Description
Earrings: Faceted opalite (milk glass) rondelles from China – Brass cones from India. Plated furnishings and surgical steel posts. USA
Necklace: Short single strand neckring of white faceted opaline milkglass, China. Handcrafted lampwork glass rondelles – India. Lead free pewter (30% silver) rounds, small bi-cones and discs scored with traditional motifs – from India and China. Plated furnishings and two sisters pocket watch clasp – USA
Masha Archer (aka Maria Muchin-Archer) was born in Kiev, Ukraine to Sophia and Mykola Muchin, both artists and teachers of painting and sculpture at the Kiev and Kharkov Art Institutes. After spending the post WWII years in Europe, they emigrated to the United States in 1949. Masha has resided in San Francisco since 1967 with her husband, photographer Charles Archer (who died in 1993), and her two daughters, Maya and Larissa.
Value: Necklace $475/Earrings $125
Donated by: Masha Archer Design Studio