Giant Modernist Silvertone Ring

This bold modernist ring is super chic and I have owned it for a few years.  It is one of my first pieces and still one of my favorites.  It is not marked, but is very well-made.  I believe it is most likely from the 1960s or 1970s.  This ring is done in a modernist style, meaning it was created as "wearable art." 

The true Modernist movement in jewelry took place from the 1930s throught the 1960s in the United States (from New York City to Baltimore to San Franciso) and throughout Scandinavia.  According to http://www.collectorsweekly.com/, "Victorian jewelry was dismissed as too decorative, Art Nouveau pieces were deemed too fussy, and the Art Deco aesthetic was considered excessively rigid," and thus the Modernist movement was born.

Feel free to contact me if you are interested in purchasing this piece.  Questions, comments, and additional information are always appreciated.  My online shop on http://www.rubylane.com/ is coming soon.

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Collectors Weekly. Retrieved 5/15/2011 from http://www.collectorsweekly.com/fine-jewelry/modernist