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FridaysJoy

San Francisco, CA

Custom jeweler and vintage jewelry dealer at Friday's Joy on Ruby Lane. I seek the unusual and unique, and favor old silver, especially brooches, and pre-eagle TaxcoCustom jeweler and vintage jewelry dealer at Friday's Joy on Ruby Lane. I seek the unusual and unique, and favor old silver, especially brooches, and pre-eagle Taxco. Also an author/editor, I enjoy writing product descriptions that are entertaining, educational, and intriguing. Very often a client will say it was the story that put them over the edge. Come visit me. (Read more)

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Two Frogs on Lily Pads, Carved Yellow Amber - Animalsin Animals
Custom Fourth-of-July Necklace: Vintage Pearls, Lapis, Coral - Fine Jewelryin Fine Jewelry
William Kerr Crab Brooch - Fine Jewelryin Fine Jewelry
Early Taxco, or Pre-Columbian Re-do? - Fine Jewelryin Fine Jewelry
Brutalist Ring in Sterling, most probably European ca. WW2 - Fine Jewelryin Fine Jewelry
Vintage Exquisitely Carved MOP Chrysanthemum Brooch - Fine Jewelryin Fine Jewelry
Four Vintage MOP Bethlehem Stars - Fine Jewelryin Fine Jewelry
A Deco Uranium Glass Choker, Re-styled to Opera Length with Quartz Crystals - Costume Jewelryin Costume Jewelry
Two Murano Geode Bowls, by Seguso and Poli - Art Glassin Art Glass
Sterling with Amethyst Post-Modern-Organic Brooch that Got Away - Fine Jewelryin Fine Jewelry

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  1. Very cool to know the background of the piece. I say: there's always, always a story. And the story is often more intriguing, which is not to say valuable, than the object itself. If I tell you there'...
  2. Marvelous piece. If there are no other marks than 18K on it, it is most likely American, and exceptional work for a US jeweler, unless one goes East to the big names in New York and New England. It wo...
  3. I have one almost identical, but no basket and it needs a new handle. But more to the point, you may know the fellow who carved my amber frogs??? Please do contact him and me..and when I have more tim...
  4. Dear ho2cultcha (great handle, BTW; LOVE D Parker); How very interesting! Might you ask your friend Richard if he made this carving? Because I would dearly love to be able to attribute it. AND see ...
  5. Dear Dav2no1, I distinctly recall the gallerist telling me tha she had an exclusive arrangement with a Richard somebody (I believe) so that she dealt everything he carved that she fancied. He did h...
  6. Absolutely fantastic. What a glorious anachronism, and a piece of history you have there. So beautiful. Enjoy your very real Treasure.
  7. I don't care who made it, it's absolutely gorgeous. Keep it and take good care of it. It will be valuable sooner or later. Probably sooner. Just gorgeous.
  8. Dear Apostata, I've always been a fan, in a love/hate sort of way, of pedantic obfuscation, which isnot to say that it's a crime meriting defenestration. Oligarchies, schmoligarchies--it doesn't re...
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