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
Made in one of the countries of mainland South-east Asia which were, at the time, under French colonial control, this silver repousse brooch bespeaks the level of craftsmanship local silversmiths had attained and their attention to composition and design execution. Hand-crafted during the first decades of the 20th c., I believe, the brooch is characteristic of the style and techniques that flourished in that area of the world. Minutely etched repoussage with crisp delineation in the scene's different elements and careful finishing along with the patina of a long, well-lived life bestow a sculpturality which makes each component stand out: the mother and child in the foreground, the temples left and right and the bridge right behind them and in the background the lush foliage of trees...
Size / Weight: just a tad above 2 1/2" long by 1 5/8" tall; 17.9 grams
Hallmarks / Date: maker's logo as shown as well as "MADE IN INDOCHINA" and "SILVER"; 1920s-40s
Condition: excellent vintage with beautiful craftsmanship and a richly detailed figural design, having nice patina and good size, with no damage and no repairs noted
Inv# 13976
Made in one of the countries of mainland South-east Asia which were, at the time, under French colonial control, this silver repousse brooch bespeaks the level of craftsmanship local silversmiths had attained and their attention to composition and design execution. Hand-crafted during the first decades of the 20th c., I believe, the brooch is characteristic of the style and techniques that flourished in that area of the world. Minutely etched repoussage with crisp delineation in the scene's different elements and careful finishing along with the patina of a long, well-lived life bestow a sculpturality which makes each component stand out: the mother and child in the foreground, the temples left and right and the bridge right behind them and in the background the lush foliage of trees...
Size / Weight: just a tad above 2 1/2" long by 1 5/8" tall; 17.9 grams
Hallmarks / Date: maker's logo as shown as well as "MADE IN INDOCHINA" and "SILVER"; 1920s-40s
Condition: excellent vintage with beautiful craftsmanship and a richly detailed figural design, having nice patina and good size, with no damage and no repairs noted
Inv# 13976
