Dear Friends and Customers,
One Good Eye Silver is embarking on a big adventure as we prepare to move overseas. Though I am excited about our new beginning, I am also saddened for leaving after having spent almost thirty years in the US..
Until the move is completed, feel free to browse the site and email us with any questions you might have or to say “hi” but please do not try to purchase anything!
I am planning to re-configure the business and re-launch, from Europe this time, in the late Fall of 2024, if not earlier, and hope you will be patient and, once we are "live" again, honor us with your patronage.
Thank you very much for your trust all these years and for the thought-provoking conversations we have had - on jewelry, the history of personal adornment and life in general! See you again in a few months,
Margarita Poutouridou
One Good Eye Silver
Surrounded by the headless body of a coiled serpent the bezel-set turquoise adorning this Carmen Beckmann ring is one of the most visually interesting specimens of the stone I have recently seen. The variations in its green color in combination with the off-whites and the intense matrix come together in a way that suggests a mountainous landscape, dark boulders looming in the back, green grass still covered with patches of snow here and there. This is not elaborate, fussy design - the materials are honest and they, in a way, speak to the spectator in their own language, narrating their own story. In my book, this is what good design is all about…
Size / Weight: sz 5.75 US (I believe a good jeweler could re-size it without damaging the hallmarks); face is 1” N-S by approx. 3/4” E-W; 3/8” rise; 12.2 grams
Hallmarks / Date: fully signed with maker’s name as well as “MEXICO” and “STERLING”; 1960-80
Condition: excellent vintage with a beautiful stone, great patina and no damage or repairs noted
Inv# 16010
Surrounded by the headless body of a coiled serpent the bezel-set turquoise adorning this Carmen Beckmann ring is one of the most visually interesting specimens of the stone I have recently seen. The variations in its green color in combination with the off-whites and the intense matrix come together in a way that suggests a mountainous landscape, dark boulders looming in the back, green grass still covered with patches of snow here and there. This is not elaborate, fussy design - the materials are honest and they, in a way, speak to the spectator in their own language, narrating their own story. In my book, this is what good design is all about…
Size / Weight: sz 5.75 US (I believe a good jeweler could re-size it without damaging the hallmarks); face is 1” N-S by approx. 3/4” E-W; 3/8” rise; 12.2 grams
Hallmarks / Date: fully signed with maker’s name as well as “MEXICO” and “STERLING”; 1960-80
Condition: excellent vintage with a beautiful stone, great patina and no damage or repairs noted
Inv# 16010
