Vintage Silver Choker Necklace by Atelier Borgila Made 1956

This silver and gilded silver neck ring features a bold, sculptural design with a dynamic, asymmetrical shape that elegantly curves around the neck and rests fluidly on the collarbon...

This necklace was called "summer flower" by its creator Anna Hultberg. The design is tight and makes you think of jewelry worn by the Egyptians in the old days. The simplicity of the...

This vintage neck ring is crafted in silver with a gilded silver butterfly adornment. The ring is open and rests around the neck with a gentle curve, designed to be worn so that the ...

This vintage silver necklace features a sculptural, upward-rising form that frames the neckline with a flowing, asymmetrical contour. Each segment is shaped with a precise transition...

Vintage Clara Studio Silver Tone Choker Necklace Circa 1990s. This is one of the most chic pieces of jewelry ever. It has been in style since the beginning of time and will be in st...

Vintage Silver Tone Rondelles Choker Necklace Circa 1940s. These are some of my favorite necklaces from the 1940s. I love rondelles. This is one of the most unusual and well-made ne...

A bespoken sterling silver chocker necklace very bold design by Graziella Laffi (1923-2009), Lima, Peru, circa 1970s. The chocker features six subtly hammered roundels radiating into a trio of Axe-shaped fixed pendants, with two smaller ones flanking a large central one. The shape of the axe was often found in the Pre-Columbian art. As a bronze age tool, it symbolizes power. The necklace is not chain link but cast and joined as a solid chocker with box clasp mechanism. The design radiates a sense of history with the primitive tribal geometry in form, yet the necklace appears beyond ethnic, it exuberates a confident and bold modernistic aesthetic. The drop of the necklace on the mannequin (not included) is 11". It has an approximate 16" circumference and weighs 320 grams (10.3 troy ounces). It was tested as 900 purity with XRF analyzer. There is a Peruvian Cultural Ministry label applied and a catalog sticker on verso as shown. Graziella Laffi was born in 1923 in Florence, Italy to Gino Laffi, a silversmith and artist. Following her family tradition, Graziella enrolled in master classes after elementary school, focusing on design and painting. She next attended Escuela de Bellas Artes de Puerta Romana for three years, where Gino taught, and then to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, where she concentrated in architecture until the start of World War II. In 1947, Graziella, then twenty-four, immigrated with her parents to Peru. Gino later created a silversmith studio and showroom called Fabrica Laffi on Avenue Mexico, where Graziella initially learned her Craft. The Pre-Columbian culture in her adopted country inspired Graziella to travel and collect, which ultimately influence her design in the silver pieces. Graziella learned the metalworking techniques of the ancient Peruvian civilizations and rejected the current technology. She mostly used hammering, rolling and creating joints as the ancients do. As an ambassador of Peruvian culture, her work promoted the indigenous Peruvian art and rekindled the interest in its ancient heritage throughout South America, the United States and Europe. She exhibited her growing collection of Peruvian artifacts...

A fine signed Mid-Century Modern silver choker or collar necklace. In sterling silver. By Paul Lobel. Lobel was a Romanian-born and New York based jeweler, designer, illustrator wh...