HASKELL acorn dress clip with brown glass beads and seed beads and twisted green cord, 2-1/2″. This shows the clever way in which Haskell and Frank Hess designed jewelry during the WWII era, when materials were short. Item 35516, which can be purchased separately, shows this clip in an original advertising art work, as seen … Continue reading “MIRIAM HASKELL acorn dress clip with brown glass beads and seed beads and green cord”
SHULTZ bakelite green with cream marbled bangle with 6 black oval dots, each 2-1/2″ by 1/2″ by 1/3″. Spacers are fun to wear in stacks as well as alone. Artisan Ron Shultz is a contemporary jewelry maker who uses only vintage 1940 bakelite to create his wonderful pieces, and he makes them all himself from his own original designs. It is in … Continue reading “SHULTZ bakelite green with cream marbled dot bangle”
MIRIAM HASKELL jewelry designed by Frank Hess is illustrated in this original Larry Austin art work advertisement. Painted with gouache on paper board, it shows a coil bracelet and lariat necklace made of artificial pearls, glass beads and gold tone leaves, circa 1940. The lovely lady is wearing a wonderful coral colored dress and fur hat, so typical … Continue reading “MIRIAM HASKELL jewelry original by Larry Austin”
STERLING Native American sterling silver buckle with YeiBiChi figure designs inlaid using turquoise and shell, 3-1/2″ by 2″, and it takes a 1-1/2″ belt. It is marked “TW” on the back, and that is a company who uses Navajo jewelers to make their pieces. There is slight scratching on the front, nothing distracting. Often called … Continue reading “STERLING Native American Navajo inlay buckle with YeiBiChi, marked TW”
LAINS Catalin Creations bakelite “Sine Wave” bangle, number 18 of a possible 40, made in Summer 2001, black with green, tan and mustard Deco designs, 2-5/8″ by 1-5/8″ by 1/3″. Lains never made many pieces, and while this is numbered “18 of 40”, it is likely that 40 were never actually made. Dan and Penny Lains had revisited the … Continue reading “LAINS Catalin Creations bakelite “Sine Wave” bangle, 2001″
LAINS bakelite bangle called ”On Point 8 of 16 Summer 2001″. It is a black bakelite bangle with yellow-green swirl and green diamonds, 2-1/2″ by 7/8″ by 1/3″. Lain did not make very many bangles, so this is pretty rare. Lain gets a deep polish on his pieces like Shultz does. Lain did not make very many bangles, so … Continue reading “LAINS bakelite On Point 8 of 16 Summer 2001 bangle”
HASKELL Hess lush blue glass leaves, flowers and beads necklace, circa 1930’s, 16-1/2″ by 3-1/3″. This has blue glass beads and leaves set off by dimensional, cobalt blue floral beads and lighter blue glass petals. A Frank Hess design for Miriam Haskell, these are not signed as was typical for this era, circa 1940.The pieces … Continue reading “HASKELL Hess lush blue glass leaves, flowers and beads necklace”
MIRIAM HASKELL by Hess white molded glass flowers, leaves and beads lariat necklace. It is 24″ in total length with 2-1/4″ wide dress clips on each end. A Frank Hess design for Miriam Haskell, it is unsigned as was typical for this era, circa 1930-40s. What amazing things Hess designed for Haskell back then, and … Continue reading “MIRIAM HASKELL Hess white glass flowers, leaves lariat necklace”
SHULTZ bakelite bangle with cheerful multi-colored oval dots on a transparent bangle, which will turn back to a transparent green over time, 2-1/2″ by 5/8″ by 1/3″. The design of each oval dot are is different and all of them are creatively used. Artisan Ron Schultz, who began making his wonderful bakelite jewelry in the … Continue reading “SHULTZ bakelite bangle with cheerful multi-colored oval dots”
STERLING needle case marked “sterling”, 2-1/2″ . It has a nice embossed scroll and beaded design with open cartouches on each side, never having been engraved. Antique sewing accessories were so beautifully designed in the Victorian era. View #N39758 $98.00
