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
An early Mexican Deco silver repousse "mask" brooch, this pieces is wrought in sterling and its maker adorned their portrait with a long, dangling earring. It is evident from the piece's craftsmanship that its creator was well-trained maestro. Despite the thinner gauge of sterling sheet used, there is depth and good definition in the repoussage which result in easily "readable" details and good sculpturality. I have had many "mask" jewelry over the years by both anonymous and well-known makers and even though I never tire of them, nowadays such a piece has to have something special to attract my attention. In this case, it's the carefully designed headdress, the statement-making earring with its own amethyst dangle and the unusually elongated face with its pronounced chin...
Size / Weight: 3" tall by 1 3/4" wide; 17.7 grams
Hallmarks / Date: "STERLING MEXICO"; pre-1948
Condition: excellent vintage with very good definition and sculptural quality in the repoussage, richly colored amethyst components, eye-catching design and size, with no damage or repairs noted
Inv# 15959
An early Mexican Deco silver repousse "mask" brooch, this pieces is wrought in sterling and its maker adorned their portrait with a long, dangling earring. It is evident from the piece's craftsmanship that its creator was well-trained maestro. Despite the thinner gauge of sterling sheet used, there is depth and good definition in the repoussage which result in easily "readable" details and good sculpturality. I have had many "mask" jewelry over the years by both anonymous and well-known makers and even though I never tire of them, nowadays such a piece has to have something special to attract my attention. In this case, it's the carefully designed headdress, the statement-making earring with its own amethyst dangle and the unusually elongated face with its pronounced chin...
Size / Weight: 3" tall by 1 3/4" wide; 17.7 grams
Hallmarks / Date: "STERLING MEXICO"; pre-1948
Condition: excellent vintage with very good definition and sculptural quality in the repoussage, richly colored amethyst components, eye-catching design and size, with no damage or repairs noted
Inv# 15959
