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Jewelry
Copies
& Look-alikes
pieces that
have been fashioned by more than one jewelry maker

DeNICOLA
blue pink and green poured glass set in gold tone 2" domed brooch.
View #X24920

POURED glass brooches.

DeNICOLA poured glass
pink and green pin, 2 3/4" wide by 2-5/16".
View #X24784

DEROSA unsigned
2-1/2" fur clip with lavender enameled violets on a crystal circle.
View #d21154

DEROSA
style
flower brooch with red
faceted glass beads centered with clear
rhinestones and clear rhinestone petal and leaf edges, all in a gold
plated setting, 2-3/4" by 2-1/8". An almost illegible
mark on the back of this says something like, "F_ _ RS".

View #d37300

The flower fur clip at the far right is signed "Deja", yet it looks just
like the DeRosa flower clip. Because the design art work for this clip
came from a large group of DeRosa working drawings, I suspect DeRosa
made it first and then Deja copied it.

DEROSA cupped flower fur clip with pale tan baguettes on the stem, clear rhinestones
lining the petals and leaves and enameled red tipped stamen, a bit
of red missing. It is in a gold plated setting, which has some signs of
wear upon close examination. It is signed "R DeRosa" on
the back and it was made in the 1940s, 2-7/8" by 2".

We
have in our collection the DeRosa design art work for a very similar
flower, shown

HERE, and find it interesting that they were offered by at least two
different companys, DeRosa and Deja.
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This design was made as a dress clip, a fur clip and a brooch.

DEJA
signed flower fur clip with lovely aqua faceted glass beads, each with a
clear rhinestone in the center and each portion lined with
clear rhinestones for extra brilliance. It is all set in
gold plated sterling silver, signed
on the back "Deja", made in about 1940, 3" by 2". We have in our
collection the DeRosa design art work for a very similar
flower, shown

HERE, and find it interesting that these were offered by at least two
different companys, Deja and DeRosa.
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Jewelry companies did copy jewelry designs from one another. Coro did a similar piece as well, and
their piece was patented
Coro patent 140,016
and dated January 1945. Coro was known to copy other companies
designs.

And if the three versions in the row above
here aren’t enough, here is the Coro version of this flower! >>>

COROCRAFT gold plated sterling silver cupped flower
brooch with topaz colored marquis stamen and clear rhinestone accents, signed on
the back "sterling Corocraft" with the Pegasus logo. It is large at 3" by 2" and
a marvelous piece from the 1940s. I suspect this was a copy of the DeRosa flower
clip shown

HERE.
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#C42970

Coro patent

140,016 dated 1945,

This shows the back of these pieces.

DEROSA floral dress clip
with cream, blue and green enamel, red glass bead centers and clear rhinestones
accents, light enamel wear, 3-5/8".
View View #d34536

GOLD TONE flower bouquet brooch with clear
rhinestones and artificial pearls, 3-5/8". This is similar to
the DeRosa at the left, but it is far less desirable. It has a
flatter look and lower quality stones, but it’s still a pretty brooch. #Y29529

Pieces as similar as these make me wonder who made the
original and who copied it!

George Jensen sterling brooch (left) and Coro sterling brooch
(right). View

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MARK

AMOURELLE
pinecones motif topaz- and honey-colored glass beads and rhinestones 17"
necklace with 4" pendant.
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HASKELL
topaz-colored glass beads and rhinestones with gold tone chains 16"
necklace with pinecone motif clasp.
View #H22664

According to those who worked in the jewelry industry, the practice of designers using each other’s pieces as inspiration
was common, as was the "borrowing" of ideas for the use
and combinations of beads,
findings and designs. The sets shown directly above, one by Haskell and one
marked Amourelle, demonstrate this. In this case though, Frank Hess designed both
necklaces, but for
different companies.

HC Carnegie gold
tone with green and clear rhinestones exotic head two-pronged fur clip,
3-5/8". Both
the earrings and necklace on this clip dangle.
View #C23928

HC
Carnegie gold tone with aqua and clear rhinestones exotic head
two-pronged fur clip, 3-1/3". Both the earrings and necklace on this clip dangle.
Some finish wear present. View
#C23929

EXOTIC
unsigned lady
brooch in gold tone with red and clear rhinestones, 3-5/8".
View #Y24316

These same ladies have been seen with the REINAD mark as well.

ROSENSTEIN
portrait brooch with artificial pearls set in textured gold tone with
clear rhinestone accents.
View #X22409

FLORENZA
portrait brooch/frame. It is interesting that this is so similar to the
Rosenstein portrait brooch shown above, and that the portrait is the same
as the Haskell/Vrba brooch at the right.
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#X21469

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 regal-looking jewelry made for the same
play, and I dream of finding other pieces.
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#H10012