06-15-201006-15-2010
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2510Boston
June 15, 2010 10:00 AMCalender
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Artist-designed Silver and Brass Ring, Peter Macchiarini

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$1,126$950
Auction: Fine Jewelry - 2510Location: BostonDate / Time: June 15, 2010 10:00AM

Description:

Artist-designed Silver and Brass Ring, Peter Macchiarini, mid to late 1940s, the wave motif with bronze accents, size 7 1/2, signed MACC, with original Fifty-50 box, (sized).

Note: Macchiarini (1907-2001) trained in Europe as a sculptor in the 1920s, and returned to his native state of California to work as a stone carver, sculptor, and self-taught jeweler. Many of his first pieces of jewelry were made from silver and display a constructivist interest in internal structure and layering.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Keywords

Peter Macchiarini, sculptor , and self-taught jeweler