$1,896
Solar-Lunar Necklace #7, Margret Craver, glass and gold leaf, dia. 2 5/8 in., with acrylic torque. Note: From the Estate of Margret Craver Withers (1907-2010). Note: Craver created the Solar-Lunar Cosmos series in the late 1970s. Each transparent glass pendant is set with either gold or silver foil symbolizing the relationship between sun (gold) and moon (silver), and the eternal cycles they represent. Each one is suspended from a simple, clear acrylic torque that wraps around the neck and allows the pendant to be worn uninterrupted, creating an interaction between wearer and viewer: the pendant changes with the light as the wearer moves. Skinner is pleased to offer eleven of the twelve pendants from this series, which is unique. Margret Craver had numerous accomplishments as a modernist jeweler and metalsmith. She was largely self taught. Craver was born in Pratt, Kansas, and introduced to metalsmithing as a design major at the University of Kansas in the late 1920s. In 1938 she traveled to Sweden to study with Baron Erik Fleming, silversmith to the King. Under his tutelage, Craver refined her craft and sharpened her skills. Silver was her medium of choice, but she also worked in enamel and gemstones. During the war Craver taught metalwork to veterans as a means of therapy at Walter Reed Army Hospital. From there, she was appointed Director, Craft Service Department, at Handy and Harman. Craver cut her own gemstones (lot 460) and rediscovered the lost technique of en resi Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-06-14
