VINTAGE JEWELRY - - HANDMADE HERESY

Friday, January 15, 2010

Vintage Maple Leaf Brooch


Adorable and arboreal: this pin is a pale goldtone number that is about two inches by two at its longest and widest points. There is some minor tarnish and a small indentation on the stem, but I've convinced the pin that these marks add character.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Vintage Maple Leaf Brooch

Thursday, January 14, 2010

VIntage Button-Style Gold and Faux Pearl Clip-On Earrings.

Each elegant clip-on earring offers a lovely and substantial faux pearl ringed with goldtone links. Each measures a full inch in diameter, so there is no danger that they will overpowered by the rest of your ensemble, yet the centered pearlized orb is calm and creamy enough to allay any concerns regarding excess or overstatement. The clips are still wonderfully unsprung and securely snap with a satisfying certainty, inviting one to grab that clutch, smooth that skirt, check the mirror one last time, and go share a sandwich and some milk with Anthony Perkins.

These earrings are in fantastic vintage condition. The metal has very little tarnish, and the only marks on the orbs are the sort of slight lines and subtle grooves that make them seem less faux than they are.

VIntage Button-Style Gold and Faux Pearl Clip-On Earrings.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Elephant Button-Style Clip-On Earrings


Be ye GOP or simply fond of the handsome pachyderm, this fun pair is at home anywhere from a raucous caucus to a subdued garden party. Light as can be, these primarily plastic pack animals are embossed on a silver disk and surrounded by goldtone faux-filigre. And if that ain't enough alliteration for you, the metal clips clasp close to the lobe, comfortably confident in their padded, pleasant performance. To wit: they shan't fall off and you shan't feel 'em on.
These earrings are in fair condition. They are certainly solid and fixed, but the plastic is neither unmarred nor free of tarnish. But then, what self-respecting elephant isn't at least a little wrinkly at the joints?

Elephant Button-Style Clip-On Earrings

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Vintage Fig Leaves Scatter Pins


These two cute scatter pins are pale goldtone with aurora borealis rhinestones. The smaller one is missing one stone, and they both show some small spots of tarnish on the metal. The larger one is 2" long and the small one is about 1 1/2" long.

Vintage Fig Leaves Scatter Pins