LARRY VRBA heart and flowers brooch with the dramatic size and wonderful creativity that makes his jewelry so special. The golden metal heart is surrounded with clear rhinestones and decorated by flowers made of poured glass, glass, mother-of-pearl, plastic in red, aqua and green. The aqua glass petals look like those used by Trifari years … Continue reading “LARRY VRBA heart and flowers brooch with the dramatic size and wonderful creativity that makes his jewelry so special”
MIRIAM HASKELL dress clip of clear and green glass leaves, white plastic flower buttons and white beads, by Frank Hess for Miriam Haskell circa 1940, it is 3-5/8″ long. Hess used these flower buttons in different colors in many of his pieces and they are a nice whimsical touch. This is a genuine piece of … Continue reading “MIRIAM HASKELL Hess dress clip of green and clear glass leaves and white flower buttons”
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN Revival earrings with green center rhinestones, plastic pearls and white, aqua and black enamel work, all in a gold washed metal setting. These are 1-1/8″ by 5/8″ clip backs. View View #Q42123 $32.00
BLACK bracelet with amber colored centers, marked inside one link “LBMDJ”, relaxed size 7″ and 1-3/4″ wide. It looks like jet and amber but is actually plastic and/or resin. A kind French lady tells me that the initials stand for, “Laboratoire Biologie Marine Daniel Jouvance”, which was a company that made cosmetics in the 1980s … Continue reading “BLACK bracelet with colored centers, mark LBMDJ”
HOBE Josef purse with hand embroidered and glass beaded body by the purse maker Josef and embellished by a rhinestone and gold tone frame by Hobe. It is marked on a tag inside “Bags by Josef hand beaded in the USA”, and the body is 11-1/2″ by 5-1/2″, the frame 8-1/2″ by 1-3/4″. This is … Continue reading “HOBE Josef purse with hand embroidered and glass beaded body”
CHRISTMAS tree brooch with pink enameled on silver flamingos as ornaments and pink rhinestone garland on a green rhinestone tree with a green thick plastic backing. It is 2-5/8″ by 2-1/4″. View #B66469 $148.00
SHULTZ bakelite Christmas tree brooch in red dangling segments with a yellow star and glass bead ornaments, 3-1/3″. A similar piece can be seen in the book, “Shultz Bakelite Jewelry” by Karima Parry on page 129 and in “Collecting Art Plastic Jewelry” by Lee Leshner on page 235. #B64975 $245.00
ADRIAN very rare artisan made bakelite carousel brooch in red, butterscotch, green and dark brown, highly detailed and 1-1/2″ tall and 1″ deep. The number of pieces that had to fit together exactly in this brooch is the sign of a master craftsman, and I suspect this is one-of-a-kind. This same piece can be seen … Continue reading “ADRIAN rare bakelite carousel brooch in red, butterscotch, green and dark brown OOAK”
CHUNKY apple juice resin bangle with reverse carved and painted fruit and foliage, unknown contemporary maker, 2-1/2″ by 1-1/2:” by 1/2″. A nice chunky piece that is plastic but looks like bakelite and with an great design. View View #B35361 $268.00
SHULTZ bakelite two row bangle with slice checks alternating with apple juice, 2-1/2″ by 1″ by 1/3″ thick. This can be seen in the book “Art Plastic Jewelry” by Lee Leshner on page 226. View #B65676 $495.00
