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Beautiful female modernist portrait brooch pendant. Sterling silver, 22k yellow gold, cloisonné enamel, amethyst. Signed CR Dunetz costume jewelry

Signed CR Dunetz costume jewelry
Modernist and abstract, the design of Dunetz jewelry is somewhat reminiscent of paintings made in the style of surrealism and cubism. According to Celiane (born in 1947) and Ronald Dunetz (born 13 November 1950), they are more between painting and jewelry.
Traditionally, the creative duo of a husband and wife, Ronald and Celiane Dunetz made gorgeous jewelry decorations using cloisonne enamel of bright colors. Also, jewelers made products combining metals in one item, for example 22 and 24 kt gold with sterling silver with an addition of semi-precious gemstones. Rarely found in the jewelry market, these decorations have signature of artists “CR Dunetz” on the back side, as well as “sterling” and / or 22k.
Undoubtedly, jewelry pieces created by Florida based designers Celiane and Ronald Dunetz is of museum quality, rare and collectible.
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Bouquet of three flowers tied with a bow. Sterling silver gold plated metal, crystals. Signed Cellini sterling silver jewelry

Signed Cellini sterling silver jewelry
The brand Cellini appeared more than a hundred years ago, founded in 1914 as The Cellini Shop. Succeeded by Cellini Craft in 1934, early Cellini products, especially those done by the Mulholland brothers, were very accomplished and mainly Scandinavian in design. In 1957 the Randahl Company purchased Cellini Craft, partly to acquire its metalsmiths. Traditionally, they produced Argental items. However, in 1965 Randahl died, and the company was immediately sold to Reed & Barton.
Reed & Barton – a company producing silver and silver-plated household items, established in 1824 in Taunton (Massachusetts, USA). The founders of the company are designers Henry J. Reed and Charles I. Burton. Along with jewelry, the company produced cutlery and services, elegant vases, caskets, stylish photo frames and much more.
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Exotic dancer with the black face made of thermoset or celluloid, blackamoor collectible brooch. 1950s. Gold tone metal, enamel, crystals, pearls. 8 cm. Signed PAM vintage costume jewelry

Signed PAM vintage costume jewelry
A wonderful Balinese Dancer with a fan and a magnificent headdress decorated with crystals and pearls – the rarest collectible brooch signed PAM. Noteworthy, the brooch is mentioned in Warman’s Jewelry: Fine & Costume Jewelry guides by Kathy Flood and Classic American Costume Jewelry by Jacqueline Rehmann. The American jewelry company PAM existed from the 1950s to the 1960s, and the items marked PAM are collectible rarities. Unfortunately, there is very limited information on the company.
According to their costume decorations, the PAM designers traditionally used jewelry alloy of gold and silver tone, enamel, lucite, crystals and aurora borealis rhinestones.
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Large silver tone flower brooch. Jaclyn Smith costume jewelry

Jaclyn Smith costume jewelry
Born 26 October 1947 in Houston, Texas, Ellen Jacqueline Smith is a well-known Hollywood actress, fashion model, entrepreneur and designer. She founded her own fashion brand in the early 1980s. Alongside with fashion line of clothing, she began to design costume jewelry. The first collection was released nearly 25 years ago, but Jacqueline still continues to work. In accordance with new fashion trends, her collections are constantly updated. Noteworthy, her decorations come in original box, or with tags – Jaclyn Smith.
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Bird in flight brooch. 1960s. Gold tone metal, lapis cabochon. 6 cm. St Labre vintage costume jewelry

St Labre vintage costume jewelry
The history of St. Labre jewelry began in 1960, when two New Yorkers Leo Dohn Senior and Emmett Hoffmann founded their jewelry company in Ashland, on a Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana. Jewellery Manufactory St. Labre existed until 1976, so jewelry of this company is not very common. Despite the fact that the brand existed for a rather short period, the products of this company are easily recognizable. Thus, a distinctive feature of this brand was the obligatory presence of artificial turquoise in all costume jewelry. In addition, the craftsmen used rhinestones, crystals, stone chips, gilding and enamel of different colors. Also, the masters of this company used a bijouterie alloy in appearance resembling tin. Traditionally, all products have marking “St. Labre” on the back side.
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Camera brooch from the collection ‘Hobbies’ . faceted Czech beads, Japanese beads, swarovski crystals. Handmade. 2018. La La Pam beaded costume jewelry

La La Pam beaded costume jewelry
Moscow based jewelry company La La Pam has been operating in the jewelry market for only a year, but their products are becoming popular among jewelry lovers. Fine manual work, careful study of details, high quality and use of the best materials make their work exclusive. Indeed, each master’s work is unique, hand-made with high artistic performance. Despite the fact that the brand has a short history, embroiderers who work on brooches are very experienced and exist as separate masters for 7-15 years. Traditionally, talented beadworkers use a variety of materials. In particular, Czech and Japanese beads, Swarovski crystals, natural pearls, suede and leather. Each product is in its original packaging – a bright yellow box with a brand sign.
Noteworthy, the designers of this brand create all costume jewelry in collections. For example, Alphabet, Hobbies, Summer, Love is…, Fruit, and etc.
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1970 Vintage pendant. Work by American jeweler Fran Mar vintage brooches

American jeweler Fran Mar vintage brooches

Unusual vintage design of brooches, charms, lockets and pendants – work by US jeweler Fran Mar. She created a series of costume decorations titled Moppets. In addition to jewelry, she created dishes, figurines, kitchen textiles – all with the image of children. The design is special and recognizable no matter signed or not. Some items have stamps Fran Mar and the year of production, while others go with tags and boxes.
The tags have the inscription “Moppets symbolic of love, friendship, sincerity, and happiness”. Traditionally, brooches are mini-sculptures with the smallest detail, made of metal, plastic resin, jewelry alloy and colored enamels. Noteworthy, the date of manufacture of all these decorations cover a short period from 1970 to 1973.
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