FLORAL brooch with very soft yellow unfoiled rhinestone flowers and clear foiled rhinestone leaves and accents

FLORAL brooch with very soft yellow unfoiled rhinestone flowers and clear foiled rhinestone leaves and accents, all set in both silver and gold tone metal.  This beauty is 3-1/8″ long and so well designed, with interesting layers. While it has some grayed rhinestones it’s still a wonderful stylized bouquet with elements that wind in and … Continue reading “FLORAL brooch with very soft yellow unfoiled rhinestone flowers and clear foiled rhinestone leaves and accents”

DeROSA sterling silver and clear rhinestones fur clip and earrings, 1947

DeROSA rhodium plated sterling silver and clear rhinestones fur clip and earrings made in 1947 according to a magazine advertisement from that year.  The swirling and pierced design is beautiful and the lover’s knots and wire work filigree adds even more interest.  The clip is 3″ long and clip back earrings are 1-1/4″ and they … Continue reading “DeROSA sterling silver and clear rhinestones fur clip and earrings, 1947”

EISENBERG style but unsigned dress clip with clear rhinestones, both foiled and unfoiled

EISENBERG style but unsigned dress clip with clear rhinestones, both foiled and unfoiled, set in silver tone metal.  It is 3-1/3″ in length and 1-5/8″ wide, a good size.  It looks like an Eisenberg but has no signature but it has the typical Eisenberg clip mechanism and it is from the 1940s.  This is in … Continue reading “EISENBERG style but unsigned dress clip with clear rhinestones, both foiled and unfoiled”

CAPRI star brooch with dragon’s breath cabochons, caramel teardrop shaped rhinestones and rose colored aurora borealis

CAPRI star brooch with dragon’s breath cabochons, caramel teardrop shaped rhinestones and rose colored aurora borealis set in textured gold tone metal, signed on the back “Capri”, 3″ across.  Dragon’s breath was a Czechoslovakian glass process where metal was added to molten glass giving it this particular coloring and rainbow effect.  Capri jewelry was made … Continue reading “CAPRI star brooch with dragon’s breath cabochons, caramel teardrop shaped rhinestones and rose colored aurora borealis”

DORIS SMALLCANYON (D SMCYN mark) Navajo sterling silver and coral kachina squash blossom necklace and earrings

DORIS SMALLCANYON (D SMCYN mark) Navajo sterling silver and coral kachina squash blossom necklace and earrings, really beautiful and detailed. It is 26″ long with a 2-1/3″ by 5/8″ center kachina, a 1-5/8″ by 3/4″ smaller kachina, and a pair of two-bead 5/8″ long earrings, not counting the hooks.  The set weighs about 5.3 ounces … Continue reading “DORIS SMALLCANYON (D SMCYN mark) Navajo sterling silver and coral kachina squash blossom necklace and earrings”

VEGA MADDUX ring with pink quartz and green marbled stones in a size for larger fingers, size 10

VEGA MADDUX ring with pink quartz and green marbled stones in a size for larger fingers, size 10.  Running 3″ along the finger, it is 1-1/3″ at the most wide.  Along with being a professional comedian working with Jimmy Durante, among others, Vega Maddux was a 1960-1980s California jewelry maker and more of her work … Continue reading “VEGA MADDUX ring with pink quartz and green marbled stones in a size for larger fingers, size 10”