DEROSA brooch in the shape of waving grasses with clear rhinestone dew drops in a gold plated setting, elegant and lovely. It was made in the 1940s, it is 2-1/2″ by 1″. It is signed on the back “R DeRosa sterling”. Sometimes simplicity is best! View View #d42178 $298.00
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”
AQUA pierced swirl design brooch with a beautifully faceted square aqua rhinestone center and three clear rhinestones all in a gold tone metal setting. It is a nice showy size at 3-1/4″ by 2″. View View View #Y42198 $168.00
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”
BROOCH rhinestone brooch with dazzling clear rhinestones in a silver color rhodium plated setting, 2-1/2″ by 1-1/3″. Probably made in the 1950s, this is in excellent condition. View View #Y66628 $42.00
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 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”
PASTE lavaliere pendant necklace with clear pastes and green center cabochon in a bow top teardrop-shaped silver setting. The three layers with which it is made allow for movement when it is worn. It is marked with the European silver “800”mark on the back and the sterling chain is 18″ long. Made in about 1930, … Continue reading “PASTE pendant with clear pastes and green center cabochon”
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. 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”