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Orchid brooch. 18 carat gold and diamonds. Angela Cummings fine jewelry

Angela Cummings fine jewelry (1975-1998)
Born in Austria in 1944, Cummings grew up in the United States, where she moved with her family at the age of three. She studied art in Italy and goldsmithing in Germany, graduating in goldsmithing and gemology.
Starting her career as a designer at the legendary jewelry company Tiffany & Co in 1967, she created jewelry there for almost ten years. In 1970, she married Bruce Cummings. Notably, Angela designed the first complete jewelry collection under her own name in 1975.
With her vast and successful experience in jewelry design, she created her own company, Angela Cummings Inc., in 1984 in New York. Jewelry designed by Angela Cummings was sold at Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus, the largest US department stores. Admirers of her jewelry talent appreciate the bright design and expensive materials. In particular, diamonds, 18 carat gold, platinum, opals, emeralds and other precious stones.
Angela Cummings Inc. ceased to exist in the late 1990s. However, in 2013 she returned to the jewelry business, starting a collaboration with jewelry company Assael Inc.
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Galaxy ring. Sterling silver, black enamel, cubic zirconia. Belle Etoile fine costume jewelry

Belle Etoile fine costume jewelry
The history of Belle Etoile LLC owned by Goldfine manufacturers public Co., Ltd (Thailand Corporation) began in 2005 in Long Beach, California.
The French name of the company, meaning “beautiful star”, fully characterizes the company’s philosophy, embodied in the design of Belle Etoile jewelry. The contrast of silver and black enamel with cubic zirconia creates a fabulous image of shining stars in the night sky and galaxies. Rings, bracelets and pendants marked Belle Étoile, along with stunning designs and high quality workmanship, are made from the finest materials. In particular, hypoallergenic 925 silver, gold, rhodium, seashell pearl and multicolor Italian enamel. The intricate designs, hand-painted using the cold enamel technique, make the jewellery long lasting.
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‘Friday’s Child’ brooch from ‘Children of the Week’ collection. 14 K gold, sapphire, freshwater pearls. 1950s. American jewelry designer William Ruser

American jewelry designer William Ruser (1908-1994)
The name of William Ruser is little known today, but from 1949 to 1969 he was one of California’s most sought-after jewelers. His clients included Hollywood stars such as Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Loretta Young and Lana Turner.
Born in Philadelphia in 1908, Ruser began his career in 1925 in Atlantic City at Trabert & Hoeffer-Mauboussin jewelry company. Then, he moved to Beverly Hills, where he ran a subsidiary of that firm at 300 Rodeo Drive. However, in the 1940s, due to the WWII, he had to leave the business to join the Army. Already in 1949, Ruser, along with his wife Pauline, opened his own business – Ruser Jewels – on Rodeo Drive.
Remarkably, Ruser was able to bring back the popularity of freshwater pearls, which he often used in his designs. It all started with a shoebox containing pearls he bought in the 1930s from a button salesman in Mississippi. The designer made his figural jewelry with the use of baroque pearls, gold, diamonds and precious stones. The maker’s mark traditionally includes stylized word “Ruser”, “copyright” and “14K” or “18K” (for purity of gold).
Ruser retired in 1969 and sold his business to Van Cleef & Arpels. He died in 1994.
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Daisy flower rectangular pendant. Sterling silver, pearls, hematite. Echo of the Dreamer gemstone jewelry

Echo of the Dreamer gemstone jewelry
Jewelry with natural stones and minerals affect a person in different directions. Minerals are able to have a healing effect, protect, cleanse from negativity, bring good luck and fill with vitality. It is these properties that Echo of the Dreamer brand jewelry possesses, in the design of which there are both familiar and rare exotic stones and minerals.
Although Echo of the Dreamer Inc was incorporated in 2004, its founder Margaret Thurman and her daughter Myoshin began creating jewelry in the early 1990s. The result of the work of a creative duo is a variety of designs with natural stones known under the two brands Echo of the Dreamer and Mars and Valentine.
It is important to note that the original New York office and store for Echo of the Dreamer/Mars and Valentine has ceased to exist. The revitalized Echo of the Dreamer West, LLC, registered in Sedona, Yavapai, Arizona in 2010, is still active and sells jewelry on its echoofthedreamer.com website.
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Cat face brass brooch with silver and glass flower. Signed Roggio artisan silver jewelry

Signed Roggio artisan silver jewelry
The history of the Roggio jewelry brand began over fifty years ago in Philadelphia, when first-year students at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Victor Roggio (b. 1945) and Susan Roggio (b. 1953) met. It was in 1970 when friendship, love and common interests led to the creation of a brand of unique jewelry. Thanks to the talent and diligence of the artists, their jewelry became popular and was successfully sold in boutiques and art galleries in Philadelphia.
Based in Birchrunville, Pennsylvania Roggio’s Silversmiths business expanded and soon Victor and Susan hired a team of sales representatives to distribute the jewelry to other states. Since 2000, the artists have been working alone, living in Phoenixville, PA, and selling jewelry on their website Roggiojewelry.com.
Each Roggio-branded piece of jewelry is a unique, one-of-a-kind work of American folk art embodied in brooches, pendants, and bracelets. Creating jewelry by hand, craftsmen traditionally used silver, bronze, copper and brass, as well as semi-precious stones. There is no doubt that Rogio’s artistic jewelry pieces are collectible and will rise in value.
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Spiral design brooch. Copper wire. 1955. Claire Falkenstein artisan jewelry

Claire Falkenstein artisan jewelry
The German-American avant-garde artist, sculptor, engraver and teacher, Claire Falkenstein (1908 – 1997) was also a talented jewelry designer. Unique avant-garde jewelry is museum worth highly collectible wearable art. Traditionally, the designer hand-sculpted brooches, rings, bracelets, pendants and earrings using copper wire and fused glass that explored the concept of infinite space.
Falkenstein studied art at the University of California at Berkeley, and while still a student she had her first solo exhibition at a San Francisco gallery in 1930. Noteworthy, she began creating jewelry in the mid 1940s. From 1950 to 1963 Falkenstein lived in Paris, where she interacted with the most famous and progressive artists of the day. In addition, she had her own workshop, and the first solo exhibition of her jewelry was held at the Louvre Museum of Decorative Arts in 1961.
According to Falkenstein, designing, experimenting and making jewelry was the best schooling she had ever had. She loved jewelry and used to wear bracelets, rings and necklaces of her own design. There is no doubt that the radical and inventive design of her jewelry is based on three-dimensional sculpture.
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Butterfly brooch, symbol for change and transformation. Sterling silver, green turquoise. Navajo Native American Southwest Indian. Donovan Cadman Navajo silver jewelry

Donovan Cadman Navajo silver jewelry
Born in 1968 in Gallup, New Mexico, Donovan Cadman grew up in a creative jewelry environment of talented silversmith artists. His uncles, brothers Andy and Darrell, half-brothers Gary and Sunshine Reeves (now deceased) and nephews still create some of the finest Native American jewelry in the Southwest. Noteworthy, each of the brothers has his own beautiful style.

Donovan began creating unique sterling silver jewelry under his own name in 1991. The design of bracelets, pendants and rings includes natural motifs, birds and insects, which carry symbolism and can be amulets. Traditionally, the craftsman creates jewelry using sterling silver and natural stones such as turquoise and coral. Each piece is meticulously handcrafted with beautiful Navajo ornamentation.
The markings on the back of the products include “Donovan Cadman”, “Sterling” and the symbolic sign of a fish, meaning longevity and wisdom.
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