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Brooches & Pins
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Vintage Costume Jewelry
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Large Victorian Sash Pin with Topaz Glass Here is a gorgeous late Victorian sash pin, 3 3/4"X 2", and has a 7/8" golden amber topaz glass stone. The unusual design feaures a frame of curved metal with decorated with bars of art nouveau patterns, embossed leaves as well as a bamboo look bars leading to the main stone. The metal work is excellent and accented by 4 rose gold or copper beads, one on each side. The slightly dombed pin offers an open C clasp that runs from north to south rather than lengthwise. Excellent condition. $110 |
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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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Breathtaking H. Pomerantz Ultimate Autumn Brooch A rare and incredible brooch by H. Pomerantz in amazing autumn colors is something you MUST have if you are a collector, or simply a lover of autumn beauty. This gold tone cast jewel is done in layers; it is so thick and heavy you can't really call the motif a spray, it's more of a delicious stalk of golding leaves studded with dark and light topaz rhinestones and accented with teal green stones, some of which are aurora borealis. Some stones are glue set into cups; others are set in half prongs amid the textured, antiqued golden leaves. The flower in the middle has two layers of petals spreading into a sunburst; the center is a raised dome of pave topaz rhinestones accented with a ring of teal blue-green chatons. When you have this jewel in your possession you will never need another autumn brooch. Close to 5" long and 2 1/8" at the widest point; it stands about 1" high from the pin stem. This is a heavy brooch; to be worn on a jacket lapel or coat. For less heavy fabric it is wise to re-enforce during wear by pinning into a bra strap or shoulder seam. Excellent condition. $185 |
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Pomerantz Faux Jade Asian Look Girandole Brooch
One thing so unique about this brooch and other H. Pomerantz jewels is the sometimes strange and always fabulous mixtures of styles. Often I can see the influence of Paul Selenger, who used to design for H. Pomerantz before he went on to start his own design house, Selro, and the same can be said for the uniqueness of Selro jewelry. In this lovely brooch we have a mixture of Victorian revival along with a large Asian symbol applied against layers of Victorian ornate ribbon swirls, loops in textured golden metal and pressed glass flower motif medallions that look like jade hung with ornate dangles. The central oval glass as well as the smaller medallions are prong set into textured bezels. A truly unusual and lavishly lovely, this brooch is 3 1/8" from top to bottom and about 2 1/2" wide. To wear as a pendant you can have a chain attached to jump rings on either side of the top part of the brooch in a way that does not alter the original jewel. Excellent condition. $155 |
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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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