Jensen Silver Ring
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 10 with Silverball  US $1,190.00
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 1A MOONLIGHT US $1,046.00
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 VINTAGE GEORG JENSEN NO 11 830 SILVER MOONSTONE RING US $1,250.00
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 10 w Moonstone MOONLIGHT US $944.00
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 241 with 18 Ct Gold US $267.75
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 48 MOONLIGHT US $640.90
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 509 CAVE with 18 Ct Gold US $455.00
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 46 A MOONLIGHT US $304.00
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 55 LAPIS LAZULI RING GEORG JENSEN STERLING SILVER 71 2 US $369.99
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 Georg Jensen Silver Key Ring 44 Harald Nielsen US $175.00
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 Georg Jensen Silver Key Ring 31 with FROG US $169.99
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 57 Heritage Collection US $198.00
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 Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Ring 387 New Modern US $229.00
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 Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Ring 246 Koppel New US $279.00
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 Georg Jensen STERLING SILVER KEY RING w BOX 3525104 US $125.00
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 QUARTZ RING GEORG JENSEN STERLING SILVER DENMARK Sz525 US $299.99
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 Georg Jensen STERLING Silver Heart Key Ring 44 US $229.00
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 Georg Jensen STERLING Silver Key Ring 422 NEW US $229.00
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 Georg Jensen STERLING Silver Heart Key Ring NEW US $229.00
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 REMARKABLE GEORG JENSEN SILVER AND GOLD RING BY MINAS US $799.00
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 Antique Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Ring size 5 US $425.00
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 Georg Jensen STERLING SILVER KEY RING w BOX HEART US $175.00
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 LARGE GEORG JENSEN ART DECO RING SILVER RING WITH LAPIS US $1,025.00
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 GEORG JENSEN SILVER PENDANT ON A NECK RING 100 ZERO US $675.00
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 PLAIN MODERN GEORG JENSEN STERLING SILVER RING US $375.00
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 MODERN GEORG JENSEN 18K GOLD SILVER RING BY MUNTHE US $299.00
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 Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Ring A77B New Modern US $199.00
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 GEORG JENSEN JEWLERY DENMARK STERLING SILVER RING US $295.00
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 VINTAGE 59 GEORG JENSEN 925 STERLING SILVER RING US $47.00
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 60 B GROOVE US $179.00
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 46 C with Silverball US $225.25
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 46 C MOONLIGHT w Amethyst US $167.00
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 28C HERITAGE Size 49 US $117.30
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 51 with Silverstone US $490.00
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 Georg Jensen Silver Daisy Ring 18 mm US $200.00
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 91 US $248.00
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 Georg Jensen Gilted Silver Daisy Ring 11 mm US $153.00
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 369 MÖBIUS Size 47 US $210.00
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 93 US $425.00
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 60 D GROOVE US $279.00
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 46 C MOONLIGHT US $189.00
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring A 44 B US $124.00
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 36 MOONLIGHT w Moonstone US $198.00
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 36 MOONLIGHT w Amethyst US $198.00
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 89 Henning Koppel US $168.30
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 Georg Jensen Silver Ring 99 US $142.00
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Varsity Scoreboard: Tuesday, April 27
SOUTH DAKOTA BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION HONORS
Little Masterpieces At Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair
The International Art and Antiques Fair is held each year at the Olympia Exhibition Hall, Kensington, west London. I attended, as I do every year, excited, hoping to find some small treasure. My interest is Chinese art and antiques, which I have bought and sold, and collected for more than thirty years. I try to visit most of the Art and Antiques fairs in the UK and some in Europe and the US each year.
From a Chinese art point of view Olympia was a disappointment for me. Although I saw a few interesting pieces, the objects I would have liked to buy were too expensive or restored. I was resigned to leaving empty-handed. Not only empty-handed, disappointed, because I had not been really excited by anything I had seen and I had walked miles. Exhausted I headed for a coffee stand.
Unable to find a seat in the coffee shop, I sat on a long bench opposite a stand selling silver. Although I occasionally buy Chinese silver to sell, I have never been interested in collecting silver, always seeing it as too bright and needing too much attention to keep it that way. I rarely look at silver dealers stands, but as I sipped my coffee I looked at the objects this dealer was selling and quickly realised that many of them were much more than just silver. Gilded, silver beakers, tankards and large covered cups that looked like pineapples mingled with religious objects: a gilded monstrance, a rock crystal cross and various reliquaries. None of these objects were ordinary and they were all eighteenth century or earlier.
The man selling these items lifted various pieces out of the cabinets, cheerfully, giving information in excellent English with an accent I did not recognise. I looked at the name above the stand: Peter Szuhay - B59.
Somebody asked the price of a beautiful rhino-horn cup with a gilded, silver foot. I know nothing about European rhino-horn works of art, so when the potential buyer left and I had finished my coffee, I asked Mr Szuhay if he would show it to me.
We chatted about the cup, now standing between us on top of a glass showcase filled with jewellery and I discover that Mr Szuhay is Hungarian, has lived in London for over thirty years and has a permanent stand in Grays Antique Market, Davies Street, in London's West End, near Bond Street underground station. He is a leading expert on Continental silver and works of art. He showed me various beautiful pieces early silver, mentioning the famous towns of Augsburg and Nuremberg, of which, even a Chinese art dealer has heard. He also has an interest in later silver and he showed me some 19th century Russian silver and a magnificent 20th century silver fish-server by the Scandinavian master silversmith, Georg Jensen.
I noticed that, what I had initially dismissed as jewellery, in the showcase beneath the cup, was in fact an array of beautifully carved stone cameos and intaglios. I am used to seeing shells carved into portraits, mounted in brooches, usually from Italy and dating from the mid-nineteenth century until quite recently, but these pieces were something quite different and very exciting.
By now we were on first name terms and Peter showed me a selection of these carved stones, dating from the late nineteenth century back to Rome in the third century AD. Exquisite, tiny works of art, some signed by sixteenth century master carvers. We were interrupted and while Peter sold a Chinese silver box, which I had not even noticed was there and I walked to the other side of the stand, where he had a second jewellery showcase.
Here he was displaying, what appeared to be, a group of much more ordinary gold signet rings. But, when he returned to talk to me again, Peter put me straight. They were actually English Medieval rings of gold and silver. Some were signet rings others were guild rings or iconography rings, worn by pilgrims and etched with icons of Saint Christopher etc. There were sixteenth and seventeenth century Posy rings: mostly plain gold bands bearing sentiments etched around the inside of the ring, in Olde English. This was an area of collecting I had never considered. I have never had much interest in jewellery as adornment, but Peter's jewellery was a lot more than that - it was sculpture, design and graphic art and everything had a story and a history attached. These small masterpieces were a revelation to me.
I did not buy anything from Peter Szuhay at Olympia, although he did make my day and gave me something to write about. I did however promise to visit his shop in Grays Antique Market and I will, and I'm sure I will buy something from him soon. Peter also offers a selection of his stock at: http://peterszuhay.co.uk.
About the Author
Sam Scribbler. Ex ad-man living at the end of the world. http://www.vintageragtrader.com
