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  Wolfgang Gessl / Scandinavian Modern Sterling silver teapot with arching handle 1990

  WOLFGANG GESSL (b. 1949) Austria / Sweden

  Teapot 1990

  Hand wrought and hand hammered spherical silver teapot with cylindrical handle and spout elements, maple and padouk wood layered arching handle

  This is No. 2 out of the edition of 3 models.

  Marks: Wolfgang Gessl (script impressed signature), 2/3, WO.GE (in a rectangle), Swedish assay mark for Stockholm, 925 (silver guarantee in a rectangle), E11 (in a rectangle), LF

  Exhibited: Glänsande Geometri, Mettalum, Stockholm, Sweden

  Illustrated: Gold and Silversmith Wolfgang Gessl: Exceeding Geometry, Kerstin Wickman, p. 16.

  H: 10” x W: 16 ½” x D: 5 ½”

  Price: $32,000

  Wolfgang Gessl was born in 1949 in Vienna, Austria and trained as a goldsmith with Professor Hans Angerbauer. Upon moving to Sweden, Gessl studied under the eminent silversmith Sigurd Persson at Konstfack, the National University of Art, Craft and Design in Stockholm, Sweden.

  Wolfgang Gessl has had fifteen solo exhibitions including shows at The National Museum, Stockholm and The Royal College of Art in London. His metalwork has been widely exhibited in Sweden, Europe and the U.S and his pieces can be found in many private collections throughout the world. He has taught at Konstfack for more than twenty-four years, and continues to live and work in Stockholm.

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  Francisco Rebajes Pair of “Surreal Lips” brooches, copper, signed c. 1940

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

  MITSUKOSHI   Japan
  EARLY SHOWA PERIOD (1926-1989)  Japan

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  Marks: Mitsukoshi (Japanese characters)

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  Linda Lee Johnson, Organic Shaped Sculpted Silver bird bowl Vessel XII c. 2004

  LINDA LEE JOHNSON (1944-2018) Washington, DC

  Sculpted silver bowl “Vessel XII” c. 2004

  Irregular organic shaped lost wax cast silver bowl with an irregular shaped top and one pierced hole (3/4 inch). Approx. silver weight is 80 troy ounces.

  Marks: Logo monogram, 5/20, initial monogram

  H: 5 1/4″ x W: 8 1/2″ x D: 7 1/4″

  At the age of three Linda Lee Johnson was given a handmade Native American bracelet from her father, a naval aviator, and subsequently another every time they crossed the country. By the time she was seven, she had seven bracelets which she never removed. She was an American field service exchange student to Greece in high school. It was here that she developed her love of theater, sculpture and ancient
  jewelry. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in English literature and dramatic art and immediately began to study sculpture making.

  She was a founding member of the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and a professional actress for nineteen years with many major roles in New York city and regional theaters around the country and abroad.

  She studied jewelry making in New York City 1984-88.

  In 1986, she was asked to place her pieces in Tiffany & Co. in all major stores. At the same time she had many featured pieces of jewelry, small sculpture and functional objects in the Museum of Modern Art design store.

  Barney’s New York began to represent her in l989, where her jewelry and limited edition decorative art work are still found today.

  She lived in Washington DC and the Adirondack Mountains where she continued to craft and sculpt her jewelry and decorative works of art until her passing in 2018.