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Beautiful enamel on copper screwback-type
earrings, 1-1/2” x 1-3/4”, marked “Cantini”
(in script) for Virgil Cantini. Virgil Cantini was born in Italy in 1919 and came to the US in 1930. He received his Master's Degree from the University of Pittsburgh where he became a Professor in the Henry Frick Fine Arts Department. In Time Magazine’s 1953 Poll he was named as one of the "Hundred Leaders of Tomorrow." He received numerous awards and prizes for his enamel work, many in the form of large-scale enamel panels and sculptures. (information from The Design and Creation of Jewelry by Robert von Neumann. These earrings are pictured in my book for Schiffer Publishing, American Modernist Jewely, 1930-1960, The Wearable Art Movement.) $225.00 (item #M628)
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