Superb Ronald Hayes Pearson Sterling Silver & Brown Agate Modernist Neck Ring Circa 1960s

Inner Circumference: 14"R + 2.5"Gap (35.56cm + 6.35cm) Total: 16.5"R (41.91cm)

Markings: Pearson Sterling

Weight: 31.8g

Superb modernist style sterling silver and brown polished Agate Open front neck ring from the renowned jewelry designer Pearson. Features a tapered design going from wide and flat at the front left side, to thinner and vertical around the neck, to a thin tapered tip at the other end. The middle part of the vertical back has a soft edge jagged look top edge and recessed line design. Adorned with a stunning polished Agate cabochon that is prong set. Finish is a hammered semi-gloss and it has been professionally polished and looks almost new! It is slightly pliable and will comfortable fit a neck up to 19"R (48.26cm)

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.