Toni Goessler-Snyder
Bracelet

Bracelet
Bracelet
Bracelet
ArtistGerman, 1942–1982, active United States
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Bracelet
Date1979
Medium24k gold, sterling silver, chalcedony, and garnet
DimensionsOverall: 1 5/8 × 7 15/16 × 3/16 in. (4.1 × 20.2 × 0.5 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Lead Trust
Object number2002.3782
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Modern Jewelry," Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, October 5–27, 1979.

"Jewelry and Beyond," Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, Illinois, April 21–May 20, 1984; Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, June 7–17, 1984.

"Modern Jewelry, 1964-1986: The Helen Williams Drutt Collection," The Château Dufresne, Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, November 15, 1984–February 3, 1985; Honolulu Academy of Arts, January 22–March 9, 1986; Cleveland Institute of Art, September 5–30, 1986; Philadelphia Museum of Art, November 2, 1986–February 1, 1987.

"Infinite Riches: Jewelry Through the Centuries," Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1989.

"Contemporary Jewelry: 1964-1993, Selected Works, Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Arkansas Art Center Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, October 8–November 21, 1993.

"Schmuck Unserer Zeit, 1964-1993, Sammlung Helen Williams Drutt, USA," Museum Bellerive, Zürich, February 10–May 1, 1994.

"A Moveable Feast: Helen Williams Drutt Collection 1964-1994," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, November 18, 1994–January 8, 1995; Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Ostend, Belgium; June 17–September 24, 1995.

"Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 30, 2007–January 27, 2008; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, March 14–July 6, 2008; Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, August 16, 2008–January 4, 2009; Tacoma Art Museum, Washington, June 27–September 13, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"24 TONI / STERLING" stamped on back near clasp.

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Brooch/Pendant
Toni Goessler-Snyder
1979
Sterling silver, 24k gold, ivory, and pink tourmaline
2002.3781
Brooch
Toni Goessler-Snyder
1974
18 and 24k gold, sterling silver, amine-catalized resin, and ivory
2002.3774
Bracelet
Toni Goessler-Snyder
1975
24k gold leaf and Lucite
2002.3778
Brooch/Pendant
Toni Goessler-Snyder
1974
18 and 24K gold, silver, and amine-catalyzed resin
2002.3776
Brooch/Pendant
Toni Goessler-Snyder
1974
Gold, sterling silver, and Lucite
2002.3775
Brooch/Pendant
Toni Goessler-Snyder
1979
18k gold, mother-of-pearl, ivory, diamond, and Lucite
2002.3780
Brooch/Pendant
Toni Goessler-Snyder
1975
18k gold, silver, and amine-catalyzed resin
2002.3777
Brooch/Pendant
Toni Goessler-Snyder
1979
Gold, silver, and ebony resin
2002.3779
"Wunderkammer" Necklace
Jennifer Trask
2007
Sterling silver, 18k, 22k, and 24k gold, copper, shakudo, steel, ivory, hematite, carnelian, garnet, hessonite, moonstones, butterfly wings, pandora moth wings, dragonfly and cranefly wings, feathers, snakeskin, glass eyes of fish and reptiles, eyeshadow made of fish scales, gold powder, mica powder, bronze powder, gold and mica flakes, crushed shells, bronze shavings, ficus leaf, and rust
2009.1660.1
Barbarian Bracelet #2
William Harper
1980
Sterling silver, 24K gold, cloisonné enamel, and mercury gilding
2002.3805
FUGE
Toni Goessler-Snyder
1979
Etching with sugar lift and open bite printed in colors à la poupée on wove paper
2005.345
Brooch
Robert Ebendorf
c. 1983-1984
Sterling silver, ivory, silk threads, 24k gold foil, silver, and Plexiglas
2010.177.A,.B