A classic modernist silver pendant or charm representing the Zodiac sign Virgo (“la Vierge”). A long-haired maiden holds a lily flower representing purity. The design is worked with a semi-matte finish and is enclosed in a polished frame. The pendant retains its original jump ring. The pendant is stamped with French second-standard (800/1000 pure) silver hallmarks in use before 1962 and an unidentified maker’s mark (A cross P).
- Origin: France, ca 1955
- Condition: excellent
- Dimensions: 25/32” x 25/32” (20 x 20 mm) excluding bail and jump ring
- Weight: 4.6 grams
A classic mid-century silver pendant or charm representing the Zodiac sign Sagittarius (“le Sagittaire”). The pendant shows a gender-neutral person with a bow and arrow. The pendant is also engraved with the classic iconographical arrow symbol for Sagittarius. The pendant retains its original jump ring. The pendant is stamped with French second-standard (800/1000 pure) silver hallmarks in use before 1962 and an unidentified maker’s mark (A cross P).
- Origin: France, ca 1955
- Condition: excellent
- Dimensions: 3/4” x 13/16” excluding bail and jump ring
- Weight; 6.6 grams
A classic modernist silver pendant or charm representing the Zodiac sign Sagittarius (“le Sagittaire”). A long-haired maiden holds a bow and arrow. The design is worked with a semi-matte finish and is enclosed in a highly-polished frame. The pendant retains its original jump ring. The pendant is stamped with French second-standard (800/1000 pure) silver hallmarks in use before 1962 and an unidentified maker’s mark (A cross P).
- Origin: France, ca 1955
- Condition: excellent
- Dimensions: 25/32” x 25/32” (20 x 20 mm) excluding bail and jump ring
- Weight: 4.6 grams
A nice mid-century French sterling silver zodiac pendant with the sign for Scorpio. The design is intended to look like an ancient coin with borders that are out of round, areas of deliberate wear, and a stippled background. The reverse shows the corresponding astrological sign. The pendant is stamped with French silver marks used before 1962.
- Origin: France, ca. 1955
- Condition: excellent
- Dimensions: 1-1/8” x 1-1/16”, excluding the jump ring
- Weight: 10.2 grams.
A classic mid-century French sterling silver zodiac pendant with the sign for Aquarius. The design shows a stylized woman spilling water from a cornucopia. The design has a 1970s vibe, but the silver hallmark was only used until 1962. The pendant is also stamped with an illegible silversmith’s mark.
- Origin: France, ca. 1960
- Condition: excellent
- Dimensions: 7/8” x 1-1/16” (excluding bail and jump ring)
- 11.1 g.
A nice silver pendant depicting the solar system and the attributes of the sign Scorpio—a scorpion a depiction of the god Mars representing the planet that rules those born into Scorpio. The pendant is signed “AC” and is stamped with French silver hallmarks.
- Origin: France, ca. 1970
- Condition: excellent
- Dimensions: 15/16” x 1-3/8”
- Weight: 8.6 grams
An interesting silver pendant depicting the solar system and the attributes of the sign Leo—a lion and a depiction of the sun representing the heavenly body that rules those born into Leo. The pendant is signed “AC” and is stamped with French silver hallmarks.
- Origin: France, ca. 1970
- Condition: excellent
- Dimensions: 3/4” x 1-1/4”
- Weight: 5.2 grams
A very nice modernist silverplate over copper tie bar decorated with a design of coiled silver wire by studio jewelers Morley & Kim Crimi. This use of coiled wire is characteristic of the maker, who more frequently worked in copper than in silver. The back is marked “Morley-Crimi Hand Wrought”.
Origin: America, ca. 1955. Condition: good, some wear to lacquered finish near solder joints. Size: 2-3/4” x 11/16”.