Sterling Silver Necklace

This 1960s silver beaded necklace is a vintage treasure, exuding retro charm and timeless elegance. Each delicate silver bead is meticulously craf...

This is a large and ornate sterling silver and marcasite ring. It's sure to make an impression on its beholders. The center stone is fantastic and mysterious. It's boho-chic and clas...

Sterling silver ring with hand carved butterscotch shell cameo featuring the "Three Muses". Size 6 Cameo 1 1/4" x 1".

Early Allan Adler cufflinks, full marked "Allan Adler" and "Sterling" featuring a modernist grid pattern fixed to a modernist style sterling post. The cufflinks measure 11/16" (17...

Sterling silver enamel guilloche compact by Danish designer Aage Hjalmer Steenberg. Makers Mark reads, "1429 836 STERLING" with the hallmark "AHS". ...

Sterling silver cigarette case with decorative enamel face. Art Deco design. The case is beautifully enameled in a blue and black geometric pattern with a silver finish. The interior of the cigarette case is marked "Alfred Dunhill Paris...

Sterling silver Navajo 28" long necklace. circa 1970s. Handmade alternating tub and round beads strung on a foxtail wire. Great condition wear c...

The necklace with graduated curved elements and three long black enameled bars in the center. The bracelet made up of the same type of curved sterling elements. Marked on lock, "Mexi...

Amber pendant in a sterling silver setting with a Italian 925 silver chain.

Artisan crafted sterling silver necklace in a modernist/ cubist design with raw amethyst crystal geode, marked sterling and signed by artist to backside of pendant (difficult to determine the signature). One of a kind cubic Brutalist design, handmade silver chain...

A highly sculptural sterling silver necklace by Peruvian silversmith and designer Grazielle Laffi (1923-2009), Lima, circa 1970. Marks to ne...

A bespoken sterling silver chocker necklace very bold design by Graziella Laffi, Lima, Peru, circa 1970s. The chocker features six subtly hammered roundels radiating into a trio of Axe-shaped fixed pendants, with two smaller ones flanking a large central one. The shape of the axe was often found in the Pre-Columbian art. As a bronze age tool, it symbolizes power. The necklace is not chain link but cast and joined as a solid chocker with box clasp mechanism. The design radiates a sense of history with the primitive tribal geometry in form, yet the necklace appears beyond ethnic, it exuberates a confident and bold modernistic aesthetic. The drop of the necklace on the mannequin (not included) is 11". It has an approximate 16" circumference and weighs 320 grams (10.3 troy ounces). It was tested as 900 purity with XRF analyzer. There is a Peruvian Cultural Ministry label applied and a catalog sticker on verso as shown. Graziella Laffi was born in 1923 in Florence, Italy to Gino Laffi, a silversmith and artist. Following her family tradition, Graziella enrolled in master classes after elementary school, focusing on design and painting. She next attended Escuela de Bellas Artes de Puerta Romana for three years, where Gino taught, and then to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, where she concentrated in architecture until the start of World War II. In 1947, Graziella, then twenty-four, immigrated with her parents to Peru. Gino later created a silversmith studio and showroom called Fabrica Laffi on Avenue Mexico, where Graziella initially learned her Craft. The Pre-Columbian culture in her adopted country inspired Graziella to travel and collect, which ultimately influence her design in the silver pieces. Graziella learned the metalworking techniques of the ancient Peruvian civilizations and rejected the current technology. She mostly used hammering, rolling and creating joints as the ancients do. As an ambassador of Peruvian culture, her work promoted the indigenous Peruvian art and rekindled the interest in its ancient heritage throughout South America, the United States and Europe. She exhibited her growing collection of Peruvian artifacts...