Renowned modernist silversmith, jewelry designer and artist Ella L. Cone (1898-1974) was a representative of The Wearable Art Movement. She began making jewelry in the 1930s in New York. In the 1940s, she moved to Massachusetts and launched her own business which she ran until her retirement in the 1960s. The Silversmith’s Shop which she owned during the 1940s – 60s had two locations – 342 Bolyston Street, Boston 16, and 584 Main Street, Hyannis, Massachusetts.
Although her artisan jewelry items were featured in the books on modernist and mid-century jewelry, yet little is known about her biography. Handcrafting necklaces, earrings, cufflinks, pendants, brooches and bracelets, the designer used sterling silver and gold. Today, jewelry marked “Ella L. Cone” and “Sterling” have a high collector’s value.