cartouche to the front.
The hinge and clasp to the front are in perfect working...
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1910s British Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Wide Scroll Twist Design Bracelet 925 Sterling Silver Cuff
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful Victorian-style bracelet cuff. All in sterling silver haute couture - iconic. This piece is not only a ready-to-wear creation but also the most dynamic piece of modern scul...
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1960s American Victorian Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Edwardian Shagreen & Silver Games Box
Located in Northampton, GB
With Bridge Game Contents
From our Boxes collection, we are delighted to offer this Green Stained Shareen Bridge Games Box. The box of rectangular shape seated upon a plinth base w...
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Art Deco Period Sterling Silver Picture Frame By William B. Kerr
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Period, sterling silver picture frame, William B. Kerr and Company - makers - located in Newark, New Jersey, Ca. 1930's. The rectangular sterling silver picture frame has a...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Paul Pancritius , sterling silver flower footed vase . Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful modern sterling vase by the well known Beverly Hills California Modernist designer Paul Pancritius .
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Perfume Holder Black and White Art Deco style octagonal base 925 Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Perfume holder with octagonal base in black and white fired enamelled 925/1000 sterling silver with screw cap, in Art Deco style. Base cm, 4.3 x 4.7 bottle height cm. 8, total height...
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1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
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