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Here’s a pair of Sarah Coventry clip on earrings that feature baroque pearls. A baroque pearl is basically just an irregular pearl. Freshwater pearls are often baroque but you will see it in faux pearls set in vintage jewelry as well.
Mother of pearl brooches that were personalized with the owner’s name such as this one above were popular in Victorian and Edwardian times. However, I have seen some mop name brooches that date from as late as the 1930′s early 40′s. Typically the gold wire is not karat gold and is usually gold fill. Besides being personalized with names, brooches with “Mother” on them can be commonly found.
These clip on earrings are signed Lisner and they are thermoset as well. Thermoset refers to plastics that can not be reheated and molded again. I am partial to moonglow thermosets like those in the previous picture.
As you can see I am listing a lot of glass items in my store lately… brooches with glass cabochons, an amethyst glass stick pin, and these. Don’t you think these are cool- these are made in Japan vintage screw back earrings? They look like red spider webs and are really unusual. Unfortunately I couldn’t get the lighting right when I took these pictures and they look rather orange colored- in person they are a lovely BLOOD RED…
