Archive for December, 2009
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[svgallery name="Tortolani Tree"]
Charming brushed silver Christmas tree pin by Tortolani. Metal branches are decorated with a metal pine cone, star and bell sprinkled with red and green rhinestones topped off with a candle. This three dimensional brooch can also stand up on the flat round base and prove to be a tiny decoration around the [...]
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[svgallery name="Boucher Pin"]
Beautiful ribbons of round and baguette cut rhinestones create a stylized feather brooch by Marcel Boucher. This brooch is marked © Boucher with the inventory number 8135P. It is said that the copyright symbol was added to the Boucher stamp after 1955. I would guess that this is a late 1950s or early [...]
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[svgallery name="1952 Hollycraft Pin"]
Hollycraft made excellent rhinestone pieces and this brooch in varying shades of purple is no exception. Hollycraft was among the very few costume jewelry companies to date their jewelry. This piece is from 1952. Tiered three dimensional pin has round, marquise, and oval stone in a variety of sizes. [...]
