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  Mitsukoshi Japan / Early Showa Period Silver Vase c. 1925-30

  MITSUKOSHI   Japan
  EARLY SHOWA PERIOD (1926-1989)  Japan

  Vase  c. 1925-30

  Silver with repoussé blossoms and leaves on a bulbous form with collar

  Marks: Mitsukoshi (Japanese characters)

  H: 6” x D: 9 1/2”

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  British “Tree Frog” brooch, silver set with green and clear paste jewels, red jewel eyes, marks c. 1895

  Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution with compelling evidence in his 1859 book “On the Origin of Species” overcoming scientific rejection of earlier concepts of transmutation of specie.  By the 1870s both the scientific community and much of the general public had accepted evolution as a fact and awakening the public to the diversity of life. The frog emerging from Darwin’s Pond was a symbol of the times and a favorite theme for jewelry of the era.

  
  

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  Mitzi Otten-Friedmann / Wiener Werkstaette reverse painted glass and silver brooch, signed c. 1915

  MITZI OTTEN-FRIEDMANN (1884-1955) Austria

  WIENER WERKSTÄTTE (1903-1932)

  Brooch   c. 1915

  Reverse-painted glass depicting a couple set in a silver frame / back

  Marks: M. OTTEN-FRIEDMANN on the front (right), the reverse stamped: WW, Vienna assay mark for 900 silver

  D: 2 3/8”

  Rosalia Marie Friedmann-Otten (“Mitzi”) * November 28, 1884 Vienna, † May 5, 1955 New York, NY

  Student at the School of Applied Arts in Vienna (with Oskar Strnad), Friedmann-Otten participated in numerous exhibitions (including art shows in 1908, 1920; Neukunstgruppe 1909; German Women’s Art in 1925; Werkbundausstellung 1930). Member of the Austrian Werkbund, the Wiener Werkstätte and the Neukunstgruppe. One of the most versatile artists (commercial art, metalwork, jewelry, fashion, starting from 1920 mainly enamel works, including large-scale email pictures), Friedmann-Otten had to flee in 1938 to the United States.

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  Ane Christensen Contemporary British Sterling Silver Bowl 1999

  ANE CHRISTENSEN (b.1972) born in Copenhagen, Denmark/ based in London, UK

  Bowl  1999

  Sterling silver

  Marks: AKC, 925, Z, British hallmarks

  H: 2 ½” x L: 12”

  Price: $5,950

  The starting point for all of metalworker Ane Christensen’s tableware is a single sheet of metal. Her aim is to develop a three dimensional object from a flat sheet without adding or removing any elements. Japanese paper packaging influences Ane’s work, but a more important influence is the half finished or half demolished structures of building sites that she says can hold unexpected sculptural qualities.

  Ane graduated from the Royal College of Art and has since been involved in exhibitions in London, Denmark and Copenhagen, including more recently at Collect, V&A.

  Ane makes pieces in a variety of metals including silver, stainless steel and powder coated copper.