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Necklace

Cache
2012
24K gold plated 3.75″ brass capsule on 28″ chain

Wrapped Gold Bail
2012
14k Gold (shown with coral fragment)
.5″ x .4375″

Pinch
2012
Mastodon ivory, sterling silver, pearl
2″ x .625″

Copper Civil War store card stamped, ” Peter Warmkessel, 8 Duane St., New York” found on the shore of the East River in Brooklyn. From 1862 to 1864 the US Government allowed private businesses to mint their own one or two cent coins due to the hoarding of and subsequent shortage of government coins. Warmkessel ran a saloon out of the building that was also his residence at 8 Duane Street in Manhattan in the early 1860′s.

Top-drilled copper store card charm with sterling silver ring on sterling chain.

 

Jade bead, Sterling silver archery medal, and an 1862 British bronze penny on a 21.5″ sterling chain.

For Rosario (Rose Thorn Pendant)
2011
Pendant: Sterling silver, fine silver, red bronze
.75″ x .75″ x .25″
Private Collection

Bouquet
2011
Pendant: Sterling silver
3″ x .875″ x .625″

One
2011 (Editioned)
Pendant: Sterling silver
2.25″ x .09375″ x .09375″

Anthropologie catalog Issue Seven 2011, page 12 features a necklace named Art Installation Necklace.