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This is a beautiful, heavy older brooch! Constructed in pieces riveted together- the finish is a mellow gold-bronze color over cast potmetal. The center bouquet has deeply pasteset rhinestone rounds in green, red, lilac and topaz. There are 6 other rose flower heads set with rhinestone rounds in red, green, light blue and topaz. Measuring 3 1/2" by 2 1/4", this substansial brooch is in Excellent Condition. The leaves are very lifelike with texturing in between the raised veins. The flower finish is smooth. Signed with the Mystery mark LN/25 raised on the back. A truly lovely old floral! Back(click here)
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Oh What A Sparkler! Measuring 3 3/8" long, the flower head is 1 7/8" by 1 1/2". This dimensional pieces has a rhinestone round encrusted stem with a lilac, AB and amethyst rhinestone leaf. The flower head has lilac skinny marquis stones alternating with 5/8" amethyst navettes and is attached to the stem by a golden wire. At the top is a beautiful amethyst teardrop glass stone. The center is a special effect lilac rhinestone round with an AB rhinestone accent. All stones except the clear stem stones, the 2 AB stones and the center of the flower are openbacked and unfoiled. The setting is goldtone and has had a professional repair to the pinstem holder- it is very sturdy and strong. The stones are all without chips, are prongset and are in excellent condition- as is the plating on the brooch. Just the thing to match your Juliana pieces! Back(click here)
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I'm not sure what kind of plastic this is- thermoset, lucite, but I know these were popular in the 40's and 50's. This one has green on the stem, orangy-pink on the stamen and a faded lavender (I think) on the petals. It measures 3 1/8" by 2 3/4" and is three dimensional. The pinback is the older plastic c-clasp. No cracks or bends! Just a bit faded with age!
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The design that made Krementz famous! This lovely basket is filled with the beautiful Krementz roses. There are 4 layered flowers in Rose gold with yellow gold stems and veined, lifelike leaves. The basket is an openweave and has a delicate carved look design on top. Measuring 1 7/8" by 1 3/8", this piece has lots of depth.The rope twist basket handle and brim actually stick out away from the roses. This is in like new condition- and signed KREMENTZ and something else very small on the pinstem. Probably typical gold overlay. A Beauty of a pin!
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This is nicely tinted cast potmetal brooch! Hard to see in the scan- but the color is a washed transluscent red- both front and back. This is what caused the glare in the picture! Measuring 2 1/2" all ways- The ruby red buds are actually faceted acrylic! And they are in GREAT shape! Usually you will see scratching and wear- but not on these! This piece was obviously well taken care of. The other 2 flowers have red stamens and the ribbon weaves amid the stems. Signed with a raised S inside of a star. In excellent condition!
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This is a nice sparkly set! The brooch measures 4" long- the flower head is 1 3/4" across. The setting is a textured silvertone with a heavy cast metal detailed stem and leaves. There are 2 layers of flower petals that hold riveted skinny marquis rhinestones. Full View(click here) The bottom layer is a montana blue- the top a light blue. They are layered so the petals alternate color. The center is a beautiful deep blue AB rhinestone round surrounded by a row of smaller blue AB rhinestone rounds- all stones are prongset. The clip earrings measure 1 3/8" across and are over 1/2" high at the center. The flower looks like a Black-Eyed Susan in design. There is a bit of age at the tips of a couple of the lighter blue marquis stones- and pinpoints in the center , but not seen unless you are looking straight into the stones. It does NOT detract from the glitz and shine! The settings are in excellent condition- as most of the rhinestones are. A very lovely set! Back(click here)
Lorie and Mark Mattson