Showing posts with label Hand Crafted Jewelry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hand Crafted Jewelry. Show all posts

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Antique U.S. Silver Dime Ear Dangles

Antique U.S. Silver Dime Coin Ear Wear
Barber Dimes & Seated Liberty Dimes
Barber Pair: 1899 & 1903
Seated Liberty Pair: 1877 & 1888
All Sterling Silver Wire
Rose Swarovski Crystal Accents













Monday, April 18, 2011

Easter Neckwear

EASTER NECK BEADS
About 19-19.5 inches long (including the hand fashioned copper clasp)
Strung on 7 strand Accu-Flex wire
Variety of vintage and contemporary Trade / Czech / Bohemian glass beads
The 3 focus beads are each a smallish vintage/antique glass Millefiori Venetian African Trade Bead
(I made these with a few children in mind)

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Big & Little Blue

"BIG BLUE"
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This piece is fashioned with a hand crafted fine silver clasp, 7 strand Accu-Flex beading wire (it's absolutely absurdly strong wire), various sized antique glass beads, a large U.S. copper penny dated 1838 (the year of the Trail of Tears) and a single U.S. Seated Liberty dime dated 1877 (the year Bell Telephone Company was incorporated with 778 phones).

"LITTLE BLUE"
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I am planning to give this piece to my daughter. 
I purchased the sterling silver heart toggle clasp from Embellish in Rocky River.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

The "A-Bomb" 1945

THE A-BOMB NECK PIECE
1945
U.S. Drops Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki

This neck wear is fashioned with various antique glass Trade Beads that were intended for use - and may very well have been used - in the North American Indian Trade. The wire is solid copper of about gauge 18 and the piece is composed with two separate segments joined by a hand fashioned copper clasp and a pendant arrangement of 18G sterling silver wire, copper wire and glass Trade Beads as well as the very nice U.S. Walking Liberty half dollar dated 1945 - the coin has been purposefully shined & buffed and holed by my own hand.

This piece is 'close fitting neck wear' as it will not 'slip on' over the head - the clasp must be used to secure the piece around the neck. 
The approximate diameter is 6 inches.

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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Heinrich Hertz Necklace


The Heinrich Hertz Necklace

1887 Morgan Dollar in Sterling Silver Coin Bezel

Silver & Cu Wire in 22 G with Millefiore Beads and Rose Quartz



USA Hand Crafted Jewelry