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
Known for her bold modernist designs and her love for big, gem- and stone-studded bracelets Carmen Beckmann was equally creative when allowing the Spanish Colonial tradition to influence her work. That “old way” of doing things manifests itself here in the heart-shaped wire-work appliques that support the luscious tiger’s eye cabochon, bringing to mind the more delicate, ornate filigree jewelry every silversmith in the country knew how to make. Everything else, however, from the oversized hand-wrought prongs keeping the stone in place to the imposing presence of the stone itself provide hints as to the hand that signed this beauty…
Size / Weight: sz 6.5 US (resizable by a good jeweler); face is 1” N-S by 3/4” E-W; approx. 1/2” rise; 12.0 grams
Hallmarks / Date: maker’s signature as shown as well as “MEXICO” and “STERLING”; 1950s-60s
Condition: excellent vintage with a great stone, very carefully crafted, with fantastic patina and no damage or repairs noted
Inv# 15517
Known for her bold modernist designs and her love for big, gem- and stone-studded bracelets Carmen Beckmann was equally creative when allowing the Spanish Colonial tradition to influence her work. That “old way” of doing things manifests itself here in the heart-shaped wire-work appliques that support the luscious tiger’s eye cabochon, bringing to mind the more delicate, ornate filigree jewelry every silversmith in the country knew how to make. Everything else, however, from the oversized hand-wrought prongs keeping the stone in place to the imposing presence of the stone itself provide hints as to the hand that signed this beauty…
Size / Weight: sz 6.5 US (resizable by a good jeweler); face is 1” N-S by 3/4” E-W; approx. 1/2” rise; 12.0 grams
Hallmarks / Date: maker’s signature as shown as well as “MEXICO” and “STERLING”; 1950s-60s
Condition: excellent vintage with a great stone, very carefully crafted, with fantastic patina and no damage or repairs noted
Inv# 15517
