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Mid-century Modern Jewelry

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Mid-Century Modern, Sterling Enamel &
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JENSEN
sterling and moonstones bird brooch with mark dating 1915-1930.
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#N23860

JENSEN
sterling bracelet with mark dating post-1945.
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JENSEN
sterling leaves brooch with mark dating 1933-1944.
View #N23861




ESTHER
LEWITTES
sterling bracelet. She was a California studio jeweler who
worked in the mid-century modernist style, circa 1950. The bracelet is 1-1/4"
wide and 2-1/3" across. (Seen in Christie Romero’s "Warman’s
Jewelry, 2nd Ed, page 166.)
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#N17813

West Coast artist
Margaret de Patta
(1902-1964) sterling and rock crystal eye pin,
3" by 1-1/2".
She worked from about 1930-1964. (Margaret Strong Bielawski De Patta,
born March 18, 1903 in Tacoma, Washington; died March 19, 1964 in
Oakland, California) For more on de Patta jewelry see
page 165 of Romero’s Warman’s Jewelry, Ed. 3.
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#N17592

CAROL mid century modern
bracelet, 7-1/4" by 1-1/2" wide and adjustable. Marked "Carol"
on the inside, a similar bracelet is featured on page 257 of "Modernist
Jewelry, 1940-1970" by Marbeth Schon.
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View #X34919



SILVER leaf bracelet with
moonstone, raised veins and dew drops, 8-1/8" around the inside and 2"
wide. View
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STERLING abstract brooch, 2-1/4″
wide. View
#N17814


STERLING
silver mid-century modern bracelet with an interesting abstract
scenic design, 6-1/2" around the inside, 1-7/16" wide and 1-1/8" opening.
That makes the total wrist size of 7-5/8".

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#N34915




Winfield Fine Art in Jewelry RAY JAY ASHDOWN
round brooch with curled copper and silver foil and a cat’s eye center, 2-1/2".
View #AW23131

STERLING and stone mid-century modern style brooch,
2″. View
#Y17228

HAND
WROUGHT
sterling mid-century modern style bracelet, 6-1/3" by
1-1/4". #N25087




Winfield Fine Art in Jewelry SHIMON tempera
painted flute player
and angel brooch with an opal accent, signed and dated 1946, 3-1/4".
View #AW23141

Winfield Fine Art in Jewelry HILDA
PERTHA
chatelaine, red yellow and green on copper, 3-1/4" & 1-1/2".
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BETTY SMITH "Rohrshock"
chartreuse and orange brooch, 2".
View #AW23537



EFREM WEITZMAN abstract
oil paint in aqua, white and brown on copper 3" brooch.
View #AW23138

RAY JAY ASHDOWN
landscape painted on paper 3" by 2-1/4" brooch with silver frame.
View #AW23535




JENSEN sterling bird
brooch, 1-5/8", dotted oval mark 925s 320.
View #N24009

JENSEN dainty
sterling flower pin, 3/4" dotted oval mark 189A.
View #N24011


JENSEN
sterling 2 tulips pin, 1-1/3" marked "Orig Jensen Inc USA
100A". View
#N24010






DAVID ANDERSON sterling and
guilloche enamel green, yellow and lavender butterfly.
View #N26386
STERLING and guilloche
enamel green and yellow butterfly.
View #N26405
DAVID ANDERSON sterling and
guilloche cream and yellow enamel butterfly.
View #N26387




"BALLE 925S INV PK"
sterling enameled fish brooch in cinnamon and white, 2-1/3", c 1950.
View #N26237
DAVID ANDERSON
Norway sterling enameled astrological pendant, 7/8" on 18" sterling chain.
View #N26240
DAVID ANDERSON
Norway sterling enameled hummingbird and flower brooch, 2-1/4".
View #N26238





STERLING
simplicity in this compact with it’s own red velvet case,
initialed "MS" on the back, 2-1/8" square. There is some glue show-through
on the mirror inside. This is not signed, but has all the earmarks of a
Jensen.
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View #P12674

KALO
sterling "hand wrought 95" leaves brooch, 1-7/8".
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View #N26204

LUNDELL
lovely pastel enamels
on porcelain necklace. View
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JENSEN sterling
deer and squirrel brooch, 1-5/8".
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View #N26772