jewelry

Pin
c.1939
Ring
1959

Sterling silver ring set with rutilated quartz. The quartz stone has three straight sides and one curved side, similar to a keystone.

Pin
1950

Sterling silver and white gold pin in an abstract pattern, set with moss agate, amber, coral, malachite and black onyx.

untitled (ring)
1946

Sterling silver ring with five horizontal and one vertical bar.

Brooch
c.1930s

As a symbol of the Lange award given to women in photography. Prior winners - Imogen Cunningham, Marion Post Wolcott, Judy Dater, Alma Lavenson. Chosen by jury selected by curator Therese Heyman...

1950s - 1970s

Per S.B. - Silver hair ornament, upper part is wire rectang;e of flat, 1/8" silver combined with four other pieces of the same size. Red and black beads threaded in a fine wire worked through the...

earrings
1954

enamel process - "plique-a-jour"

c.1956

starburst shaped fabricated oxidized sterling silver

Pendant
1960

This is a pendant constructed with Sterling silver and gold wire. A fine chain is looped to the ends of a horizontal crescent-shaped bar. An open wire honeycomb form hangs below the crescent...

Brooch
1953-54

Round brooch with spiral design made of wire and attached beads and pearls. Round hanging attachment made of wire and hooks.

c.1945

Pair of Cuff Links, sterling silver and ebony, about late 1940's, constructed in three layers to form a silver boomerang shape against an ebony free form background.

c.1945

Tie bar in sterling silver and ebony, about late 1940's, constructed in three layers to form a silver boomerang shape against an ebony free form background.

c.1950s

Ivory palette-like ground;playful surrealistic mondernism forms of gold hockey stick lines; round pearl;round bezel set opal

Necklace
c.1956, 1994

Hammered 14KT gold with two opals set in a pendant in an abstract pattern.

1947-1948

Silver brooch, about 1950-51 (although these dates are open to additional research), constructed as three distinct abstract "bone" forms attached to a linear silver rod, gently textured surfaces...

a=large broach; b=small broach

ca. 1975

Gold ring with deep purple, gold-flecked stone (amethyst). Stylized plant form (pinecone?).

This piece was given with 10 other jewelry items, yet is was marked on the appraisal form as possibly being a basket.

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