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A sapphire and ruby orb locket

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A sapphire and ruby orb locket, the textured matte finish yellow metal orb set with five rubies and five sapphires, the centre enclosing three hinged vacant apertures for photographes, not stamped, 23mm diameter, weight approx 13.4g

Note- By repute of the vendor, this orb pendant was designed and made by Barry Silberberg, a jeweller who worked in New York. He was a holocaust survivor and after the war he was a jeweller's apprentice in Bolivia. He immigrated to America, with a young wife and son, in 1951. He often made these stone set multi-frame lockets, Similar examples can be found on Etsy.


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A sapphire and ruby orb locket, the textured matte finish yellow metal orb set with five rubies and five sapphires, the centre enclosing three hinged vacant apertures for photographes, not stamped, 23mm diameter, weight approx 13.4g

Note- By repute of the vendor, this orb pendant was designed and made by Barry Silberberg, a jeweller who worked in New York. He was a holocaust survivor and after the war he was a jeweller's apprentice in Bolivia. He immigrated to America, with a young wife and son, in 1951. He often made these stone set multi-frame lockets, Similar examples can be found on Etsy.

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