“Women are tired of jewelry-looking jewelry,” celebrated American designer David Webb once noted. In response, he created a menagerie of whimsical animals rendered as rings, brooches, earrings and, especially, bangle bracelets. This playfulness permeates all Webb’s work, which is characterized by brightly hued enamel and color-saturated semiprecious stones like coral, azurmalachite and turquoise, the notable exception being the clear, elegant rock crystal for which he had an affinity.
The North Carolina native apprenticed with his uncle, a silversmith, before moving to New York, where he established David Webb Inc. in 1948. He had no formal training in jewelry design. Instead, he culled inspiration from the ornamental styles of ancient Greece, Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Americas, as well as the traditions of India and China — influences discernible in such pieces as his collar necklaces and talisman-like sautoirs.
Webb’s first animal bracelet was produced in 1957. His most famous, the zebra, took shape in 1963; its stripes now form the company’s logo. Although Webb died in 1975, his company continues to produce designs drawn from his extensive archives, and every piece is still made in the workshop above its Madison Avenue store.
Find an alluring collection of David Webb jewelry on 1stDibs, including earrings, brooches and other accessories.
$23,000 / set
Stunning pair of "signed" David Webb Earclips!
By David Webb
Located in Vista, CA
David Webb is one of the country's most important, distinguished jewelers, known for his one of a kind jewelry pieces. All of the jewelry is made on the premises in New York, as it h...
Other
$3,071
H 12.6 in W 11.03 in D 4.73 in
SiGNED VISCOUNT DAVID LINLEY ARCHITECTURAL PERSPECTIVE KEY SAFE WALL CABINET
By David Linley
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly collectable Viscount David Linley Architectural Perspective signed and stamped key...
Wood
$1,600
H 3.75 in W 2.75 in D 0.33 in
Stunning English Regency Sterling Silver & Tortoiseshell Card Case, Circa 1815
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning English Regency Sterling Silver & Tortoiseshell Card Case, circa 1815 This exceptional English Regency card case, dating to the early 19th century (circa 1810–1825), exempl...
Metal, Sterling Silver
Victorian Vanity Box by David Edwards
By David Edwards
Located in Northampton, GB
FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING Sterling Silver Fittings by Thomas Douglas of London Dated 1845 From our Vanity Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Rosewood Vanity Box by David Ed...
Sterling Silver, Brass
Mappin & Webb Ltd Art Deco Style Sterling Silver Cigarette Box
By Mappin & Webb
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver cigarette box in the Art Deco style; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection. This exc...
Silver, Sterling Silver
Stunning French Silver & Guilloche Enamel Pill Box
Located in Bath, GB
An absolutely stunning enamel box, French in origin with the boars head mark for solid silver (minimum 800/1000). The goldsmith's makers mark is also present, I think GB but a little...
Silver, Enamel
$17,271
H 8.08 in W 13.59 in D 11.03 in
Victorian Mappin & Webb Antique Silver Coromandel Vanity / Dressing Box
By Mappin & Webb, James Vickery
Located in Northampton, GB
Antique Vanity Box / Dressing Box with its original leather carry case. The silver vanity box itself is veneered in exotic coromandel with brass ...
Brass
$8,500
H 17.5 in W 23 in D 19 in
Karl Springer Stunning "Kyoto Box" in Tessellated Penshell 1980s 'Signed'
By Karl Springer
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Exceptionally crafted "Kyoto Box" in tessellated penshell with brass inlays on top and trim around base by Karl Springer, American 1980's (signed “Karl Sprin...
Brass
Marble Box with Jewish Star of David Design
By Maitland Smith
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful modern style or Postmodern period marble and brass box with Jewish Star of David design, circa late-20th century, 1980s, 90s. Box, att...
Stone, Marble, Brass
$8,682Sale Price|20% Off
H 4.5 in W 13 in D 8 in
Exceptional Silver Cigar Box/Smoking Compendium by Mappin & Webb
By Mappin & Webb
Located in Bath, GB
A truly exceptional Art Deco Gentleman's smoking compendium, beautiful quality by the highly sought-after silversmith, Mappin & Webb. This impressive piece stands on four original...
Sterling Silver
Pair of Acrylic Lidded Boxes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A stylish pair of square acrylic lidded boxes, designed with clean lines and a crisp modern profile. Crafted in clear acrylic, the duo offers both durability and visual lightness, al...
Acrylic
$1,604
H 4.73 in W 10.04 in D 7.29 in
Cigar Box in Oakwood and Solid Silver by Mappin & Webb, London, 1913
By Mappin & Webb
Located in London, GB
Oak and silver cigar box made by renowned English Goldsmith Mappin & Webb. This box is in good general condition with small dents on the silver handle and a hinge that loses a l...
Silver
Pair of Brass Crab Sculptures
By Los Castillos
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of brass and abalone shell crab sculptures trinket box made in Mexico in the manner of Los Castillo Large : 15" wide, 9" deep, 3.5" high Small: 9" wide, 6" deep, 2.5" high
Brass
Sold
H 2.5 in W 9.5 in D 9.5 in
DAVID WEBB New York Jewelry Storage Travel Pouch in Blue Leather and Suede
By David Webb
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
David Webb women's leather travel jewelry pouch for necklace and a smaller suede pouch with 2 separate sides for either earrings, bangle, brooch. David Webb suede jewelry pouch. Light two tone blue leather and suede. Crafted from supple blue leather and suede and adorned with details that pay homage to our iconic DAVID WEBB jewelry, this large pouch is embossed with our signature David Webb logo. Flap closure with magnet Comes with original outer box, marked DAVID WEBB in silver. Outer box : 9.5" x 9" x 2.5. Leather Necklace presentation: 9" x 7.5" x 1.5". Small pouches: 4.5" x 4.5". New never been used. Made in USA. Since opening its doors in 1948, David Webb jewelry has exclusively been made in New York. In the earliest days, there were only 3 jewelers; today, more than two dozen jewelers, many second- and third-generation David Webb craftspeople, occupy the top floor of the Company’s headquarters overlooking Madison Avenue. About: David Webb jewelers...
Leather