{"product_id":"vintage-stuart-nye-sterling-silver-leaf-brooch-circa-1930s","title":"Vintage Stuart NYE Sterling Silver Leaf Brooch Circa 1930s","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"listing__layout-grid listing__layout-item listing__info col-x24 col-m12\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"listing__description fw--light\"\u003eDelicious little sterling silver leaf brooch signed NYE Sterling. Hand-wrought delicate vintage leaf measures 1.3\". Looking closely you can see the leaf veins and fringe around the borders of the leaf.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"listing__description fw--light\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"listing__description fw--light\"\u003eStuart Nye Jewelry was founded in 1933 by Stuart Nye, a patient at the Veterans Hospital in Oteen, NC, who began creating jewelry as part of craft therapy. Style: Hand-wrought, nature-inspired, and often, though not always, featuring flora from the southern Appalachian Mountains.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"listing__description fw--light\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"listing__description fw--light\"\u003eMotifs: Popular designs include dogwood flowers, maple leaves, pine cones, willow leaves, and pansies.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"listing__description fw--light\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"listing__description fw--light\"\u003eMaterials: Primarily sterling silver 925 Authentic pieces are usually stamped \"NYE\" or \"STERLING NYE\". A native of Brooklyn, New York, Stuart Nye arrived in Asheville in the 1920s as a patient at the Veterans Hospital in Oteen in east Asheville where he participated in craft therapy, working with his hands. In the depths of the Great Depression, he bought second-hand tools and a small bit of silver. Inspired by blooms outside his window, Stuart Nye made his first sterling silver dogwood pin in 1933, completely by hand. Through trial and error, he fashioned silver into the leaves and flowers that grow in the southern Appalachians. Although the original work was accomplished in sterling, copper was added during the metal shortages of World War II. Both metals have remained popular and Nye’s original designs have become nationally known and loved.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"d--fl fw--w\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"m--t--3 m--r--7\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"listing__comments-container listing__layout-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"listing_comments listing__layout-item m--t--3\"\u003e\u003cform id=\"commentForm\" class=\"comments__form\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"comments__form-container\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/poshmark.com\/closet\/divasdive\" class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/form\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Divasdive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52026470105369,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0983\/5695\/3369\/files\/NyeLeaf.png?v=1772035594","url":"https:\/\/divasdive.com\/products\/vintage-stuart-nye-sterling-silver-leaf-brooch-circa-1930s","provider":"Divasdive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}