A large group of silver brooches
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Description
Mid-20th Century and later
Variously marked; All but one marked for silver
Comprising a group of eighteen floral and modernist-style brooches, some stone-set, with eight marked for Mexico, including a small ornate brooch (Stamped: PC [conjoined, for Pedro Castillo] / Sterling / Hecho en Mexico / Taxco / 138; 1.5" H), and five stamped for various makers including a Danish elongated heart pin (Stamped: [cipher for Christian Veilskov] / Denmark / Sterling / 925; 2.25" H), two ornate openwork pins, one with a simulated pearl (marked: Van Dell Sterling; the other marked: Beau Sterling; 2" & 2.5" H), a large leaf-shaped pin (Stamped: W/Yellowhorse / USA / Sterling; 2.5" H), and a Finnish stone-set pin (Stamped: HGL / [crown in heart, for Finland domestic] / 916H / [boat for Helsinki] / G7 [for 1960]; 1.25" H, 18 pieces
Largest: 3.25" H
Weighable silver: 202.1 grams gross
Provenance: The Goodenough Estate, benefiting St. James Episcopal Church, Waimea, HI
Variously marked; All but one marked for silver
Comprising a group of eighteen floral and modernist-style brooches, some stone-set, with eight marked for Mexico, including a small ornate brooch (Stamped: PC [conjoined, for Pedro Castillo] / Sterling / Hecho en Mexico / Taxco / 138; 1.5" H), and five stamped for various makers including a Danish elongated heart pin (Stamped: [cipher for Christian Veilskov] / Denmark / Sterling / 925; 2.25" H), two ornate openwork pins, one with a simulated pearl (marked: Van Dell Sterling; the other marked: Beau Sterling; 2" & 2.5" H), a large leaf-shaped pin (Stamped: W/Yellowhorse / USA / Sterling; 2.5" H), and a Finnish stone-set pin (Stamped: HGL / [crown in heart, for Finland domestic] / 916H / [boat for Helsinki] / G7 [for 1960]; 1.25" H, 18 pieces
Largest: 3.25" H
Weighable silver: 202.1 grams gross
Provenance: The Goodenough Estate, benefiting St. James Episcopal Church, Waimea, HI
Condition
Each in overall good condition with light tarnishing and scratches commensurate with age and use. Scattered stones with abrasions. Purple stone of large floral brooch is slightly loose in setting, and has scattered small chips and small fractures to some edges.
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A large group of silver brooches
Estimate $200 - $300
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