Silver and Onyx Cruciform Pendant on Silver -Tipped Velvet Cord
Antonio Pineda
- Savvy Price $950.00
- Gallery Price $1,200.00
- Title
- Silver and Onyx Cruciform Pendant on Silver -Tipped Velvet Cord
- Artist
- Antonio Pineda
- Medium
- Sterling silver, black onyx, black silver velvet
- Size
- Pendant is 2 3/8" height X 2 3/8" width. Bail is 5/8" height X 7/16". Cord length is 23" including 1/2" diameter terminals
- Signed
- Stamps "include crown, eagle, 970 silver, sterling, Mexico, 634 and YY"
- Date of creation
- Mid 20th century
- Condition
- Excellent
- Description
- Black as midnight relieved by soft moon light, this romantic work of art is both a symbol of Faith and the guiding North Star. Everything has been considered in the design and created of this dramatic, timeless neckpiece.
- Provenance
- Ju Cur
- About The Silver and Onyx Cruciform Pendant on Silver -Tipped Velvet Cord
Ingot silver, 970 sterling, black onyx and black silk velvet were used to created this handsome pendant neckware.
Like its limited edition design #634 sisters, this cruciform "necklace" was created entirely by hand. Initailed with a YY stamp, by the shop silversmith who made it, indicates a special skill merited status. Antonio Pineda recognized the, as yet unidentified, maker as an artist in his or her own right.
All of the silver is fabricated from hand mill rolled sheet and drawn wire. The centerpiece quatrefoil arms are file carved from focal point taper to "star" finials. The precise bezels and half ring cut onyx inlays are all exquisitely and expertly executed by a highly skilled artist of whom Antonio Pineda was proud.
Round terminals of silver, shaped and filed to represent germinating seeds, finish the ends of a silken black velvet "cord". This "cord" is actually a tube sewn from bias cut fabric. The silver terminals prevent removal of the pendant and provide counterweight when tied at the back of the neck.
- About Antonio Pineda
- (1919-2009) "Antonio Pineda, was an internationally renowned Mexican modernist silversmith who was praised for his bold, striking jewelry designs and ingenious use of gemstones. A Taxco native, Pineda was among the most prominent of the many silversmiths to emerge from the mountain mining town beginning in the 1930s."
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