Albanian-born Stavre Gregor Panis (1889-1974) was a hereditary silversmith who came to the United States in 1905. He settled in Arlington, Massachusetts, and worked for local silversmiths. During World War I he served in the Army, but in 1915 he returned to Massachusetts, according to the Colleges and universities U.S. list of students.

Stavre Gregor Panis was among the students registered by the American International College in 1915-1916. Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the college accepted students from all over the world. While still a student, Stavre met a young American woman, Gladys Hamilton (1900-2001), a native of Maine.

Stavre Gregor Panis and Gladys Hamilton married in 1923. It was not only a marriage, but also a long creative union of two talented people, which was interrupted in 1974 due to the death of Stavre Panis.

In 1925, Panis became a member of the Boston Arts and Crafts Society. Together with his wife, Gladys, they created many beautiful works that are highly collectible today. In his workshop based in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Panis translated Gladys’s unique designs into jewelry, cutting and hammering silver plates and shaped pieces by hand.

Traditionally, designs included plant and flower motifs, fish and birds, landscapes and geometric shapes. Meanwhile, Panos created not only jewelry, but also vases, tea strainers, napkin rings, etc. Eighty-year-old Panis retired due to illness, and Gladys continued to create silver jewelry another twenty years, until 1990.

Noteworthy, after 1970, next to the usual marking S.G.P. in a convex-sided triangle Gladys added a large letter G. In addition, her assistant Michael O’Donnell also created jewelry pieces marking them with an additional letter M.

Stavre Gregor Panis Sterling Silver Jewelry