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 | | April 2008 | www.morninggloryjewelry.com | |  | |
Welcome to Morning Glory Antiques & Jewelry!
| We add articles, reference pages and recent acquisitions continually and would like to keep you abreast of whats new on a monthly basis with this newsletter.
Browse, enjoy, and be sure to email us with ideas of topics you would like to see in the future.
| Feature: JEWEL CHAT REFERENCES
| One of the features offered by Morning Glory is our JEWEL CHAT reference pages. Need to check a sterling hallmark? Compare ring sizes for different countries? Look up jewelry patents, makers marks and dates? Its all there! This is just some of the information offered:
REFERENCE INFORMATION
Jewelry Marks & Dates
Jewelry References
Jewelry Values, what its worth and how to sell it
Determining Jewelry Quality
Jewelry Definitions
Jewelry Findings
| Feature: LAWRENCE (Larry) VRBA and his Jewelry
| Larry Vrba is a wonderful jewelry maker and a good friend. He has been making jewelry for over 40 years, and was the head designer at Miriam Haskell Jewelry in the 1970s. Larry makes jewelry for the Broadway Stage as well as for boutiques, balls and vintage jewelry shops. His pieces are almost always quite large, usually four inches or more, and he has a huge collection of old beads and rhinestones from which to fashion them. After moving to New York City in 1968 from his home state of Nebraska, Vrba repeatedly went to the Miriam Haskell Jewelry offices asking for a job. By pure luck he ran into the then-owner of Haskell Jewelry, Sandy Moss, and was hired. Within six weeks of being hired, Vrba was a designer making jewelry each Friday, a position he held for about 1-1/2 years. He went on to become head designed from 1970-1978. He was young, talented and passionate about his work. Larry Vrba left Miriam Haskell Jewelry and went out on his own in 1983, creating strong three-dimensional colorful and large pieces. Among the customers for his own "Lawrence Vrba" jewelry can be counted the Broadway theater (jewelry for Hairspray, tiaras and scepters for Wicked and many more), Metropolitan Opera, shops, boutiques and collectors. As one of the most respected contemporary jewelry makers around, his line has remained successful and in demand for over 25 years. Larry is that unusual combination of the creative talent and a great mind for business and he now works in his own studio creating on a daily basis.
Among his most collectible pieces are his Christmas tree brooches, floral vase brooches and large-scale necklace sets. VRBA Jewelry VRBA Christmas Jewelry VRBA Jewelry for Sale
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