1960s Rare Roberto & Haroldo Burle Marx Forma Livre Aquamarine Demi-Parure

A rare, vintage, cabochon sapphire, ruby, diamond, and 18 karat gold bracelet, by Hans Hansen, c. 1965. A collectors bracelet, a gem set design from the iconic Danish silvermsithy Hans Hansen. Begun by his father Hans Hansen, the company started making jewelry in 1932 under Karl Gustav Hansen. Between 1936-1938 Karl Gustav studied at the Academy of Fine Arts' sculpture school and took over the firm at the age of twenty five. He designed the first line of jewelry, called ‘Future’ featuring brooches, earrings, and rings, which sold very successfully. Hansen also employed other Danish modernist designers, who were to become famous in their own right, cementing the firm’s place among mid-century Scandinavian silver and jewelry producers. Bent Gabrielsen Pedersen worked there between 1953 and 1969 and was artistic director from 1962 until he left the company in 1969. Gabrielsen won the prestigious Lunning prize and a gold medal for design at the Milan Triennial while at Hans Hansen. In 1991 the company merged with Georg Jensen. Generally, Hansen made jewelry in silver and adopted the functionalist and Art Deco styles as inspirations. This bracelet, however, is a one-of-a-kind jewel, with the cabochon gemstones cupped...

A green tourmaline and 18-karat gold cube ring with a double shank by Sweden's most prolific and famous designer, Sigurd Persson, 1960. He designed everything from fine jewelry to...

A rare, hand-made modernist Nordic 18-karat gold highly articulated collar with flexibility and movement, that sits beautifully on the neck, by Finnish goldsmith Leo Torikainen for Pirkan Kulta...

An 18 karat gold bangle bracelet, by Günter Wyss, c. 1960, Switzerland. The bracelet is stamped Günter Wyss Design, 750 with the artist's maker's mark. The inner circumference measures 7.0" and the bracelet measures 1.5" wide. Hinge Closure. Designed as two mirrored pieces joined to form one ultra sleek bangle, the undulating lines create a sense of moving parts when worn. Günter Wyss was born in 1934 in Zurich Switzerland and had an untimely death in 1971. Yet, Wyss had already become a leading European modernist artist and studio jeweler, working in Germany and Switzerland. During the 1960s he influenced both fashion and design. He tutored also such luminary goldsmiths as Otto Kunzli and Othmar...

Louis Rousselet unusual choker style necklace and pendant earclips made of hand blown nacre glass beads and unusual tooth pearl pendants on both the necklace and earrings. The neckl...

A late Georgian gold aquamarine parure of a necklace, a pair of drop earrings, a bodice brooch, a brooch, a hair ornament and a stick pin, the collar...

Haskell style copper and topaz hand sewn seed bead demi parure, consisting of a flori form brooch and drop ear clips. Czech seed beads with topaz crystal drops. Clip back fittings. ...

Victorian demi parure 14K rosy yellow gold set with opal pin and earrings. The Australian white opal have multi-color fire including red play of color. The pin and earring set is dec...