January 26, 2024 Brian Lebel's Old West Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/26/2024
Impressive floral carved buckle measuring 3" x 3 1/4". This three-piece buckle set with 14K gold flowers is made to fit a 1 1/2" belt and is affixed to a black basket-stamped Vogt belt. Fine condition, circa 1990s.
Ricarda Cause (1948-2017) was an award-winning, world-class silversmith whose lifetime of work has been featured in books, on public television, and in western art galleries. As a child who grew up on a ranch in Winnemucca, NV, Cause admired her father's workshop and "loved being out there with all the tools". Inspired by her mother's love of silver jewelry, she started with silver belt buckles and later learned how to make silver bits and spurs and how to intricately engrave. Mostly self-taught, Ricarda also attended school at Miller Bit and Spur, took a gun-engraving course, visited with every artist she met, and read every book she could find about silversmithing. CORRECTION: The maker is Ricarda Clause, it is misspelled in the description.
Item Dimensions: Belt: 46 - 1/2" x 3 - 1/8".