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Patrick Kapty

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A lovely two-tone bronze Hippie modernist bracelet circa 1970.

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A lovely vintage 1970s one of a kind handmade two-tone bronze Hippie modernist Floral design cuff bracelet. Irregular and asymmetrical in shape in solid bronze with a two-tone patinated design overtop of a trailing blooming vine! Charming rustic design! Measures 1-3/8" at widest point, and fits up to a 7" wrist presently, but easily adjusted up or down a few sizes if desired. Unmarked, and no doubt a one of a kind piece of vintage wearable art jewelry by a lone Hippie artisan probably working in California circa 1970. Excellent vintage condition.

August 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM Everybody can reply

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Chloe Valorso

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February 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM Everybody can reply

Patrick Kapty

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A unique one of a kind vintage 1960s 70s signed handmade hammered sterling silver modernist 'jellyfish' design brooch.

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A unique vintage 1960s 70s one of a kind handmade sterling silver organic modernist Jelly fish design brooch. Entirely handmade and no doubt a unique piece of wearable art! A hammered convex sterling upper section from which dangle many silver wires resembling the 'arms' of the jelly fish, at least that's what it looks like to me. So unique, and no doubt a one of a kind dimensional design! Could also be easily adjusted to be worn on a chain or cord, and wearing it on a neckring with a bail-attachment on the pin stem would look amazing! Measures 3" tall by 1-5/8" wide by just over 1/2" thickest point. Weighs a super hefty 31 grams total or just about an ounce of solid sterling silver! The marks are lightly hand-etch on the pinback mechanism, and are very hard to make out in my photo or indeed even with a loupe in person. I've included my drawing of the marks in my last photo. The marks read, "Sterling Sibby" and another maker mark as shown. From the estate of a successful career woman in the publishing industry from NYC who traveled extensively and had incredible taste! Excellent vintage condition.

August 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM Everybody can reply

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Patrick Kapty

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A unique one of a kind piece of post-modern wearable art by acclaimed American jewelry designer, metalsmith, and educator Helen Shirk...

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a UNIQUE no doubt one of a kind vintage 1980s 90s handmade sterling silver with anodized aluminum rods post-modernist dimensional geometric design bangle bracelet by acclaimed jewelry designer, metalsmith, and educator Helen Shirk (b. 1942). A simple bangle that twice encircles the wrist with heavy gauge sterling wire with a half-circle joining the two ends at top, and with four anodized aluminum rods perched at top in a dimensional geometric design that echoes that heavy sterling wire of the bangle but in colors! Such a unique and thoughtful design, the work of a master! Here's a short biography of the artist that I compiled from online sources:

Helen Shirk (b. 1942 in Buffalo, NY) is a metalsmith/jeweler and educator. She studied with Earl Pardon at Skidmore College (BA, 1963) and Alma Eikerman at Indiana University (MFA, 1969). She taught jewelry and metalwork at San Diego State University from 1975 to 2010, retiring as Professor of Art Emeritus. Her work is in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, as well as the Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, National Museum of Modern Art (Kyoto), Victoria and Albert Museum, National Gallery of Australia, Mint Museum of Craft and Design, and the Oakland Museum. In 1999 Shirk became a Fellow of the American Craft Council. In 2017 she received the lifetime achievement award from SNAG (Society of North American Goldsmiths).
See my last image for a photo of the artist in her studio.

The above is an abbreviated biography, and for further exhibition information and her work shown in print, I can provide a more extensive listing on request. This bracelet measures just over 1" wide at top, the inside diameter is 2.5" and is perfectly round as shown, and the bracelet weighs 28.1 grams total. Marked as shown, "H. Shirk" inside the band of the bracelet. Tested and guaranteed to be as described. Excellent vintage condition.

December 21, 2024 at 3:45 PM Everybody can reply

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Patrick Kapty

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Three BIG mixed metal post-modernist dimensional geometric design brooches from the 1980s/90s era available in my Ruby Lane shop...

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a HUGE vintage 1980s 90s handmade mixed metals post modernist dimensional geometric design brooch. Entirely handmade in brass, bronze, and stainless steel in the post-modern Industrial aesthetic! Measures 4.75" long by 1-5/8" wide. Unmarked, and no doubt originally sold in an art gallery or fair with accompanying paperwork or labeling that has been lost over the years. In any case, the fantastic design speaks for itself! Truly wearable art! Excellent vintage condition...
https://www.rubylane.com/item/1879775-5351/HUGE-Vintage-1980s-90s-Handmade-Mix78ed?search=1

a BIG vintage 1980s 90s handmade mixed metals post modernist geometric design brooch. Entirely handmade brooch with different textures in brass, bronze, and blackened steel! Measures 3.25" long by 1.25" wide. Unmarked, and no doubt originally sold in an art gallery or fair with accompanying paperwork or labeling that has been lost over the years. In any case, the outstanding design speaks for itself! Wearable art that makes a statement! Excellent vintage condition...
https://www.rubylane.com/item/1879775-5352/BIG-Vintage-1980s-90s-Handmade-Mix78ed?search=1

a JAGGED vintage 1980s 90s handmade mixed metals post modernist dimensional geometric design brooch. An entirely handmade brooch composed of mixed metals (bronze and blackened steel) with a dimensional 'zig zag' geometric design! Measures 3.75" long by 1.25" wide. Unmarked, and no doubt originally sold in an art gallery or fair with accompanying paperwork or labeling that has been lost over the years. In any case, the exceptional design speaks for itself! Sculpture to wear! Excellent vintage condition...
https://www.rubylane.com/item/1879775-5353/JAGGED-Vintage-1980s-90s-Handmade-Mix78ed?search=1

December 6, 2024 at 3:00 PM Everybody can reply

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Patrick Kapty

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A large vintage 1950s handmade sterling and wood modernist pendant necklace by Henry Steig NYC.

Available in my Ruby Lane shop...

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For sale here is a BIG vintage 1950s handmade sterling silver and wood abstract modernist dimensional design pendant on chain necklace by American mid-century studio jeweler, Henry Steig. An exceptional and very desirable design by this messenger of modernism! Here's a short bio of the artist that I found online:

Everyone knows the famous picture from the film The Seven Year Itch, of Marilyn Monroe standing on a New York City sidewalk, her skirt blown up by an updraft from the subway grate below, however, not everyone knows that at that moment she was standing in front of Henry Steig's jewelry shop at 590 Lexington Avenue.
Henry Steig was a man of many talents, a true renaissance man - before he became a jeweler, he was a jazz musician, painter, sculptor, commercial artist, cartoonist, photographer, and a published short story writer and a novelist.

My last photo is a great shot of the artist with one of his sculptures from the 1950s. The pendant measures 2-1/2" long by 1-1/8" wide by over 1/4" thick in the wood section, and hangs on an 18-1/2" sterling silver chain from Italy. Total weight for the necklace is 16 grams. The pendant is marked as shown, "Steig Sterling". The chain is marked "925 Italy". Excellent vintage condition.

the artist shown with one of his sculptures circa 1950s.

February 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM Everybody can reply

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Patrick Kapty

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Here's a link to an article I wrote for Modern Silver magazine back in 2000 about celebrated American metalsmith jeweler and teacher, Marne Ryan...

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December 2, 2024 at 1:48 PM Everybody can reply

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Patrick Kapty

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Three pairs of vintage modernist cufflinks on sale in my Ruby Lane shop...

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a UNIQUE pair of vintage 1960s 70s handmade sterling silver Amoeba UFO Space Alien Sci-fi design modernist cufflinks. Entirely handmade from silver sheet and wire, and an outstanding and quite unusual design! Each cufflink measures 1-1/2" by 1" at fronts! The pair weigh 0.5 ounce or roughly 15 grams total. Marked "925" for sterling silver at backs. Otherwise unmarked, and no doubt a one of a kind pair of studio wearable art cufflinks. The design speaks volumes, and no doubt originally purchased at an art gallery or fair with accompanying paperwork or labeling that has been lost over the years. In any case, a great one of a kind pair! Excellent vintage condition

a RUGGED pair of vintage 1960s signed DC one of a kind handmade sterling silver brutalist modernist dimensional design cufflinks. Such a unique and intriguing vintage brutalist modernist design! Each is unique as you can see in my photos, and no doubt a one of a kind pair by a talented mid-century artist! Measure 7/8" by 3/4" at fronts, and the pair weigh a hefty 23.3 grams total. Marked at back of one cufflinks as shown, "DC" and dated "'69" for 1969. Also marked on the swivelbacks, "Sterling". I purchased these cufflinks at an estate sale in Wisconsin, and I am guessing that the artist was from nearby Chicago but I haven't been able to find out anything about the maker. In any case, the incredible design speaks for itself! Excellent vintage condition

an INTRICATE pair of vintage 1960s 70s handmade 800 silver geometric modernist design cufflinks from Orno of Warsaw, Poland, and with an original Orno paper label with information about the pair in Polish. Orno (meaning "I adorn" in Latin) was an artist cooperative in Warsaw composed of many artists and craftspeople. The jewelry was primarily made in silver and the items were produced in small series, never exceeding 100 of any item made by the cooperative. This pair of dimensional geometric design cufflinks were most likely made in the 1960s to 1970s, but there are no date letters on Orno jewelry, so hard to say exactly. The cufflinks measure 7/8" by a hair over 1/2" at fronts by just over 1/8" thick, and the pair weigh 10.6 grams total. Marked "Orno" on both cufflinks as shown, also the Polish silver hallmark for Warsaw and 800 silver used after 1963. As noted above, this pair come with an original Orno paper label with information about this pair of cufflinks written in Polish including the designer/maker name which I am unable to read. Excellent vintage condition

December 28, 2024 at 4:01 PM Everybody can reply

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Babe Blue

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Little Leaf Necklace - hand forged sterling silver with delicate aquamarine briolette.

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January 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM Everybody can reply

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Patrick Kapty

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A handmade one of a kind vintage 1970s signed sterling silver and chrysoprase modernist cocktail ring...

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a SUPERB vintage 1970s signed one of a kind handmade sterling silver and chrysoprase modernist cocktail ring. Outstanding design entirely handmade piece of wearable art! Measures 1" by 3/4" at top, rises 1/2" above the finger, size 4 to 4.5 US but can be professionally resized by a silversmith/jeweler, and weighs almost half an ounce total. Marked inside band as shown with maker mark "DCB" and "Silver". Tested and guaranteed to be as described. Excellent vintage condition

December 18, 2024 at 1:07 PM Everybody can reply

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December 14, 2024 at 12:26 PM Everybody can reply

Patrick Kapty

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A vintage 1950s piece of wearable sculpture in sterling silver by the well-known NYC modernist silversmith/designer Ruth Berridge...

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a SUPERB and rare - one of a kind - vintage 1950s handmade sterling silver modernist bracelet by American artist/silversmith Ruth Berridge (1921-2004). She is very well known to collectors of mid century modernist jewelry, though her jewelry items are relatively scarce compared to most. A one of a kind entirely handmade and incredibly complex design bracelet of convex plaques alternating with concave plaques with two rows of faceted crystal beads above each of the concave links. This bracelet is from her personal collection and no doubt was worn by her, and was purchased from her estate after her death. (I am also listing a brooch that I think she probably wore with this bracelet, although it's not a perfect match, but made from the same materials.) Measures 1-3/8" wide with inside wearable circumference of 7-1/2", but due to the unique construction of the closure the bracelet will fit a 6-1/2" wrist or less. (A silversmith could add an extension link or two inside at the closure to allow it to fit a larger size - maybe 1/2" to 1" - but without altering the visual impact of the design.) Weighs a super hefty 83.3 grams total. Marked as shown, "Berridge" and "Sterling".
Excellent vintage condition.

December 21, 2024 at 3:28 PM Everybody can reply

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Patrick Kapty

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This one of a kind piece of wearable art looks like it was made for Batman's utility belt, perhaps the buckle. By American artist/metalsmith Jonathan Quick.

Available in my Ruby Lane shop...

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a HUGE vintage 1983 signed and numbered entirely handmade sci-fi super-hero post-modernist sterling brooch pin by American metalsmith Jonathan Quick (b.1957). This one of a kind creation looks like either a space ship or perhaps an accessory from Batman's utility belt!
Jonathan Quick is an American artist/metalsmith who is a professor at Ohio Wesleyan as well as a partner at Quick & Cetlin Metalsmiths (1983-present), and has exhibited extensively across the country since the mid 1980s. Thanks to a tip from a generous colleague, I was able to locate the artist, and he told me a little bit about this brooch. He wrote, "This is a piece I made as a MFA graduate student in the gold and silversmithing department at SUNY New Paltz around 1983. It is part of a series of work in which I was exploring the expressive potential of form and mechanics. I studied with professor Bob Ebendorf and I sold the piece to Barbara Rockefeller during my time at New Paltz. My present work is based in foundry casting where I teach at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware Ohio." He doesn't make jewelry any more, so this piece is doubly rare!
A quirky little bit of signed numbered modernist jewelry history and makes a heck of a statement! Made almost entirely of sterling silver with those weird niello enamel inlay symbols at front, and white plastic and gold plated metal pieces at top and bottom that look like they could be from either electronic or automotive parts. Measures 3" by 2-1/2" and weighs 50.2 grams total. Marked at back "Sterling J. Quick 25". Incredible piece! Excellent vintage condition.

It opens at front to reveal a secret compartment for ?

Signed at back, "J. Quick Sterling 25".

January 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM Everybody can reply

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Patrick Kapty

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Modern wearable art copper enamel 'fish' pendant.

Available now in my Ruby Lane shop...

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a WHIMSICAL and fun vintage 1960s 70s handmade copper enamel modernist Fish design pendant. A fun and charming entirely handmade piece of vintage modern art to wear! The pendant measures 2.25" long by 1.25" wide and is shown on a copper neckring (not included), and could also be worn on a chain or black cord, or even worn as a pin with a safety pin through the bale at top of the pendant. (For a fan of fishing, and since the bail is at the mouth of the fish, this could also be attached to a fishing hook then to a cord or chain for a unique and no doubt much-remarked look!) Unmarked, and no doubt sold at a gallery or art fair with artist paperwork that has been lost over the years. This is a handmade piece of artisan jewelry that has natural variations due to the handcrafting process that produce a rough and irregular finish. This is original, not damage, and it is part of the charm of owning a handmade one of a kind piece. Excellent vintage condition

February 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM Everybody can reply

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Patrick Kapty

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Two Edward de Large anodized titanium in sterling silver brooches from the 1970s - they remind me of Yes album covers from that period! NFS

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Edward de Large

Edward de Large moved into silversmithing and jewellery at the RCA (Royal College of Art - London) from 1972 after studying ceramics at Camberwell. His first use of titanium was as a coloured turned base for a gold bowl. He continued to use it while at the RCA but it was after graduation in 1975 that his real experimenting with the material began. His designs were inspired by the cloudscapes observed during a flight to Japan. He enjoyed the challenge of achieving his planned results with such a difficult material, so unlike the traditional metals used for jewellery. His work progressed by continuous experimentation. Pattern was carefully planned and designed using various masking techniques and both brush and dip anodising.

As gold prices rose in the 1970s, jewellers began to look for alternatives to precious metals. Traditionally, they would have turned to base metals, such as bronze, iron and steel. Now, with the continuous search for the 'new', they sought out a wider repertoire of metals and also innovative techniques to create colour through patina. Silver was oxidised, aluminium anodised and painted.

In the space industry experiments with new materials led to the development of metals such as titanium and niobium. Their iridescent colours, achieved through heat or electrical currents, soon attracted the attention of jewellery designers.

De Large studied ceramics at the Camberwell School of Art and later silversmithing at the Royal College of Art, London, where he became interested in titanium. In 1975 he was awarded the Sandersons Art in Industry Award to travel in Japan, where he concentrated on the skills of metal inlay and patination. He went on to develop his own sophisticated and exacting method of anodizing titanium allowing him to achieve a remarkably complex and painterly effect. Variations of colour are created by varying the voltage and timing of the electrical current through the metal, while the sense of perspective is enhanced by polishing and sand-blasting. The fine detail he achieves is the reward of applying the current in a controlled way through the tip of a modified paintbrush.

The brooch shows de Large's fascination with flight and perspective, and also the inspiration of the artist René Escher. De Large has cited the monolith in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film '2001: A Space Odyssey' as the inspiration for the shadowy rectangular form visible on the surface of the brooch.

July 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM Everybody can reply

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Patrick Kapty

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Another wearable face sculpture by contemporary Italian artist, Giacomo Bevanati...

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January 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM Everybody can reply

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Patrick Kapty

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A superb vintage 1980s handmade sterling silver with gold overlay geometric design brooch.

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www.rubylane.com/item/1879775...

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A superb vintage 1980s one of a kind handmade sterling silver and 18K gold overlay geometric modernist brooch. A veritable symphony of geometry, and dimensional to boot! Measures 2.5" across by 1-1/8", and weighs 0.2 ounce or about 6 grams total. Unmarked, and no doubt a one of a kind unique creation by a talented artist/craftsman! I'm sure that this was originally sold in a gallery or art fair with paperwork for the artist, but that information was lost over the years. In any case, the work speaks for itself! Tested and guaranteed to be exactly as described. Excellent vintage condition.

April 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM Everybody can reply

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Patrick Kapty

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Coming to my Ruby Lane shop soon.

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May 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM Everybody can reply

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Patrick Kapty

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Modernist mixed metals sterling 18K gold and amethyst handmade wearable art earrings from the 1980s.

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a SUPERB pair of vintage 1980s 90s handmade sterling silver 18K gold overlay and amethyst geometric modernist mixed metals pierced earrings. A wonderfully detailed pair of modernist design entirely handmade wearable art earrings! Hammered sterling silver frame over a textured 18K gold overlay interior and a bezel-set vivid amethyst cabochon at center! 18K gold overlay and sterling silver back-side as shown. Measure 3/4" by 3/4", and the pair weigh 3.6 grams total. Unmarked, and no doubt originally sold in an art gallery or fair with accompanying paperwork that has been lost over the years. Tested and guaranteed to be exactly as described. Excellent vintage condition

January 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM Everybody can reply

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Babe Blue

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Little Leaf Necklace - Hand crafted in sterling silver with lavender chalecedony briolette.

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January 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM Everybody can reply

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