Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 6

Large William Spratling Silver and Amethyst Owl Brooch, 1940-1944

More From This SellerView All
  • Vintage William Spratling Sterling Silver Large Mexican Modernist Earrings
    By William Spratling
    Located in New York, NY
    These beautiful, large William Spratling earrings have the ephemeral feel of butterfly wings. William Spratling, Architecture professor and lecturer, has been called the Father of Me...
    Category

    20th Century Mexican Modernist Dangle Earrings

    Materials

    Sterling Silver

  • Vintage Brooks Brothers Golden Fleece Sterling Silver, Crystal Owl Brooch
    Located in New York, NY
    Beautiful vintage Brooks Brothers Golden Fleece sterling silver owl brooch set with a multitude of white crystals, the eyes in amber colored...
    Category

    20th Century American Romantic Brooches

    Materials

    Crystal, Sterling Silver

  • 11 TCW Large Pear Shaped Rhodolite Garnet 18K Gold, Silver, Pearl Star Brooch
    Located in New York, NY
    Striking star brooch featuring five rich burgundy colored pear shaped Rhodolite garnets with total carat weight of approximately 11 Carats. Apparently unmarked, the center setting t...
    Category

    20th Century Revival Brooches

    Materials

    Garnet, Pearl, Rhodolite, 18k Gold, Silver

  • Vintage 1940's Cartier Yellow and Rose 14K Gold Bars Pyramid Pendant Clip Brooch
    By Cartier
    Located in New York, NY
    Beautiful estate Cartier gold bars pyramid pendant clip brooch composed of eight interconnected gold bars of rose and yellow gold. May be worn as a pe...
    Category

    Mid-20th Century French Retro Pendant Necklaces

    Materials

    14k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold

  • Vintage Brooks Borthers Vermeil Silver Polychrome Enamel, Crystal Ducks Brooch
    Located in New York, NY
    Fabulous vintage Golden Fleece, Brooks Brothers vermeil sterling silver, green, brown and black enamel Ducks brooch with elaborate crystal accen...
    Category

    20th Century American Georgian Brooches

    Materials

    Crystal, Vermeil, Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

  • Georgian Style Rhodolite Garnet Diamond Silver Starfish Pendant Brooch Amulet
    Located in New York, NY
    Fine Georgian style rich ruby red oval Rhodolite garnet center stone starfish pendant/brooch with full cut diamond encrusted arms. This piece is fitted with a bale in the back to be worn as a pendant as well as a clasp for use as a brooch, lovely multi-use jewel. Starfish or Sea Stars have been a favored subject for jewelry designers as amulets representing instinct and intuition. Garnets were among the most desirable gemstones during the Georgian period as day jewelry. They are associated with love, inner fire, vitality and the heart. King Solomon, Mary Queen of Scotts...
    Category

    20th Century Georgian Pendant Necklaces

    Materials

    Diamond, Garnet, Rhodolite, Silver

You May Also Like
  • 1940s William Spratling Amethyst Sterling Silver Pin Brooch
    By William Spratling
    Located in Wallkill, NY
    Stunning 1940s Spratling Brooch. Large Amethyst Center Cabochon. Hallmarked on the back dating this to the 1940s. This is a stunning piece of the prized silversmith's work. This is o...
    Category

    Vintage 1940s Mexican Brooches

    Materials

    Amethyst, Sterling Silver

  • William Spratling Amethyst Silver Parrot Pin Brooch Vintage Taxco Mexico 1940s
    By William Spratling
    Located in North Attleboro, MA
    Fantastic William Spratling "Lorenzo" sterling silver and amethyst brooch! The brooch features a stylized parrot profile set with a large cabochon amethyst. It is a substantial piece...
    Category

    Vintage 1940s Mexican Modernist Brooches

    Materials

    Amethyst, Silver

  • A William Spratling Sterling silver Brooch
    By William Spratling
    Located in Pasadena, CA
    A William Spratling Sterling silver Brooch .1933-1939 and 1940-1946, First Design Period; Taxco, Mexico Each stamped for William Spratling; Others ...
    Category

    Mid-20th Century American Brooches

    Materials

    Sterling Silver

  • A William Spratling Sterling Silver Brooch
    By William Spratling
    Located in Pasadena, CA
    A William Spratling Sterling silver Brooch .1933-1939 and 1940-1946, First Design Period; Taxco, Mexico stamped for William Spratling; Others variously stamped: Taxco / 980 / Made in Mexico / Silver / Mexico Provenance: The Collection of Cindy Tietze-Hodosh and Stuart Hodosh William Spratling, (born Sept. 22, 1900, Sonyea, N.Y., U.S.A”died Aug. 8, 1967, near Taxco, Mex.), American designer and architect, who spent more than 30 years in Mexico developing and promoting the silvercraft that made the city of Taxco famous.A graduate of the New York Fine Arts Institute and Auburn University, in Alabama (where he studied architecture), Spratling taught art and architecture at Tulane University, New Orleans, La., for eight years before going to Mexico in 1927. For two years he taught at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City (1927â€â€œ29) and then settled in Taxco, an old silver town (founded in 1528) that had long been in decay. He befriended silver artisans from all over Mexico and began the design of silver jewelry, artwork, tableware, and tea sets, opening his first taller, or workshop, on the Calle Las Delicias in 1933. After World War II his workshop went bankrupt, but he continued his work from a nearby ranch. His example inspired the founding of hundreds of competing workshops.Over the years Spratling also collected archaeological pieces...
    Category

    Mid-20th Century American Brooches

    Materials

    Sterling Silver

  • William Spratling Rare Early Sterling Silver Wood Design Artisan Brooch c 1940
    By William Spratling
    Located in University City, MO
    William Spratling Rare early sterling silver wood design artisan brooch c 1940 The unique artisan brooch is designed with coiled bands of sterling silver The center is adorned with ...
    Category

    Vintage 1940s Mexican Artisan Brooches

    Materials

    Sterling Silver

  • William Spratling 1940 Taxco Deco Retro Pendant Brooch .925 Sterling and Copper
    By William Spratling
    Located in Miami, FL
    Pendant brooch designed by William Spratling. Fabulous three-dimensional scrolls brooch pendant, created in Taxco Mexico by the iconic silversmith Wi...
    Category

    Vintage 1940s Mexican Retro Brooches

    Materials

    Silver, Sterling Silver, Copper

Recently Viewed

View All