Milvern porcelain costume jewelry
Bamboo pierced earrings. Porcelain, milk glaze hand painted, gold patterns. 1970s. Milvern porcelain costume jewelry
Milvern porcelain costume jewelry
Founded by Mildred and Vern Schervem, the company’s name has the first three letters from the names of its founders. Launched in 1954, the Milvern Co Inc was located in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California. Noteworthy, the designers of the company created all decorations by hand. Hand made of porcelain and hand painted, each decoration is unique, and no two items are exactly alike.
Traditionally, the most popular shape was round with the gilded edges “pinched up” to resemble a square or triangle. Also, there were squares, rectangles, diamonds, quarter moons, painter’s palettes, leaves, teardrops, and plates, amongst others.
Noteworthy, all clips, pins, or earrings had a paper Milvern sticker, instead of traditional signature stamped or engraved on the back.
The company seized to exist in late 1960s, so every Milvern decoration is vintage rarity desirable for collectors of vintage jewelry.
Black brooch in the shape of ceramic plate. 1950s
Milvern porcelain costume jewelry
Blue brooch hairpin
Blue porcelain gold edges and patterns clip on earrings
Butterfly Haute Couture earrings. 1950s
Ceramic square shaped brooch. 1950s
Coral Orange Leaf Porcelain Clip Earrings. Vintage 1950s
Gold pattern on blue porcelain clip on earrings
Handmade Porcelain Screw Back Earrings, 1960s
Orange hand painted porcelain earrings, gold edge
Original manufacturer’s sticker on the back
Pastel green with gold edge porcelain earrings. 1950s
Pink earrings. 1950s
Screwback Porcelain Earrings Flecked Teal with gold Kanji and edges. 1950s
Triangle shaped double porcelain pin with chain
Yellow clip on earrings
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