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Brooches & Pins
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Vintage Costume Jewelry
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Coro Icy Berry Brooch This lovely springtime offering was featured in this 1962 Coro ad showing the brooch in pink. This nicely designed berry has all clear rhinestones, chatons topped with another layer of marquise cuts as berry leaf material, and then by a stem in polished and textured gold tone. All the stones are set in beehive-like openwork. Brooch measures 2 7/8" tall x 2" wide.Signed Coro in slanted cartouche with Pegasus symbol and copyright mark. Excellent, sparky-clean condition. $48 |
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Vintage HOBE Gold-Plated Floral
Pin Circa 1950. Delicate and endearing, this yellow wild rose is made of resin with its petals tipped with gold above green enameled leaves. Note the retro curling tendril, peeking from it's gold plated trellis. High in quality, this brooch measures 2 3/8" x 1 1/2" Signed on the back of the cup holding the flower, Hobe in cursive, no copyright mark. No metal content markings, but tested for 14K gold plate. Excellent condition. $38.00 |
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Large NE Pink& Green Enameled
Floral Brooch Circa 1935, with classic pink-and-green color scheme of the late 30s through 40s.From pictures to draperies, Grandma had it all, swans, storks, wide tropical leaves--and, best of all, on enameled jewels. You just can't go wrong with the cozy beauty, colors and collectibility of this pot metal brooch. Three pink enameled flowers are centered with pink rhinestone florets atop green enameled leafy stems, accented with clear chatons. The flowers climb up a black enameled lattice. The blue cabochon is the original but painted green at one time, noted by remnants of green around the edges. This brooch is very well preserved, with less than usual wear on the enamel. The two rhinestones under the lower left pink flower have been replaced. Dimensions cover a big 2 7/8" x 2 7/8" area for a buxom swell of vintage color! Signed NE in chalice. Brooch is just barely in very good condition. $65 |
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L.S. Co. HUGE Sterling
Vermeil Retro Brooch with Emerald Glass Stones The wild design of this brooch hints at the era of tropical deco just passing when this brooch was made, with it's leaves pointing every which way as if blown by a gale. The unfoiled emerald green chaton rhinestone and the huge square unfoiled emerald faceted glass square are quality examples of the types of stone found on 40's Retro jewelry, when found at all! During WWII costume jewelry manufactures ran out of Czech and German rhinestones, and some began importing stones from Brazil. I'll bet that's where these came from. The larger is 1" on all sides and almost 1/2" thick, sitting regally in a sturdy 4- prong mounting. Even within the well-known retro bouquet, with the graceful foliage and looping scrolls, this brooch stands out. This enormous brooch is 5 1/8" tall x 3 3/4". If you are tiny, this is not for you to wear, it will dwarf you! But it is indeed a brooch to have. Excellent condition with almost no wear in the vermeil plating. This is still a good time to buy these sterling retro brooches; I doubt they will ever be made like this again. Signed on the back in a diamond cartouche, L.S. Co. 1/20 12K G.F. on Sterling. $95
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Park Lane
Light-on- Her- Feet Lady Faux MOP Wearing this slim & graceful dancer to work or play is fun, and sure to lighten the mood around you. Her creamy dress looks like mother-of-pearl, but it's a lovely resin that makes rainbow swirls as it moves back and forth in the light. At 3 5/8," she's tall enough to warrant attention, and pretty enough to charm them all! Signed Park Lane in script on the back, the brooch is in Excellent condition. $28 |
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Sarah Coventry Mother's Tree
of Life Pin
Here's another of the highly sought after Mother's Pin, by Sarah Coventry. A book piece, the jewel is featured on the cover of EMMONS & SARAH COVENTRY JEWELRY FASHION SHOW by Deborah A. Robinson. This one has a single blue and a single purple rhinestone; the rest are clear crystals. All the stone are prong set in cups and set on the gold tone exquisitely textured tree. This lovely pin is 2" tall x 1 1/2" wide, and is in Very Good condition. $24 |
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Large Hand-Painted Porcelain Brooch with Violets. At the time these beauties were made, the large ones were called "belt pins." This thick, heavy beauty was probably painted for the Victorian understanding of the meaning of Violets, faithfulness, and perhaps given as a gift, as was the custom then. The flowers and dark green foliage are painted over very subtle glazes of yellow, pink, ivory and green, and glazed at the top three-quarters with a curtain of matte gold glaze. The porcelain is prong set in it's original brass fitting and fastens with an open C-clasp. Very Good condition. Dimensions are 2 5/8" tall x 2" wide. Very Good condition. $78 |
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Sapphire Blue Rhinestone Dragonfly Brooch This fabulous new vintage style dragonfly figural pin had rich sapphire blue marquise rhinestone wings with a crystal rhinestone body flashing majestically with the light. The blue marquise cuts are all set openback in the smooth rhodium plated fitting. This dragonfly brooch measures 2 inches high and 2 7/8 inches wide. The condition is Excellent; in fact, it appears to be never worn. $32 |
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Florenza Pink & Purple Bow With enameled jewelry you can add a splash of color and infinite interest to a daytime outfit without adding a lot of glitz. Here is a pin by Florenza with several unique delights. In the center are little pink & purple soft appendages to look like the center of a flower or sea anemone. Don't ask me the material--I don't think it is plastic; it looks and feels like a natural substance. If anyone knows, please email me. From the center is a burst of overlapping loops painted pink and purple and tipped with gold, reminding me of butterly wings. Measurements are 2 1/4" wide x 1 1/4". Pin is signed FLORENZA(c) in back on a raised oblong. Excellent condition. $35 |
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