Signed H. Adams Pewter Jewelry Art

Vintage pewter jewelry hand engraved by American artist H. Adams attracts with its unique artistic design. The design, in particular, is mainly based on children’s drawings, and specifically drawings of a girl – a schoolgirl, a girl doctor, a girl playing and predicting the weather, etc.
Most likely, this girl is the daughter of the artist jeweler, who inspired her father to create these designs with her creativity. Some pins are marked @ H. Adams / Sue J, which may mean the name of the co-author Susan J. Adams, the artist’s daughter. The author’s design of jewelry also includes funny animals, birds and plants.

Noteworthy, by the design of these pieces you can imagine the interests of the artist himself, and what surrounded him. These were simple but important things in the life of every man – children, a favorite dog, cat, fishing and hot coffee.

Most of the products are mainly in the form of tack type pins, lapel pins and eyeglass holders, handmade from pewter. On some of these pins, in addition to the author’s signature, there is a Chicago mark. Accordingly, there is no doubt that the author of these lapel pins is an artist from Chicago, active in the 1980-90s.

H. Adams Pewter Jewelry Art


















