 If you're in town then come and visit us at: The Antique Connection Mall 12815 Central NE Albuquerque New Mexico, 87123 USA See More | NETTIE ROSENSTEIN Jewelry 1935-1975 Well designed and with obvious quality, Rosenstein jewelry pieces are elegantly finished with great attention to detail. Nettie Rosenstein was a multi-talented lady, making clothing and accessories as well as a wonderful line of costume jewelry. Rosenstein jewelry comes in every size, shape and color, with favorites being the sterling vermeil pieces, Oriental motifs and portrait jewelry. I ran across a 1942 issue of "Time Magazine" and found, to my delight, a short feature about NETTIE ROSENSTEIN, the fashion designer. I would enjoy sharing it with you. Known in the trade as "Miss Rosie", Nettie Rosenstein designed clothing, accessories and jewelry. She was born in Austria in 1890, migrated with her family in the 1890s, and became an American fashion designer based in New York City. Rosenstein made clothing privately starting in 1917 in her brownstone house. By 1921 she had moved to a space in the East Fifties. She sold in California’s I. Magnin, Neiman Marcus in Dallas, Mrs. Blum’s in Chicago and Nan Duskin’s in Philadelphia. Her dresses sold for $60-300 a piece wholesale. By the 1940’s she was selling exclusively through Bonwit Teller’s in Manhattan. Pearl Harbor and World War II caused her business to decrease 50-90%, especially in evening wear. Between that and the shortage of fabrics, she was going out of business in 1942, according to this article, but she returned to business a few years later. She discontinued the fashion part of her business again in 1961, but her line of jewelry was kept alive by her partner, Sol Klein until 1975 when he retired. Mrs. Rosenstein died in March of 1980. For more about Rosenstein jewelry and how it was designed, click HERE. To purchase NETTIE ROSENSTEIN jewelry please click HERE. |
ROSENSTEIN textured gold tone and rhinestones and aqua cabochons pin of an oriental lady with carved face holding a flower in her hand, circa 1960, 2-1/3". This is the same piece seen in Christie Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry", 3rd Ed, page 204. View View View #X9287
| ROSENSTEIN textured gold tone and rhinestones Siamese musician brooch with lovely facial expression, 2". (Seen in Christie Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry, 3rd Ed, page 204.) View #X18322 | ROSENSTEIN textured gold tone and rhinestones fisherman brooch with bearded face. This is the same piece seen in Christie Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry", 3rd Ed, page 204. View #X17299 |
ROSENSTEIN textured gold tone and rhinestones Thai dancer brooch with shy face, 2-3/4". This is the same piece seen in Christie Romero’s book, "Warman’s Jewelry", 3rd Ed, page 204. View #X17212 | Rosenstein design pencil sketch for a bejeweled headdress brooch. | ROSENSTEIN textured gold tone and rhinestones Siamese dancer brooch with shy face circa 1960, 2-3/4". View #X21201.
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ROSENSTEIN Asian lady brooch with faux coral flowers and cabochons and clear rhinestones headdress, circa 1960, 2-1/3" by 1-1/4". This is marked "Nettie Rosenstein" in an elongated oval on the back. Included is the one-of-a-kind original hand drawn Rosenstein design pencil sketch for a this brooch, what a treat to have. View #X23986 | Rosenstein design pencil sketch for a bejeweled headdress brooch, shown at left. | ROSENSTEIN jester brooch with blue cabochons and faux pearls set in gold tone, black enameled face, 2". View #X22504
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ROSENSTEIN elephant brooch with jeweled carved head, circa 1960, 2-1/3". View #X24138 | ROSENSTEIN aqua and red rhinestone elephant pendant on 22" thick gold tone twist chain, circa 1960, 2-5/8". View #X28152
| ROSENSTEIN standing elephant brooch with red, aqua and clear stones, circa 1960, 2". ViewView #X24220 |
NETTIE ROSENSTEIN article in a "Time Magazine" issue from 1942. Known in the trade as "Miss Rosie", she made clothing, accessories and jewelry. She was born in Austria in 1890, migrated with her family to America in the 1890s, and became an American fashion designer based in New York City. | Rosenstein made clothing privately starting in 1917 in her brownstone house. By 1921 she had moved to a space in the East Fifties. She sold in several stores, including California’s I. Magnin, Neiman Marcus in Dallas, Mrs. Blum’s in Chicago and Nan Duskin’s in Philadelphia. Her dresses sold for $60-$300 apiece wholesale. By the 1940’s she was selling exclusively through Bonwit Teller’s in Manhattan. | Pearl Harbor and World War II caused her business to decrease 50-90%, especially in evening wear. Between that and the shortage of fabrics, she was going out of business in 1942 according to this article, but she returned to business a few years later. She discontinued the fashion part of her business again in 1961, but her line of jewelry was kept alive by her partner, Sol Klein until 1975 when he retired. Mrs. Rosenstein died in March of 1980 | This article was a small feature in "Time Magazine" March 1942. |
ROSENSTEIN apple brooch with gold tone leaves, as is with a missing leaf, circa 1960. View #X36687 | ROSENSTEIN pear brooch with textured gold tone leaves and stem, 2". View #X36689 | ROSENSTEIN pomegranate brooch with gold tone leaves, circa 1960, 1-1/2". View #X36688 |
ROSENSTEIN gold tone trembler leaf brooch with textured gold tone, circa 1960, 2-1/3". View #X36548 | ROSENSTEIN gold tone mushroom brooch with molded cap and clear rhinestone accents, circa 1960, 2". View #X36720 | ROSENSTEIN apple pendant set in gold tone with a 16" chain, 1-1/2" by 1-1/8" apple with textured gold tone leaf, circa 1960s. I had thought all these years that these pieces in the Rosenstein line were made of ivory, but we recently got a broken piece so we could test it more rigorously and we find it as a plastic, not ivory. View View #R37183 |

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ROSENSTEIN brooches set in gold tone metal, circa 1960. View | NETTIE ROSENSTEIN trembler pansy flower brooch and earrings set with tiny aqua glass beads and clear rhinestones in a brushed gold tone setting. The brooch and both earrings have two tiny springs each, allowing the petals to tremble, and all 3 pieces are marked on the back "Nettie Rosenstein". The brooch is 1-5/8" by 1-1/2" and the earrings are each 1-1/8" by 1" clip backs. Circa 1960, all the pieces are in excellent vintage condition. View #X40154 | |
ROSENSTEIN textured gold tone and rhinestones royal lady brooch, 2-1/4" and man brooch 2-1/8". View #X26545 | ROSENSTEIN bust brooches circa 1960. | ROSENSTEIN King brooch with a profile head, body in gold tone set with clear rhinestones, some graying, circa 1960, 1-5/8". View #X26594 |
ROSENSTEIN 1-3/4" king and 2" queen pins with black carved possibly wooden heads and gold tone bodies with rhinestone accents. View #X23563 | ROSENSTEIN oriental man and woman pins with green glass faces, black enameling on gold tone and clear rhinestone accents. Man is 1-1/3" and woman is 1-1/2". View #X22914 | ROSENSTEIN brushed gold tone oriental lady figural 2.5" fur clip with green glass face and cabochons and clear rhinestones. View #X12157 |
ROSENSTEIN gold plated sterling enamel and rhinestone frog pins and earrings set circa 1940s. Set includes 2-1/3" pin, 2" pin, 1-1/4" pin and 1-1/4" earrings. This can be seen in Brunialti’s "American Costume Jewelry, Art & Industry" on page 45, where they say it was shown in Fall 1944, part of a collection of animal brooches which were offered in set of 3. A set with pieces similar to this can be seen in the book "Bijoux" by Deanna Cera on page 230. View View #X23083 | ROSENSTEIN sterling enameled and rhinestones bracelet circa 1945. View #X23719 | NETTIE ROSENSTEIN sterling vermeil wrapped heart fur clip with unusual pink rhinestones shot through with lavender, circa 1940, 2-1/4" by 1-3/4". This "By Love Entwined" theme is done using the most amazing pink unfoiled rhinestones that flash with blue and lavender highlights almost like a dragon’s breath does. It is marked on the back, "Nettie Rosenstein" and on the clip back, "sterling". Circa 1940, it is in good vintage condition with only very slight wear to the finish here and there and an all but invisible chip on one stone, and the stones on the knot are grayed. View View #X23599 |
ROSENSTEIN sterling fish fur clips, 2-5/8″ and 2″ with 1-1/4″ earrings. ViewView #X24350 | ROSENSTEIN sterling and enameled2-3/4″ flying fish fur clip with green rhinestone eyes. View #X24351 | ROSENSTEIN jester 3-1/4″ brooch and two matching 1-1/4″ scatter pins. View #X24139
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NETTIE ROSENSTEIN heraldic regal pendant with a crown and wreath circa 1965. Made of of textured gold tone and a central glass pearl with clear rhinestone accents, the pendant is 3" on a 21" long gold tone chain. Signed on the back "Nettie Rosenstein" it is in excellent condition in every way.
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| ROSENSTEIN lion pendant on wide gold tone chain necklace, lion 2-1/3" and chain 26". View #X31841 | NETTIE ROSENSTEIN regal cross pendant with blue enamel and clear rhinestones set in gold tone with clear rhinestones, circa 1965. The wide chain is 22" long and the pendant 2-1/3". Signed on the back "Nettie Rosenstein" it is in excellent condition. This is the very same piece seen in Christie Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry", 3rd Ed, page 205.
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ROSENSTEIN sterling vermeil heart pendant with gold tone artificial pearls, clear rhinestones and a rose glass cabochon center, 2-1/8" heart and 17" chain, circa 1946 as documented by this Harper’s Bazaar Magazine 1946 advertisement. High quality and well made as is most Rosenstein. View View #X22136 | ROSENSTEIN Harper’s Bazaar 1946 Illustrating the heart pendant shown at left. | ROSENSTEIN yellow square rhinestone 2-1/3" pendant on 24" gold tone chain. This chain is probably a replacement. View #X27643 |
ROSENSTEIN gold plated base metal with clear rhinestones apple trembler brooch, 2". View #X28533 | ROSENSTEIN gold tone and clear rhinestone coin pendant and earrings, 15" by 5/8" chain, 1-1/3" coin, 1" earrings. View #X28161 | ROSENSTEIN circle fur clip with clear rhinestones, circa 1940, 2-1/4". View #X61133 |
ROSENSTEIN Nettie Rosenstein sterling key pin with gold wash, circa 1940s 2-1/4". #X64775 | NETTIE ROSENSTEIN necklace and earrings of cylindrical celery green glass beads with gold foil, clear rhinestone roundelles 17" long with a 2-1/2" dangling beads, 2-1/8" dangle earrings, marked on earrings only. View #X35340 | ROSENSTEIN trembler stylized flower brooch and earrings with green oval cabochon, clear pave rhinestones and artificial pearls set in gold tone, brooch 2-1/3" clip back earrings 1". View #R35820 |
NETTIE ROSENSTEIN cross and crown brooch. View #X19817 | ROSENSTEIN pocket watch fur clip with clear rhinestones. View #X66225 | MAGAZINE advertisement for Nettie Rosenstein sword and pocket watch brooches or clips. |
ROSENSTEIN sterling vermeil and clear rhinestones flower brooch, circa 1945, 3-1/8". View #X25851
| ROSENSTEIN gold tone, clear rhinestones and artificial pearl 2" flower trembler necklace, 15". View #X25989 | ROSENSTEIN sterling vermeil shamrock pin with clear rhinestones, 2-5/8". View #X25102 |
ROSENSTEIN hand painted portrait brooch in gold tone with artificial pearls and clear rhinestones, 2". The tiny portrait was hand painted on celluloid in wonderful colors and detail, and the setting displays it perfectly. View #X26513 | ROSENSTEIN portrait jewelry. | ROSENSTEIN hand painted portrait brooch in gold tone with artificial pearls and clear rhinestones. View View #X26514 |
ROSENSTEIN hand painted portrait brooch set in ornate gold tone with clear rhinestones and artificial pearls, 2-1/2" by 1-3/4", circa 1960. The lady in the portrait wears wonderful jewelry and a powdered wig. View #X11708 | NETTIE ROSENSTEIN artificial pearl and rhinestones set in gold tone earrings, 1" clip backs. These looks wonderful with the Rosenstein portrait brooches with pearl surrounds. In excellent condition, these are circa 1960. View #X24342 | ROSENSTEIN hand painted portrait brooch in gold tone with artificial pearls and clear rhinestones. View #X22409 |
ROSENSTEIN elegant lady hand painted portrait 2" pendant with clear rhinestones on 22" gold tone chain. View #X28503 | ROSENSTEIN sterling vermeil and clear rhinestones brooch with delicate hand painted Degas-style ballerina center, 1-5/8". The charming miniature painting is done on celluloid. View #X22135 | ROSENSTEIN portrait enameled on metal set in gold tone with clear rhinestones brooch, 2-3/4". View #X27683 |
NETTIE ROSENSTEIN portrait brooch with a hand painted child wearing a lace edged cap surrounded by glass pearls and clear rhinestones and all set in textured gold tone, marked "Nettie Rosenstein" on the back, circa 1960s, 2" by 1-1/3". This is in very good condition with only a few clear rhinestones turning a bit gray. Included here just for fun is a jpg of a group of these Rosenstein portrait pieces so you can see the wonderful variety they made
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| NETTIE ROSENSTEIN earrings with glass pearls set in matte gold tone around a Romanesque bust profile, 1". They are beautifully made, and even the textured back sides are lovely. The back of both clips is marked "Nettie Rosenstein". These are clip back earrings in excellent condition.
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| ROSENSTEIN portrait brooch with signed hand painted portrait of a soldier, set in textured gold tone with a clear rhinestone border, 2" by 1-1/3".
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ROSENSTEIN stars brooch and earrings with green aurora cabochon and clear rhinestone accents. ViewView #X19418 | ROSENSTEIN very unusual sterling sword fur clip with face, 3-1/2″. View View #X21892 | ROSENSTEIN embossed gold tone brooch with Indian motif. View #X19272
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SIMILAR PORTRAIT BROOCHES by other makers |
HASKELL/VRBA this fabulous portrait pin was made for a Broadway play by Larry Vrba when he was the designer for Miriam Haskell Jewelry. There was more of this regal-looking jewelry made for the same play, and I dream of finding other pieces. View View #H10012 | PORTRAIT JEWELRY by Nettie Rosenstein, Lawrence Vrba, Miriam Haskell and Florenza.
| FLORENZA portrait brooch/frame. It is interesting that this image is so similar to the Rosenstein portrait brooch and the Haskell/Vrba brooch. View #X21469 |
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