Sterling Silver, Gold, and Mixed Media Adele Brooch, Tod Pardon

Lot Details & Additional Photographs

The sterling silver brooch with gold accent, wood, enamel, and various inlays, signed, numbered 3694, and stamped Sterling 14K.

Brooch 5.75 in., with stand 7.5 in.

1.335 troy oz.

From the Collection of Francine Pilloff, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Accompanied by display stand marked "Simoza / With / Black / Hair"

Tod Pardon is an American artist and jeweler known for sculptural studio jewelry. He holds an MFA in Painting from Syracuse University and a BFA from Alfred University. His work is held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum of Arts and Design, Racine Art Museum, Newark Museum of Art, and other institutions, and he has exhibited at SOFA Chicago. Pardon has been featured in Ornament, Metalsmith, American Craft, and Lark Books’ 1000 Rings (page 344), and has shared his practice through lectures, panels, and teaching.

Deficient one inlay.