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Marguerite Stix Designed Brass Sea Shell Display Stands and Shells, circa 1965

Name: Marguerite Stix Designed Brass Sea Shell Display Stands and Shells, circa 1965
Brand: Marguerite Stix
Rating: 5 (69 reviews)

Price:$700

$950List Price

About the Item

Marguerite Stix is best known for her shell jewelry and her collaboration with her husband on two books about shells. They founded the Stix Rare Shell Gallery in Greenwich Village in the 1960's. She designed brass stands to display the rare shells to their best advantage. Many of these stands were purchased by museums for the display of their shell collections. This group of three shells and their stands were most likely purchased at the Stix Gallery. Two of the three still retain the paper label describing the type of shell and country of origin. All three brass stands are stamped Stix on the underside of the base. I have been fortunate enough to find some of her jewelry which is quite rare but these are the only examples of her shells and stands that I have ever been lucky enough to own. They will bring a touch of summer to your home all year round. They are in excellent condition. Marguerite Stix was born in Vienna and although she was too young to be a member of the Wiener Werkstatte she nevertheless became a protege of Josef Hoffman at a very young age. She worked as a sculptor and artist in Vienna until she was forced to flee the German invasion of Austria in 1938. She fled to Paris where she began designing a line of ceramic pins and buttons. These became favorites of the Haute Couture houses of Molyneux, Balenciaga, Schiaparelli, Lanvin and Patou. In 1941 she was interned in a concentration camp in France. When she was released she made her way to America. She had her first show as a sculptor in New York City in 1951, working in terra cotta and bronze. She began to make jewelry in the mid 1960's until her death in 1975. She had a solo exhibit at Cartier in 1972 and they continued to sell her jewelry.

Designer:
Marguerite Stix
Brand:
Marguerite Stix
Dimensions:
Height: 5 in (12.7 cm)Width: 2.25 in (5.72 cm)Depth: 2.25 in (5.72 cm)
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1960-1969
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
New Hope, PA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU474943503

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