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  Black Starr & Frost American Art Nouveau Sterling Mounted Jewelry Box c.1900

  BLACK STARR & FROST New York, NY

  Art Nouveau Sterling and Mahogany Jewelry Box   c.1900

  Mahogany jewelry box with thick sterling silver decorative graphic mountings in an elaborate Art Nouveau whiplash design, original key

  Marks: Eagle mark (Company logo) BLACK STARR & FROST, Sterling

  For more information see: American Jewelry Manufacturers, Dorothy T. Rainwater (West Chester, Penn.:  Schiffer, 1988)

  H: 4 1/2″ x W: 10 1/2″ x D: 7″

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  One of America’s oldest fine jewelers, Black, Starr and Frost traces its roots to 1810. In that year, Erastus Barton and Frederick Marquand opened Marquand and Barton near New York’s Maiden Lane. The firm added and lost partners numerous times and it also frequently moved locations in accordance with the addresses of its prestigious clientele. Its merchandise was eclectic and greatly varied including, lamps, jewelry, paintings, porcelain, and artistic objects. In 1876, the firm changed its name from Black, Ball, and Co. to Black, Starr, and Frost, and moved to 251 Fifth Avenue. Its inventory became focused on jewelry and silver objects, some imported from Europe, some produced in-house. For many decades, the renowned jewelry house, Black, Starr, and Frost was considered one of the great American jewelers. In 1876, it was invited to exhibit at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia along with renowned firms like Tiffany & Company, Whiting, and Gorham. In 1939, the firm was one of five American jewelers invited to exhibit at the New York’s World’s Fair. In 1929, it merged with Gorham to become Black, Starr, Frost – Gorham.

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  Ando Jubei Japanese Meiji Period Arts & Crafts Enamel and Copper Box c. 1900

  Ando Jubei Nagoya, Japan
  Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1912)  Japan

  Enamel and copper covered box circa 1900

  Patinated copper, applied foil-backed enameled red berries, stylized green leaves and vines, riveted corners.

  H: 1 5/8″ x D: 4″ x W: 5 3/4″

   

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  Tommi Parzinger, Sterling covered pedestal cigarette box with neoclassical motifs c. 1938

  TOMMI PARZINGER  (1903-1981)  Germany/USA

  PETER ALBERT REIMES Silversmith (1900-1945) Germany / USA

  Sterling covered pedestal cigarette box with neoclassical motifs c. 1938

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  Bernhard Amster Austrian Silver “Winged Heart” Covered Box c.1910

  BERNHARD AMSTER (active Vienna early 20th century)  Austria JEWELER, GOLDSMITH AND SILVERSMITH

  “Winged Heart” Covered Box  c. 1910

  Handwrought and hand-hammered silver in a half oval form on four cylindrical feet with heart-shaped finial inset with bone and stylized silver feathers
  Marked: BA (in a rectangle 2x), Austrian touchmark for 800 silver (in a pentagon 2x)

  For more information see: Blühender Jugendstil – Österreich (Art Nouveau in Blossom – Austria), Firmen und Marken (Companies and Marks), Waltraud Neuwirth, II (Vienna: Selbstverlag Neuwirth, 1991)

  H: 4 1/2″ x W: 6 1/2″ x D: 4 3/4″

  Price: $5,750