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Jean Després

Silver and black onyx ring


Set with a sugarloaf cabochon black onyx; 1929
Silver
Signed J. Després with maker's mark
Ring size 7; Gross weight 8.3 dwts
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $2,016
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literature: Jean Després: Jeweler Maker and Designer of the Machine Age, Gabardi, pg. 104

This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

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I love metal. You have no idea what pleasure it gives me to see the material bend under the anvil and hear it grate in the vice. I tame it, but without breaking it. The idea is to leave all its vitality and suppleness intact.

Jean Després

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