Holiday Costume Jewelry

Vintage Christmas Tree Pins

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No holiday blues in your circle, not with you wearing or giving this festive rhinestone Christmas set signed Hollycraft. Antiqued goldtone openwork of tiered chevrons is topped with prong set chatons in two sizes of all colors, for a very 3-dimensional effect. The brooch is 2 1/2" tall and in Excellent condition; the clip on earrings are 1 1/4" and in Very Good condition with minor wear on the clips. The rhinestone flash and sparkle like mad. All pieces are signed HOLLYCRAFT; the brooch also has the (c) mark. $78

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This dazzling candle tree pin offers multicolor round rhinestones ,baguettes and a single teardrop, pave set in light goldtone. At 2" x 1 1/4", this pretty little beauty is heavy for it's size. Signed in back (c)PELL, the pin is in Excellent condition and would make a nice gift or addition to your own collection. $55

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Avon Christmas Cross

One of the prettiest of Avon's crosses, the Christmas cross looks almost like it belongs in a church. Lovely gold tone openwork supports clear jelly blue and green cabs. The recesses between lines of gold tone are filled with dark red enamel. Comes with original 30" chain. Cross itself measures 2 5/8" tall x 2 1/4" wide. Both cross and chain are signed Avon and are in Excellent condition. $28

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This vintage pin and clip earrings set by Mylu is still one of my favorites; I call them dancing Christmas Trees. The textured gold tone branches topped with red and green winking rhinestones will look so pretty on winter white or black, or even a jeans jacket. The tree is 2" tall x 1 3/4" at lowest edge of skirt, and the clip on earrings are 1 1/8" tall. Brooch is signed (c)MYLU on plate in back and has only a small spot of wear to the golden finish in back. Earrings are unsigned and appear to be rarely, if ever worn. Excellent condition. $58

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Simply beautiful this brooch, with its curled leaves & criss-cross textured petals highlighted by golden edges and a floret of puffs in the center. The back of this 2"beauty is smooth gold tone and signed in large block letters, CERRITO. Excellent condition.$28

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Swoboda is a great way to have garnets without spending an entire paycheck. This gold plated Christmas Tree brooch offers genuine garnetsset in little golden flowers. The star on top is also set with a garnet. In the pictures, the color & shadow differences are accentuated due to the fact that some of the garnets are fat and really stick out from the tree; others are flatter and appear a lighter color. The tree measures 2 3/8" tall x 1 1/2" wide and is signed in back (c)SWOBODA. This jewel is in Excellent condition. $88

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Here's a gorgeous contemporary Christmas tree pin loaded with Siam, purple, pink, blue, green and crystal teardrops, flanked by small black chatons in a silvertone setting. This is a big beauty at 3" tall x 2 1/2" wide. The jewel is in Excellent condition. $42

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This lovely and unusual vintage brooch is made of golden rope openwork setting emblazoned with green enameled holly sprigs. The open areas in the bell are filled with see-through enamel that is probably a plastic, perhaps epoxy. The backside is left open so the light shines through, like plate glass. It reminds me of the old plique-a-jour jewels of Art Nouveau days. This pretty jewel is signed in a script D(c). This plump 2 3/8" broochreally catches the light; and is something a bit different to wear for holiday cheer. Excellent condition. $35

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This grand poinsettia brooch starts with a layer of olive green enameled leaves pointing to & fro. Then it keeps opening and opening and opening, with a whirl of dark red enameled petals, a floret of curled light goldtone petals and in the center, a burst of rhinestone stamens! The matching clip on earrings have no leaves, but a double layer of dark red petals and bursts of tiny crystal rhinestones in the center. All metal is pale goldtone; in some lights in looks like silvertone. Brooch is 2 1/2" wide and stands nearly an inch above the pin stem. The earrings are 1 1/8" and also chunky. All pieces are signed Coro in script, no copyright mark. Enjoy these lovely jewels wherever you may be this winter, for that extra color and holiday mood. Excellent condition. $48

Long & Light Festive Earrings

For pierced ears. These big beaded earrings are just the thing to ornament your ears for holiday gatherings, especially to dress up a casual outfit. The pearly acrylic beads are metallic pink, green and magenta, with the largest bead dangling in at 18mm. the earrings are 2 1/2" long from the curve in the hook down. Excellent condition. $14

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This set is among the most beautiful ever made by Sarah Coventry. Here's the 2" x 2 1/8" brooch; the emerald green looks like what I would call teal in some lights. It is beautiful, unfoiled faceted glass set openback in the rhodium plated frame amidst pave crystals, glowing like rich evergreens in moonlit snow. The matching clip on earrings are 1 1/4", furnished with clean clip-on pads. These jewels are marvelous! Everything is in Very Good to Excellent condition. She'll think you spent a fortune! $88

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Perfect for the winter holidays, this beauty is clearly a designer piece, but unsigned. Perhaps it came with a hang tag. Reminded me of some of the Selini fancy clasp necklaces, but this one is higher quality, with the berry like beads strung on, not molded to, the four strands. The clasp, which detaches from the necklace to wear as a brooch, is fabulous with twining layers of golden flora and foliage, cranberry faux pearls with crystal rhinestone headpins and a larger pink prong set rhinestone hidden underneath a leaf branch. The highlight is a twisted band of golden mesh encircling a textured golden flower centered with a coronet-set ruby red rhinestone. Some of the pictures make the mesh band look washed out, but I guarantee the gold finish is rich in color, with no wear. The beads are mainly acrylic, a festive mix of cranberry colored beads alongside others that resemble blueberries, fuchsia and peach & pink faux pearls, dark gray textured breads with an occasional red faceted glass crystal or AB crystal. All are separated by tiny textured gold seed beads. The necklace fastens at 36" with a double sided V-spring and box clasp. Unclasp each side to wear as a 2" brooch as high in quality as anything made by top designers. You can rely on this piece for any festive occasion. Excellent condition. $125

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