Vintage Gold & Amethyst Cross Pendant

Director’s Notes

The American artist jeweller Barbara Miller Anton (1926-2007) was a woman of many talents, an actress, writer and artist as well as a jewellery designer. She studied engineering at college before going on to Columbia University where she pursued courses in acting as well as art, specialising in oil painting. After a career in acting, she turned to playwriting and had many of her plays staged in Florida and New York. Her passion for jewellery led her to gain a gemmological qualification from the Gemological Institute of America and to study jewellery design at The Museum of Modern Art. She began to design her own pieces and established her eponymous business, opening a shop in New Jersey which encompassed its own design and manufacturing workshop. The American artist jeweller Barbara Anton (1926-2007) was a woman of many talents, an actress/writer/artist and latterly a jewellery designer. After studying at the Museum of Modern Art and the Gemological Institute of America her passion for jewellery led her to design her own pieces. Characterised by their artistic and often sculptural flair, use of bold gemstones, raw, organic textures and abstract forms, her jewels are sought after by dedicated connoisseurs and collectors around the world.