Zippo Sterling Silver Engine Turned Slim Lighter Case Holder w/ Monogram #13040

Antique sterling silver thread case by Black Starr & Frost. No monogram or engraving This cylindrical case holds a spool of thread and dispenses it through a slit with a small open...

Sterling silver leaf dish/bowl by Tiffany & Co, pattern # 22885. Monogram appears to be MAP A medium sized leaf shaped dish with openwork stem design and 2 ball feet underneath. Ha...

Sterling silver tablespoon/serving spoon by Tiffany & Co in the Palm pattern with monogram. Monogram appears to be MLS The Palm pattern is a simple and classic design. Does not inc...

Sterling silver tape measure dispenser/holder by Black Starr Gorham. Monogram appears to be DCH This sterling silver tape dispenser features a smo...

Art Deco 14K yellow gold engine turned circle brooch - refined and elegant - fine quality - early hand made catch with safety latch - hand made hinge and pin - marked 14K on the catc...

This elegant, striking brooch in very contemporary oxidised sterling silver is designed and made by UK jeweler Sarah Pulvertaft. With its assymetric circle the entire brooch is compr...

This elegant, striking brooch in very contemporary oxidised sterling silver is designed and made by UK jeweler Sarah Pulvertaft. With its assymetric circle the entire brooch is compr...

A William Spratling Sterling silver Brooch .1933-1939 and 1940-1946, First Design Period; Taxco, Mexico Each 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 (1927–29) 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 (housed in the Museo Guillermo Spratling [William Spratling Museum] in Taxco) and founded a silvercraft school. He wrote several books, including Old Plantation...