Lot 38:
An Assortment of Vintage Mid-Century Costume Jewelry Including Signed Kramer Earrings
Description
An assortment of mid-century costume jewelry featuring a variety of styles including floral, geometric, and beaded designs. The collection includes two necklaces: one strand of faceted, graduated amber-colored glass beads with a gold-tone clasp, and one classic single-strand clear rhinestone line necklace in a silver-tone metal setting with a box clasp.
The group contains several brooches, featuring a large openwork silver-tone brooch set with purple and clear rhinestones with a c-clasp, a large floral spray brooch with hematite-tone and aurora borealis rhinestones, and two tiered, circular domed brooches featuring faux pearls and small clear rhinestones in gold-tone settings.
Earrings in the lot include a pair of silver-tone clip-on earrings featuring large emerald-green marquise-cut glass stones surrounded by clear rhinestone halos, a pair of silver-tone clip-on earrings with a multi-petaled floral design, a pair of gold-tone clip-on earrings with clusters of amber and yellow-toned faceted glass beads, and a pair of silver-tone clip-on earrings featuring a crescent shape composed of multi-sized clear aurora borealis rhinestones. Two pairs of clear faceted glass bead cluster clip-on earrings and a pair of small silver-tone screw-back earrings with a floral design are also present. Additionally, the lot contains one gold-tone circular wreath pin featuring two purple glass stones.
Materials include gold-tone and silver-tone base metals, glass rhinestones in clear, aurora borealis, amber, purple, emerald green, and hematite-tone, faux pearls, and faceted glass beads. One green rhinestone earring is marked with the name KRAMER stamped in capital letters on the clip mechanism. Other pieces appear unsigned or have illegible marks on the reverse of the clips and clasps.
Condition report:
The items are in good vintage condition. Minor metal oxidation and finish wear are present on the reverse of several pieces, particularly visible on the faux pearl brooches and amber bead earrings (photo 3). Most stones appear present, although there is one missing clear rhinestone on the edge of the large purple brooch (photo 1). The faux pearls show light surface wear to the nacre.
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