Necklaces 1940s. Below are some examples of necklaces from the 1940s including a necklace by Alexander Calder and a jadeite necklace by Enos Richardson & Co.
Necklace ca. 1940 Alexander Calder American Calder produced more than eighteen hundred pieces of jewelry, most of them between 1933 and 1952. Many of these pieces were made specifically for family members or friends and given away on special occasions. Each necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, or earring was a unique, handcrafted design to which he applied his skills as a metalworker and his visual wit, just as he did when he created mobiles and bent-wire sculptures. This necklace was made by hammering brass wires into flat strips and then fashioning them into a linear design that relates directly to his early wire portraits.
Reference: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Necklace ca. 1940 Alexander Calder American![Necklace, chain with locket containing perfume bottle and fabric leaves, metal/glass/shell/paper/fabric, designed by Elsa Schiaparelli, Paris, [c 1940]](https://pastimefashions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/necklace-1940s-locket.jpg)
Necklace, chain with locket containing perfume bottle and fabric leaves, metal/glass/shell/paper/fabric, designed by Elsa Schiaparelli, Paris, [c 1940] Long, double-link chain necklace, metal with gold finish, supporting a multi-faceted, multi-coloured, circular piece of cut glass [amber stone?], fixed with claws to a circular, gold metal, twisted rope base. Hanging from the stone is a vertical, oval-shaped, open-work lattice, gold metal locket that is opened by a purse clasp on the right hand side. The locket is decorated with a small, gold metal flower, complete with stem and leaves, entwined in the lattice in the top right hand corner. In the bottom left hand corner is a second flower with large, pink glass petals and a tiny, dark blue glass centre. Resting on the top edge of this flower is a gold metal fly with dark blue, papau shell wing decoration. Much of the gold finish on the locket has worn away exposing a silver coloured metal. The locket contains a miniature perfume bottle in the shape of a woman’s torso, some perfume still remains. The bottle has a gold coloured, metal lid. Encircling the neck and crossing in the front of the torso is a paper tape measure. Manufacturer’s name and perfume name in black, cursive script on the tape measure, written ‘Schiaparelli’ and ‘Shocking’. There are also graduations marked in green on the tape measure. A circular, gold sticker with a hot pink, angular ‘S’ in the centre, secures the ends of the tape measure to the waist area of the torso. The bottle sits within the locket on a bed of several, small, green fabric leaves that are affixed together with glue, the leaves show impressed variegations. (-1) Chain with locket (-2) Perfume bottle (-3) Bed of fabric leaves
Reference: Museum of Applied Art and Sciences
Diamond necklace, 1940s The scroll motifs decorated with single-cut diamonds, connected by Brazillian linking, length approximately 400mm, French assay and partial maker’s marks.
Sold for 3,750 GBP at Sotheby’s in 2017
A jadeite necklace and bracelet suite, by Enos Richardson & Co., New York, 1940s The necklace formed as a series of octagonal jadeite links carved to depict birds and foliage, to rubover settings, the shaped plaques between each enamelled to depict a green dragon on a banded black ground, all leading to an oval jadeite plaque, carved and pierced to depict a stylised foliate motif, principal plaque width 40mm, necklace length 41cm, together with a bracelet of complimentary design, length 18.50cm, both stamped & signed ‘R14K’, jadeites untested
Sold for £ 1,875 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2014
A jadeite necklace and bracelet suite, by Enos Richardson & Co., New York, 1940s
Sold for USD 38,240 at Christie’s in 2004
Miriam Haskell Ring Pendant Necklace American, 1940s American, 1940s Gilt-metal gate link form suspending rings covered with amber beads alternating with metallic yellow beads, marked: Miriam Haskell.
Sold for $1,700 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle New York in 2002
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