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Brooches & Pins
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Vintage Costume Jewelry
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L.S. Co. 1940s Retro Sterling Vermeil Brooch These L.S. big brooches are getting very scarce; I haven't been able to find one awhile now. This wonderful retro modern floral brooch is fashioned most gracefully in thick sterling with gold-filled plating with the leaves pointing every which way as if swayed and bandied in a tropical storm, making the brooch an exciting study in artistic movement. Little scalloped cups contain prong set faux pearls. The large flower has a ring of prong set unfoiled prong set clear stones with an unfoiled green stone in the center. Dimensions are 3 1/2" tall x 2 5/8" wide. Under magnification, the green stone has a tiny chip just beneath a prong. Very little of the vermeil is worn away. Condition is rated Very Good and priced accordingly. Marked in back in a diamond shaped plate, L.S. CO, 1/20- 12K G.F., ON STERLING. A beautiful, substantial and elegant jewel! $68 |
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Modern One Stone Wonder Floral Brooch with Blue Keystone
These wartime retro modern one-stone wonders invoke old-time femininity without fol-de-rol, the elegance and taste of Joan Crawfordesque Hollywood during the 1940's. This gold washed sterling brooch features a large, rare, unfoiled Caribbean blue keystone prong set into the flower design. The stone itself is 7/8" x 5/8". The brooch measures 3 5/8" tall and is marked STERLING on an oblong plate in back. Very good condition, with the gold wash a little worn. $58 |
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Large Diamante
Openwork Leaf Brooch A striking accompaniment to many kinds of dresses and outfits, especially for evening, is this vintage crystal rhinestone leaf, Its one of those 1950's unsigned designer brooches, well-made with prong set navettes and chatons in rhodium. I like the openwork design--wouldn't this look nice on dark red dress? Or midnight blue! Dimensions are 3 1/2" tall x 2" wide. The rhinestones, good Austrian crystals, sparkle beautifully, although on examination under 10x magnification, spotting in the foil of some of the stones can be seen. Nevertheless, a real beauty! Very Good condition. $45 |
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Exquisite Maltese Cross Brooch/ Pendant Signed ART. This is one of ART's most detailed and well designed medieval revival jewels of the 1960's. A fine array of crystal clear rhinestones as well as topaz, amethyst & emerald rhinestones with faux carnelian cabs are encrusted over an elaborately textured Florentine antiqued gold tone base jewel. The cross is high in quality with three layers of cross motifs in one. You can see from the back of the jewel that the layers are riveted. We have the antiqued gold base layer, then the bejeweled second layer and finally a center of with a pointed sunray motif paved with diamante. The brooch also doubles as pendant; included is a good quality 30" gold tone chain that, while not the original chain, is a good match. The back is marked ARTŠ. Measuring measures 2 1/4" on all sides, the brooch/pendant is in Excellent condition. $62 |
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Sarah Coventry
Aurora Blaze Brooch
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Lily
of the Valley Jade & Rhinestone Brooch Pin Earrings For your consideration, a vintage floral brooch and earrings in brushed gold tone with green flowers of tumbled jade accented by gold tone shoots with sparkling prong set rhinestones on the ends. It's hard to see the rhinestones in the pictures because face the top of the brooch. They are more visible on the matching clip on earrings. I am told the flower motif is a Lily of the Valley. The pin measures 3 inches tall with 1 1/2" earrings. This high quality, elegant set is unsigned, although t he earrings are marked with design patent number 156452, which is a 1949 patent for Moulson ear clip findings. These particular findings show up on designer costume jewelry from time to time, but still gives little clue as to the designer this set. Excellent condition. $42 |
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Massive Coro Craft Cala Lily with Red Rhinestone Blossoms From the late 1930's or early '40s, this large, very heavy riveted coat brooch 4 3/8" tall x 2 1/2". A pave rhinestone temp and ribbon swirl leads to the open flower head where there is plating loss revealing the silver base metal around the brilliant red & clear rhinestone stamens. The wear appears in the area likely to be the most polished during cleanings, giving a well-cared for vintage look. Signed on a cartouche in back Coro Craft in script. Other than the plating wear already mentioned, the brooch is Excellent, with bright sparkling rhinestones, good straight pin back, and, except for the area around the stamens, all of it's gold tone plating. You may never see this beautiful old classic again. $125 |
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Van Dell Sterling Retro Fan Flowers This could be your favorite Van Dell pin, so representative of the mid1940s WWII era with it's yellow & rose gold wash, and the expansive flowers that bloom out like fans. This particular pin has developed such a beautiful, even patina I couldn't touch it with a Sunshine cloth. This brooch is 3" tall and signed in a raised oval "VAN DELL 1/20 12K G.F. On Sterling. Excellent condition. $45 |
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Sarah Coventry Mother's Tree
Pin in Box Now mom can have this legendary Mother's Pin. This special tree-of-life pin is highly sought after, and one your mother or the mother of your children will truly appreciate. A book piece, the jewel is featured on the cover of EMMONS & SARAH COVENTRY JEWELRY FASHION SHOW by Deborah A. Robinson. This one is still in it's original box. The gold tone exquisitely textured tree-of-lie is prong set with assorted sparkling rhinestone chatons, some jewel toned, others with clear rhinestones. This lovely jewel is signed Sarah Cov on an oblong cartouche in back, with no copyright mark. Dimensions are 2" tall x 1 1/2" wide, and this pin is in Excellent condition. Original box is in Very good, clean condition. $32. |
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Uniquely Mod Maltese Cross Op Art Good sized at 2 5/8 " x 2 5/8". The square faceted Lucite cabs blink in the light, vying with the brilliant rhinestones prong set in matte gold set hither and thither their lights blinking like the flash from cameras. The type of Lucite cabs was also popular in 1960s colored Lucite beaded jewelry. Uniquely sassy is the way the rhinestones are set in little asymmetrical squares, which also made it difficult to get a straight image from the scanner. Excellent condition. For a dramatic '60s look, enjoy this black & white beauty for $38 |
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