1848 Sterling Silver Hand Brooch

Adorable rendering of man's best friend, depicting four furry critters, painted in glorious detail and displayed on an elongated octagonal silver pin. 1 7/8 of an inch long by 5/8 of...

Charming and fine reverse carved brooch, depicting fluffy chrysanthemums in vibrant pastel hues, framed in a golden bezel. The center piece is then set in an outer bezel of white ena...

Wonderful sterling silver hand crafted brooch, featuring an oval chrysoprase. This lovely brooch tests for silver and is stamped 925. Measuring length 7.2cm / 2.8 inches by width 4c...

A William Spratling Sterling silver Brooch .1933-1939 and 1940-1946, First Design Period; Taxco, Mexico stamped for William Spratling; Others variously stamped: Taxco / 980 / Made in Mexico / Silver / Mexico Provenance: The Collection of Cindy Tietze-Hodosh and Stuart Hodosh William Spratling, (born Sept. 22, 1900, Sonyea, N.Y., U.S.A”died Aug. 8, 1967, near Taxco, Mex.), American designer and architect, who spent more than 30 years in Mexico developing and promoting the silvercraft that made the city of Taxco famous.A graduate of the New York Fine Arts Institute and Auburn University, in Alabama (where he studied architecture), Spratling taught art and architecture at Tulane University, New Orleans, La., for eight years before going to Mexico in 1927. For two years he taught at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City (1927â€â€œ29) and then settled in Taxco, an old silver town (founded in 1528) that had long been in decay. He befriended silver artisans from all over Mexico and began the design of silver jewelry, artwork, tableware, and tea sets, opening his first taller, or workshop, on the Calle Las Delicias in 1933. After World War II his workshop went bankrupt, but he continued his work from a nearby ranch. His example inspired the founding of hundreds of competing workshops.Over the years Spratling also collected archaeological pieces...