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Tanya creations TC costume jewelry

Don't hate me causer I am beautiful. Vintage brooch of Jewelry alloy of gold tone, enamel. 1980s. Tanya creations TC costume jewelry

Don’t hate me causer I am beautiful. Vintage brooch of gold tone, enamel. 1980s. Tanya creations TC costume jewelry

Tanya creations TC costume jewelry
Founded in 1978, Tanya Creations began its operations as a small workshop in Providence, Rhode Island. Noteworthy, for forty years of successful work, this company has become one of the largest private-label costume jewelry designers and distributors in the United States. In addition to the offices located in the United States (New York), Tanya creations has offices abroad, for example, in China.
Traditionally, jewelers use gold and silver tone alloys, rhinestones, crystals and enamels. TC vintage pieces include seasonal and holiday designs produced in 1980-1990-s. Marked TC, the handmade products have excellent workmanship, beautiful and creative design and reasonable price. All this makes them popular among lovers of costume jewelry.
Committed to the long-term success, TC decorations permanently appear on the cover of Accessories magazine. In recognition of quality manufacturing, TC got numerous awards in the category “Contemporary Trend & Fashion Jewelry & Accessories” (2010-2015).
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Alexis Bittar glowing costume jewelry

Alexis Bittar glowing costume jewelry

American designer Alexis Bittar glowing costume jewelry

Alexis Bittar glowing costume jewelry
In 1983, Bittar got a job as a seller in a New York vintage clothing and jewelry store. Fascinated by Art Deco, René Lalique glass, Bakelite, lucite, semiprecious stones and metals, Alexis created his first jewelry collection in 1988. Luckily, Bergdorf Goodman, the fashion director at the department store, noticed him.
Subsequently, Bittar developed jewelry lines for such famous companies as Saks Fifth Avenue, Harrods, Barneys New York, Burberry, Takashimaya, and more. Also, he created jewelry for the Cooper-Hewitt Museum and London Victoria and Albert.
Noteworthy, the designer opened his first boutique in New York (2004), and the same year his jewelry appeared in Estee Lauder advertising.
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Goldette vintage costume jewelry

1960s collectible brooch. Jewelry alloy of antique gold color, pendants with bezel crystals, inlay with intaglio of warm honey color. Intaglio - profile of the virgin goddess in glass. Goldette vintage costume jewelry

1960s brooch. Antique gold tone, pendants with bezel crystals, inlay with intaglio of warm honey color. Intaglio – profile of the virgin goddess in glass. Goldette vintage costume jewelry

Goldette vintage costume jewelry
The history of Goldette jewelry brand began in 1955, thanks to its founder Ben Gartner. The owner of the trading company “Circle Jewelry Products Company”, he launched a line of exquisite jewelry under the brand name “Goldette N.Y.”. Noteworthy, the production of Goldette jewelry took place in Rhode Island, but the jewelry design was developed in New York.
Traditionally, Goldette jewelers used silver and gold tone alloys and beautiful antique color, known as Russian gold, metal. In addition, they complemented design with handmade cameos made from natural shells, intaglio with genre scenes, legionnaires’ profiles and neat female heads. Also, Austrian crystals of high quality, art glass, rhinestones and cabochons.
To develop a unique style, Goldette N.Y. jewelers used the best traditions of Art Deco, Art Nouveau and the Victorian era jewelry.
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Urie and Robert Mandle vintage costume jewelry

Urie and Robert Mandle vintage costume jewelry

The king and queen paired brooch- chatelaine (jeweler Urie Mandle), 1947. Sterling silver, enamel, glass, rhinestones, gold-plated. 4 cm. Urie and Robert Mandle vintage costume jewelry

Mandle vintage costume jewelry
The history of the Mandle jewelry brand began in 1938 in New York, when it was founded by the German emigrant Urie Mandle. Noteworthy, before founding his family business, Urie Mandle Corporation, Urie had a wealth of experience in the jewelry business.
Thus, after emigrating to America in the early 1920s, Ury worked as a salesman for E. Cohn & Company (later renamed Cohn and Rosenberger). The next was the jewelry company Coro. Finally, in the mid-1930s, Uri Mandl joined the Lisner jewelry company. Urie’s task was to launch a line of jewelry in collaboration with local manufacturers.
However, in 1938 Uri Mandle left Lisner and founded his own jewelry company. Thanks to his talents as a businessman and designer, the company has achieved unprecedented success in four years. Collaborating with the largest stores, the company has become one of the most famous in its industry, after Coro. Robert N. Mandle, Uri’s son, joined the family business, leaving a higher-paying job as a film director.

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Steinmetz SFJ vintage costume jewelry

Steinmetz SFJ vintage costume jewelry

Acorns brooch. Gold tone, enamel. 6 cm. 1980s. Steinmetz SFJ vintage costume jewelry

SFJ vintage costume jewelry
The history of American jewelry company which produced holiday costume jewelry marked SFJ spans a short period of 1970-80s. Traditionally, the main inspiration for SFJ jewelry – Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving Day, and St. Valentine’s Day holidays. Besides, the common feature of all jewelry pieces – gold tone metal alloy, or brass, and enamel of bright colors. Also, each piece has a distinctive marking SFJ with a copyright sign on oval base, and often a number. SFJ holiday costume jewelry is very collectible.
According to US Patent Office, SFJ trademark belongs to American company R. Steinmetz & Sons India Pvt. Ltd. In addition to SFJ, they registered “Steora” jewelry trademark. Since 2014, the status of both trademarks – cancelled. Yet, featured here SFJ jewelry can’t be trademark owned by R. Steinmetz & Sons. Although their trademark SFJ on gold and diamond jewelry has similar design, it was registered in 2007 and has nothing to do with vintage jewelry.
Meanwhile, some sources mention a female designer, whose original initials were S.F. and after she got married, she added the letter “J” to her label.
Since everything secret sooner or later becomes clear, more accurate information on this brand will be updated.
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Louis Vuitton fashion jewelry

Boat brooch. Gold, brown and black tone. Louis Vuitton fashion jewelry

Boat brooch. Gold, brown and black tone. Louis Vuitton fashion jewelry

Louis Vuitton fashion jewelry
The history of Louis Vuitton branded jewelry began in 2001. Thus, the earliest pieces of jewelry of this brand can be called new vintage. In addition, the high price of jewelry makes the concept of “costume jewelry” incompatible with the Louis Vuitton brand. After all, each product – a brooch, bracelet or necklace, reaches hundreds and thousands of dollars. Thus, this is not vintage jewelry, but haute couture jewelry, and, according to the Louis Vuitton itself, high jewelry. The use of precious metals and precious stones – garnets, emeralds, tourmalines, topazes, pearls, as well as the handiwork of jewelers determines the price of the products.
Traditionally, each product is marked with the LV monogram, the main talisman of the world famous Louis Vuitton brand. Sharp Art Deco graphics sit side by side with the flowing lines of the quatrefoil, iconic Louis Vuitton leitmotifs.
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Christopher Radko costume jewelry

Christopher Radko costume jewelry

Siamese dancer brooch, copy of brooch by Marcel Boucher. Jewelry alloy, cabochons, enamel, rhinestones. Christopher Radko costume jewelry

Christopher Radko costume jewelry
Talented Belgian decorator, Christopher Radko became famous mostly for the design of Christmas tree decorations. He founded his company in 1985, satisfying his own need for collecting intricate, expensive and “unnecessary” things. Meanwhile, by 2003 Christopher Radko’s annual cash flow reached as much as $ 50 million! Noteworthy, “early Radko” prices on the secondary market can reach up to $ 1000 for one Christmas tree decoration!
Among world-scale stars who prefer his decorations are Elton John, Oprah Winfrey, Robert Redford, Kim Basinger, Elizabeth Taylor, John Travolta, Robert de Niro, Barbara Streisand, Arnold Schwarzenegger and others.

Having mastered the production of high-quality Christmas-tree decorations according to old sketches, the designer began producing costume jewelry. First, it was Christmas theme, and then limited edition copies of well-known ornaments that Christopher himself liked. In particular, the “Siamese Dancer” brooch by Marcel Boucher, produced in various versions.
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