Appraisal: Margaret De Patta Studio Jewelry, ca. 1949
Clip: Season 29 Episode 17 | 2m 27sVideo has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Margaret De Patta Studio Jewelry, ca. 1949
In Vintage San Jose, Hour 2, Rosalie Sayyah appraises Margaret De Patta studio jewelry, ca. 1950.
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Appraisal: Margaret De Patta Studio Jewelry, ca. 1949
Clip: Season 29 Episode 17 | 2m 27sVideo has Closed Captions
In Vintage San Jose, Hour 2, Rosalie Sayyah appraises Margaret De Patta studio jewelry, ca. 1950.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: I have some Margaret De Patta pieces that I inherited from my mother and father.
They were married in November of '49, and the ring is my mother's engagement ring.
So I'm assuming that they purchased all of them at that time; I'm not sure.
APPRAISER: These are examples of a rebel.
Margaret De Patta was a rebel in many ways.
These were American studio jewelers.
They were mid-century modernists.
They were rebelling against the type of jewelry that was mass-produced.
What they wanted to do was to deconstruct things and to make things sharp and clean.
And they used, not diamonds and gold and precious metals; they might have used sterling and some stones and some wood.
And they were not for the masses.
They were for the intellectual elite.
And there was a group on the East Coast and there was a group on the West Coast.
Now, Margaret De Patta was the leader of the West Coast group.
She started making jewelry in the '30s and opened her workshop in 1935.
But she didn't just design.
She was actually hands-on.
She made this jewelry herself, and she well marked it.
I want to show you what the mark looks like.
"De Patta," and then we have the capital M with a little dot over the M. Her technique was called constructivism.
She just pared it down to the essence of what jewelry should be.
Now, what we have here are iconic examples of her work.
Very strong, clean lines.
She used interesting stones.
Right here we have rutilated quartz, and she favored sterling.
On this piece down here, which is a matching pin and earring set, she's used ebony.
The white material is chalcedony, which is an agate, and freshwater pearls.
The ring is also rutilated quartz and sterling.
On today's market, on a retail level, this brooch would be $3,000.
GUEST: Oh.
APPRAISER: The pin and earrings would be $2,500.
The ring by itself is $1,500.
GUEST: Oh, my.
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 1m 1s | Appraisal: Gustav Stickley Desk, ca. 1910 (1m 1s)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 1m 27s | Appraisal: 1813 Reverend Young Marriage Certificate (1m 27s)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 59s | Appraisal: 1886 Leland Stanford-signed Joaquin Miller Book (59s)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 47s | Appraisal: Boxing Folk Art Cane, ca. 1895 (47s)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 1m | Appraisal: Handel Piano Lamp, ca. 1920 (1m)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 1m 19s | Appraisal: "The Grabhorn Press" Sign, ca. 1940 (1m 19s)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 2m 48s | Appraisal: Ansel Adams Modern Prints, ca. 1960 (2m 48s)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 2m 18s | Appraisal: T. Earnshaw Marine Chronometer, ca. 1815 (2m 18s)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 3m 32s | Appraisal: 1885 Frederic S. Cozzens Chromolithograph (3m 32s)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 2m 55s | Appraisal: 1934 Martin 000-18 Guitar (2m 55s)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 2m 36s | Appraisal: Christoph Münhofin "Night" Clock, ca. 1680 (2m 36s)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 2m 38s | Appraisal: Italico Brass Oil Painting, ca. 1920 (2m 38s)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 2m 34s | Appraisal: Izabel Coles Jewelry & Drawings (2m 34s)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 1m 59s | Appraisal: Marius Hammer Plique-à-Jour Bowl, ca. 1900 (1m 59s)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 3m 5s | Appraisal: 1938 Ray Jerome Baker Book (3m 5s)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 2m 49s | Appraisal: 1990 Wayne Thiebaud Pen & Ink Drawing (2m 49s)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 3m 39s | Appraisal: Roger Broders Dunkerque Travel Poster, ca. 1930 (3m 39s)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 2m 16s | Appraisal: Almeric Walter Pottery Vase, ca. 1890 (2m 16s)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 1m 4s | Appraisal: Philadelphia Walnut Sideboard, ca. 1880 (1m 4s)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 34s | Appraisal: Enrico Fanfani Oil Painting, ca. 1860 (34s)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 3m 41s | Appraisal: Japanese Lacquer Box, ca. 1800 (3m 41s)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 1m 50s | Appraisal: Longines Aviator's Watch, ca. 1938 (1m 50s)
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 3m 20s | Appraisal: Philadelphia Chippendale Walnut Chair, ca. 1775 (3m 20s)
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