Vintage 1950s Signed Sterling Silver STUART NYE 3.5" Dogwood Blossom Brooch Pin

Vintage 1950s Signed Sterling Silver STUART NYE 3.5" Dogwood Blossom Brooch Pin
Brooch measures 3 1/2" x 2"
Clearly Hallmarked with NYE Makers Mark.
Also Hallmarked Sterling.
Completely mage by hand.
Made in Asheville, NC. USA
Roll-Over pin fastener.
This piece is in excellent shape with great patina.
Stuart Nye had been a patient at the VA hospital in Oteen, which is just east of Asheville. While he was there he bought some metalworking tools from another patient. In 1933 he began making silver jewelry, based on some carvings he had made of dogwood blossoms.
His work was discovered by Ralph Morris, a buyer for Ivey’s, a major Asheville department store, which became one of the biggest supporters of Nye’s jewelry. Stuart Nye became well known throughout Western North Carolina during the 1940s all the way into the 1970s, and Nye jewelry would have been high on your wish list.

Very Good

18%

Margaret Lippman | (917) 664-6129 | Margaret@mjldirection.com

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