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Seaman Schepps Squared Earrings 18Kt Yellow Gold 24.40 Cts Diamonds Rock Quartz

Name: Seaman Schepps Squared Earrings 18Kt Yellow Gold 24.40 Cts Diamonds Rock Quartz
Brand: Seaman Schepps
Price: 5480 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Square gems set earrings designed by Seaman Schepps. Nice vintage pair created in New York city at the Seaman Schepps atelier, back in the 1980. These squared clips earrings has been crafted in solid yellow gold of 18 karats, polished finish. They are fitted at the reverse, with comfortable French omega backs for fastening clips and posts for pierced ears. Diamonds: Mount in the center in four-prongs setting with a pair of round brilliant cut diamonds, 0.20 carats, E/F color, VS-2 clarity Gemstones: Prongs set with 8 squared faceted cut (8 x 8 x 6 mm) of natural translucent white quartz with a total weight of 24.2 carats. Weight: 12.52 Grams, (8.01 Dwt). Measurements: 18 mm by 18 mm (0.71 x 0.71 Inches). Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's shell mark, the gold assay mark, the serial numbers and signed in full, "SEAMAN SCHEPPS .750 241037". Seaman Schepps was an American jeweler famous for his retro style, 1950's jewelry design. The company was established in the 1905 as an antique and retailer store. in the 1931 was founded officially as a jewelry designer in New York and the workshop store was located at 516 in Madison Avenue. in the 1933 the business was so successful that they moved to a larger showroom at the 399 in the same avenue. The firm was sold in the 1992. Literature: Seaman Schepps 1989 Annual booklet, Pp-5, Illustrated. Collateral: They are accompanied by a presentation jewelry box. Condition: The overall condition of these earrings are excellent. Beside the little normal wear, there is no damage to the gold. All gemstones, are secured in the settings. This piece has been carefully inspected to guarantee the condition and authenticity. INVENTORY REF: E012523AETT/.3005

Creator:

Seaman Schepps

Metal:

Gold,18k Gold,Yellow Gold

Stone:

Diamond,White Diamond,Quartz

Stone Cut:

Brilliant Cut

Weight:

24.4 ct

Dimensions:

Width: 0.71 in (18.04 mm)Length: 0.71 in (18.04 mm)

Style:

Modernist

Place of Origin:

United States

Period:

1980-1989

Date of Manufacture:

1980

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use. The overall condition of these earrings are excellent. Beside the little normal wear, there is no damage to the gold. All gemstones, are secured in the settings. This piece has been carefully inspected to guarantee the condition and authenticity.

Seller Location:

Miami, FL

Reference Number:

Seller: E012523AETT/.30051stDibs: LU2690218262432

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Seaman Schepps

A scrappy, self-made artist who transformed turbo shells into decadent earrings and crystal chessmen into bold bracelets, Seaman Schepps (1881–1972) tirelessly worked his way up from the tenements of New York’s Lower East Side to become “America’s Court Jeweler.”

Born to immigrant parents who named him for the Seamen’s Bank for Savings that his mother could see from the hospital — or so the legend goes — Schepps dropped out of school at the age of 14 and never had any formal jewelry training. He later moved to California, where he opened his first jewelry shop in 1904. In 1921, he returned to New York to build on the success he’d begun to enjoy as a jeweler on the West Coast, but it wasn’t long before his Manhattan house, which counted Broadway stars and theater patrons among its clientele, was hit hard by the stock market crash of 1929. Schepps used this disruption to rethink his approach to jewelry, debuting a new store in 1934 on Madison Avenue, where he would make his mark in playful custom adornments.

While many high-end jewelers of his era focused on the purest and most valuable gemstones, Schepps chose his materials for their color and shape, elevating flawed stones others disregarded in collage-like formations involving unconventional materials such as fine wood, coral, seashells and flea-market finds. Passersby of his New York City shop could find a frog-shaped brooch carved from rosewood, a vintage snuff bottle broken into links for a bracelet and loose-drilled pearls plugged with diamonds. Schepps’s whimsical pieces found fans in fashion icons who appreciated his unique statements, including Doris Duke, Andy Warhol and the Duchess of Windsor.

Following Schepps’s death in 1972, his daughter, jewelry designer Patricia S. Vaill, ran the jewelry house for two decades before it was taken over by Jay Bauer and Anthony Hopenhajm of Trianon jewelry. Following the closure of the company’s Park Avenue store in November 2020, sales for Seaman Schepps is now based in its boutique location out of Palm Beach, Florida, where the legendary brand carries forth its founder’s spirited designs.

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