Superb Ronald Hayes Pearson Sterling Silver Modernist Multi Pendant Spikes Choker Necklace Circa 1960s Rare Signed Marked 1/12

Measurements: Inner Circumference: 15.25"R (38.74cm)

11 Pendants: .75" up to 2.5"L (1.91cm up to 6.35cm) 

Markings: Pearson Sterling  1/12

Weight: 31.9g

Superb modernist multi pendant spiked choker necklace by the renowned Pearson. Necklace features a total of 11 spiked pendant with white agate beads as spacers. This is one of only 12 made by Pearson and this is #1 in that series. A truly rare and exceptional estate find! It has recently been professionally polished and is in impeccable condition. 

Mannequin is a life-size torso representation  

Ronald Hayes Pearson (1926-1996) Attended the University of Wisconsin from 1942 to 1943 and, after service in the U.S. Merchant Marine, continued his studies at the School for American Craftsmen at Alfred University from 1947 to 1948. Pearson was an extremely important figure in the 20th Century American Modernist Jewelry movement after World World II. Together with John Prip and others, Ronald Pearson opened the highly acclaimed Shop One in Rochester, New York. He together with Stanley Lechtzin, Robert Ebendorf, and Olaf Skoogfors, was a founding member of the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG). Works by Pearson are held in important museums including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, MoMA in New York, Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and others, as well as in numerous important private collections.