Here are some pretty micro mosaic earrings to make up for posting a compact yesterday. Micro mosaic jewelry is really popular with collectors and the more ornate pieces, including picture frames bring in premium prices. I have included a link to the Wikipedia page on micro mosaics because they have a superb example of a Victorian era micro mosaic brooch. Take a look!
This owl necklace is really cool- I like how the feathers on his breast have an usual pattern of gold tone metal and enameled portions.
This is a beautiful example of old vintage Egyptian Revival - it features a beautifully painted bust of a Pharaoh on top of an ornate, octagonal sliding locket. Say that seven times fast, while you are trying to say that... I'll be saying "I won't fall in love with the inventory..." over and over. Sigh... I love this piece.
This weekend I moved bedrooms. The master bedroom which is really pretty is on the bottom floor. We had two of our school age sons sharing that room since we moved here several years ago. My husband and I were on the top floor so we could be with our youngest children and be on the same floor as the nursery. It seemed much safer to not have to walk up and down the stairs in the middle of the night with screaming babies. Needless to the say the top floor of our house is not as pretty- in fact it is butt ugly.
My husband and I have been staying in a room for three years that is green and has purple butterflies on the wall. The previous occupants were two little girls if I recall correctly. If you are wondering why we just didn't paint the walls up there... we only had 3 children when we moved into our new house 3 & 1/2 years ago. Now we have five! Painting during pregnancy and when there are babies in the house is not my to my liking. Now though- our youngest is 1 and I finally feel like a human and less of a cow, so it's time for home improvements.
If you are wondering what this has to do with jewelry it doesn't... it just an explanation as to why the postings are sparse lately. I thought I would pop on here on Sunday and make a quick post, but it took longer then expected to have my two sons situated upstairs with no problems going back to school on Monday. I was up pretty late this weekend- and not online much. I feel like a night owl- kind of like this beautiful vintage owl necklace. Only his eyes are a beautiful moon glow yellow... mine are bulgy and red!
HOOT HOOT!
I am usually not very fond of faux pearl sets, to me they're a dime a dozen. However, this one I like. To see what makes it stand out- take a look at the large rhinestone clasp on the necklace and the matching earrings adorned with gold tone leaves. Very nice!
Clasp above and below matching clip on earrings.
I really don't know that this piece of jewelry is vintage, but I think it's really cute. For one the front is a very pretty faux stained glass floral arrangement that looks really neat. Two if you flip over the back it looks like a foiled Reese's Peanut Butter cup. For the record- I really like candy.
That red jewelry sells best... I don't remember the reason, but bidders and buyers tend to pay more for red jewelry. In practice I have noticed that auctions for red rhinestone jewelry often close with higher ending bids then other similar quality vintage jewelry that is not red. I wonder if jewelry designers find this is the case as well?
Is red jewelry more popular? What do you think?
This very old brooch was made using a technique called repousse - the alternative to this technique is chasing. As you can see the back was hammered out to make the design work on the front and then the brooch was painted.
I absolutely love this Victorian brooch and I will be sad to see it go. Really- I am actually thinking it might walk over from my inventory and deposit itself into my jewelry box. If you are interested in breaking my heart- it's still available here in my store.
I really have a fondness for Art Deco- it's a very opulent look. That's probably why I like dress clips and I like these earrings. What's really cool about these, is they still retain the blue paint for the most part. Many times you'll find that really old vintage jewelry has lost all the paint or enamel original to the piece. So I think these are kind of special despite the fact that someone spilled rubber cement all over the lower fronts. Luckily I am able to remove quite a bit of it.
Oh Oh - It looks like I missed a day of posting, bet you thought I was out of jewerly HA! We'll just back date this post and it will fill in the blanks nicely.
If you have been following this blog- you know two things;
I sell jewelry and I have a thing for dress clips...
except for this one. Well- that's because this has got to be the ugliest dress clip ever. It look like a duck foot dipped in metal... and in a way that's kind of cute. Well not really- it's ugly.
This is a really pretty vintage filigree bracelet that has an antiqued look. It's another one of those pieces that I wouldn't mind if it accidentally found it's way into my jewelry box... too bad I put it up for sale already.
Here's a lovely carved rose pendant, the composition or I won't even guess. I am really not up to snuff on pre-ban ivory, bone, of scrimshaw jewelry pieces. This pendant is very pretty and a large size though as you can tell in comparison with my hand.
This brooch has a really nice regal or military look and I can't actually say for sure it is from 1937. I can tell you that the patent number on the back for the hardware is a patent number from 1937. Patent numbers can be really helpful- we know then that the brooch wasn't made before 1937 and that it fits in with other war time jewelry of this nature.
Everyone needs a real vintage mood ring... that would be a ring with a bit a substance and that is NOT adjustable. If more people wore mood rings- you could tell when passive aggressive types are really pissed off at you and avoid them!
This piece is actually broken- it's an unsigned Goldette reverse carved brooch with stick pin charms around it. There should actually be several more charms on top. I keep thinking I will do something crafty with this piece so I hang on to it. I believe I mentioned the Goldette charms to you in a previous post- the snake charm with her little egg in her nest is featured on this brooch- that's my favorite Goldette charm.
By the way- when sunset comes tonight- watch our for little spooks and goblins, be sure to feed them lots of candy and Happy Halloween!
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