LARRY VRBA hinged brooch with a golden horse head at the top, wonderful red textured stones and purple cabochons, and glass pearls, all set in gold tone. In addition he has added several different kinds of aurora borealis stones, as well as red faceted glass beads and clear rhinestone flat backs and roundelles. Signed on … Continue reading “LARRY VRBA hinged brooch with a golden horse head at the top, wonderful red textured stones and purple cabochons”
AMOURELLE by Frank Hess very rare convertible necklace/brooch and earrings set with glass pearls, clear rhinestones and gold tone chains, a marvelous set of costume jewelry. It includes 4 pieces: a necklace 15-1/2″, a brooch 2″ with a 5/8″ loop that can attach it to the necklace, and 1″ clip back earrings. This set can … Continue reading “AMOURELLE glass pearls, clear rhinestones convertible set, very rare”
WOODEN colorful olives and green leaves pin with olives in red, blue, yellow and brown, circa 1940, 3-5/8″. One tiny black glass seed bead is missing from the bottom of one yellow olive. Hess for Haskell made pieces very similar to this and I waver on whether I think this is by Miriam Haskell or … Continue reading “WOODEN colorful olives & green leaves pin, 1940”
LARRY VRBA pink and green glass petals and leaves flower brooch with pink rhinestones, large and lovely at 5″ by 4-3/4″. I really like the satin like finish on these petals. He has been making jewelry for over 50 years, and was the head designer at Miriam Haskell Jewelry in the 1970’s. Larry makes jewelry … Continue reading “LARRY VRBA pink and green glass petals and leaves flower brooch with pink rhinestones”
LARRY VRBA flower brooch with an aqua multi-petal flower and aqua glass cabochon bud and clear rhinestone leaves and stems set in black japanned settings, 5-1/2″ by 3-34″. The aqua petals are made of injection-molded plastic and they are lovely. Vrba has been making jewelry for over 50 years, and was the head designer at … Continue reading “LARRY VRBA flower brooch with an aqua flower, aqua glass cabochon bud”
LARRY VRBA flower brooch with pink and green glass petals and leaves accented by pink rhinestones and tiny pink flowers, large and lovely at 5-3/4″ by 5″. Vrba has been making jewelry for over 50 years, and was the head designer at Miriam Haskell Jewelry in the 1970’s. Larry makes jewelry for the Broadway Stage … Continue reading “LARRY VRBA flower brooch with pink and green glass petals and leaves accented by pink rhinestones”
ROSE montees and artificial pearls set in gold tone filigree earrings, 1-1/8″. These are lovely classics with clip backs like those used by Miriam Haskell, but they are not signed. View #Y29561 $78.00
AMOURELLE brooch with orange glass beads, green enameled leaves, textured gold tone beads and filigree, 3-1/2″. This can be worn as a brooch of course, but it also has a clip on the back indicating that it could have been attached to another piece as well, used perhaps as a pendant hanging from a bead necklace. The Amourelle … Continue reading “AMOURELLE brooch with orange glass beads, green enameled leaves”
AMOURELLE large flower brooch in honey and topaz-colored rhinestones and rose montee surrounding a dazzling art glass cabochon center. This is a nice large3″ pin on a gold tone filigree base, marked “Amourelle” in a heart on the back. Amourelle was Frank Hess’s company, under the Kramer umbrella, started after he left his job as head designer … Continue reading “AMOURELLE large flower brooch in honey and cabochons, 1960s”
GOLD TONE large bouquet brooch with faceted topaz colored glass teardrop-shaped beads suspended from the leaves, 5-1/8″ by 2-1/2″, circa 1940. See this same brooch in blue in Ettinger’s book “Popular Jewelry, 1840-1940” on page 161. It is in excellent condition and while the finish on the gold metal is like the Russian gold finish … Continue reading “GOLD TONE large bouquet brooch with faceted topaz colored glass beads”
