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Virgil Cantini enamel on copper screwback earrings, red with white flower design with gold leaf, mottled green on back; 3/4" x 3/4"; marked:"CANTINI"; fine condition.
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.) Cantini's
work is also shown in Painting with Fire, Masters of Enameling in
American, 1930 - 1980.
This bracelet is pictured in my book,
Form & Function, American Modernist Jewelry, 1940 - 1970 on page
123. It was exhibited in American Modernist Jewelry at
the Fort Wayne Museum of Art in 2008
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