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Brooch / pin, oval, with two thick silver rings centering a bezel-set multi-color oriental-themed painting or enamel.  Some damage to surface of image.  Very heavy.

1-3/4" H and 1-7/16" W

MARY GAGE / STERLING

Brooch / pin, circular frame with open back and three concentric thick rings on front centering a bezel-set cabochon moonstone.  Outermost circle is somewhat irregular.  Heavy. 

1-3/4" round

MARY GAGE / STERLING / HANDWROUGHT

Brooch / pin, circular frame with open back and two concentric thick rings on front centering a bezel-set mother-of-pearl disk.

1-5/8" round

MARY GAGE / STERLING

Brooch / pin, oval wirework frame supporting three detailed grape leaves on each side, with silver beads and curving wire vines, centering a large round bezel-set red banded (agate?) stone in a scalloped bezel.   Signature plaque on back omits the usual STERLING.

2-7/16" W and 1-5/16" H

MARY GAGE

Brooch / pin, lily-pad form, with chased ribs, and horizontal hourglass shape made of applied wire at top filled with silver beads and centering larger silver bead

1-15/16" W and 1-1/4" H

STERLING  / MARY GAGE

Brooch / pin, rectangular, with rounded corners, and applied diagonal pattern of flowers, vines, and beads moving down from upper left to lower right.  At top left is a bezel-set freeform pearl, which is also secured by a silver loop. Some of the applied flowers and beads extend beyond the rectangle at bottom and lower right. 

1-7/8" W and 7/8" H

MARY GAGE / STERLING

Brooch / pin, rectangular, with rounded corners, and applied diagonal pattern of leaves, vines, and beads moving down from upper left to lower right.  At top left is a bezel-set round purple cabochon stone.  Stone is also secured by three silver loops ending with small beads. One small bead extends beyond the rectangle at the lower right. 

2" W and 1-3/8" H

MARY GAGE / STERLING

Brooch / pin, round, composed of a circle of eight chased [grape?] leaves surrounding a central cabochon clear round crystal or quartz stone, with irregular wirework on a circular frame and several dozen applied silver beads atop and between the leaves.

1-3/4" round

MARY GAGE / STERLING

Brooch / pin, round, composed of a circle of six chased lily pads surrounding a central lily pad, with irregular wirework on a circular frame and several dozen applied silver beads atop and between the leaves.

2-3/16" W and 2-1/8" H

MARY GAGE / STERLING

Brooch / pin, round, composed of a wreath of long, thin outward-pointing chased leaves on a circular frame strengthened with irregular wirework beneath.  Ends of leaves are curved or bent around the fronts.  At the center is a large clear bezel-set rock crystal stone surrounded by several dozen silver beads atop and between the leaves.  Stone is also secured by three silver loops ending with small beads.

2-11/16" W and 3-3/8" H

MARY GAGE STERLING

Brooch / pin, round, composed of a wreath of long, thin outward-pointing chased leaves on a circular frame strengthened with irregular wirework beneath.  At the center is a large clear bezel-set rock crystal stone surrounded by several dozen silver beads atop and between the leaves. 

2-13/16" W and 2-13/16" H

MARY GAGE STERLING

Brooch / pin, round, composed of a wreath of long, thin outward-pointing chased leaves on a pierced circular frame with irregular cut-outs.  At the center is a large oval turquoise bezel-set stone surrounded by silver beads, and secured by three silver loops.  According to the seller, this was purchased from Mary Gage when she was living in Portland, Maine in the 1980s and were her personal pieces of an earlier design -- later one had cast backs instead of fabricated backs.  She said she designed the piece with the ends folded under and didn't want anyone to straighten them. 

2-3/8" W and 2-3/16" H

MARY GAGE / STERLING

Earring, single, screw back, round framework of leaves, vines, and silver beads centering a round bezel-set clear rock crystal stone.

According to the seller, this solitary earring and the wreath pin above were purchased from Mary Gage when she was living in Portland, Maine in the 1980s and were her personal pieces. She stopped wearing them after she lost the matching earring.  She told the seller that this was of her earlier design -- some later pieces had a cast back instead of a fabricated back. 

1" W and 1/2" H (not including screw back)

[unmarked but clearly Mary Gage, and purchased in a lot with several other marked Gage pieces]

Clip, dress, tapered shield-shaped form centering a round bezel-set clear rock crystal stone surrounded by small chased lily pads, vines, and applied silver beads.  Irregular wire frame and perforated spring clip on back.

2-1/8" H and 1-7/16" W

MARY GAGE / STERLING

Clip, dress, oval, lily-pad form, with freeform pattern of beads and vines above a chased pattern of veins.  Spring clip on back, along with one bead and vine.

1-13/16" W and 1-5/16" H

MARY GAGE / STERLING

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