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Brooches & Pins
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Vintage Costume Jewelry
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The crystal rhinestones are all bright, clear and brilliant though they look darker in these photos, which I had to adjust to get the true green color of the leaves.
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Vintage Rhinestone & Green Glass Leaves by Charel This very hard to find brooch is like a mysterious fairy plant from an enchanted garden. The silver tone stem and branches are laden with brilliant crystal chatons set in half prongs among frosted green molded glass leaves which are foiled in back. These leaves look as if they have tiny lights within. This jewel measures 2 1/4" tall x 1 5/8". This will be breathtaking with almost any of this season's bright & natural colors. Signed (c)CHAREL in back. The brooch is in Very Good condition, with clear glue residue on the back of some of the leaves. $55 |
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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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Golden Mesh Brooch with
Large Blue Faceted Glass & AB
Rhinestones Can you believe this enormous stone? I love these old pins with big stones; I call them one stone wonders! The deep blue faceted glass chunk is 1 1/4" in diameter, and it's about 1/4" thick, held up in gold tone filigree prongs. This heavenly beauty is surrounded by blue & purple aurora borealis rhinestones, which flash a variety of colors that the big stone will pick up, depending on the light and the environment. As you gaze into it's depths you'll see green, perhaps purple, even flashes of pink. The base is two loops of golden mesh chain, giving this unforgettable brooch an elegant, classic look. The diameter of the brooch is about 1 7/8" but looks bigger due to the dome shape that raises the brooch to about 3/4" from the surface. Very good condition with some slight wear in the golden mesh. $58 |
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Sarah Coventry
Aurora Blaze Brooch
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Coro Retro Ribbon Fur Clip with HUGE Blue Stone I have for you a beautiful vintage fur clip sporting a giant prong set unfoiled sapphire glass, set openback in gold tone. The faceted stone is 1 1/4" x 7/8" and is about 1/3" thick! It sits in the center of ribbon curls and scrolls. The clip mechanism is tight, the gold finish has small spots of wear along the top of the clip mechanism only. Signed Coro in the thinner script. This wonderful fur clip measures 2 1/2" tall x 2" wide and is in excellent, clean condition. $62 |
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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. $38. |
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