Pastel Enameled Lovebirds Pin
Pink, blue and purple enameled love bird couple, accented with pastel flowers and clear rhinestone crystals. Potmetal, from the 1930's or 1940's -- may be unsigned Coro. 3 1/8" in height; there are a flakes of enamel loss but otherwise condition is excellent. - $85
Purple & Green Enameled Lovebirds Brooch
Beautiful vintage lovebirds brooch enameled in purple and green, studded with bright pink crystals. Enameling has been restored. Possibly unsigned CORO. 3 5/8". - $30
Deco Enamel & Rhinestone Blue Bird Pin
Fabulous 1940's fanciful blue bird brooch, enameled in light blue and studded with blue, aquamarine and clear rhinestones. Slightly over 3", excellent condition. - $85
1940's Enamel Pink Flower Pin w/ Blue Glass Moonstones
Without a doubt, a 1940's designer piece! There is a mark or possible signature etched into the back, but even with a loupe I cannot make it out. 3 3/4" with blue glass "moonstone" cabochons, rhinestone crystals and enameling. Some mild wear and enamel loss but overall a beautiful piece. - $145
1940's Vintage Enameled Blue Flower & Green Leaves Pin
Beautiful 1940's vintage pot metal flower is enameled green & dark blue. Set with unfoiled, openbacked sapphire-blue glass stones, and tiny aqua-colored rhinestones. Very negligible enamel loss. 3". - $65
Vintage 1940's Enameled Daffodil Flower Brooch This is such a nice piece! 1940's enameled daffodils floral brooch is unsigned though has a special look about it. This has gold-plated setting and superb enameling. Set with clear rhinestones for the flower centers, and black glass stones in the center. 2 7/8". Condition is excellent. - $120
Enameled Pink Flower & Green Leaves Pin
Lovely vintage potmetal and enameled flower. Rose-colored petals are actually depressions, the leaves are enameled teardrop-shaped stones. Large pink center glass stone, tiny crystal accents. 2 3/8". - $30
Staret Hand Holding a Floral Bouquet
Rare, hard-to-find signed original STARET pin of a hand holding a floral bouquet. Enameled potmetal with faceted large, openbacked glass stones and smaller rhinestone crystals. Measures slightly over 3" across. There is a slight scrape to the enameling on the lady's fingers, but condition otherwise is excellent. The mark is stamped into the metal. - $1250
Potmetal & Enamel Parrot Pin
Vintage 1940's parrot bird pin in colorfully enameled potmetal. A green rhinestone for his eye is a replacement stone. Condition is excellent overall. Measures approximately 2". - $45
1940's Equestrian Theme Fur Clip
This unique double-pronged fur clip, circa 1940's, could also be worn as a brooch, and depicts a horseman or horsewoman riding to the hounds, jumping over a fence (or perhaps competing in a steeplechase?). Rhodium plate over base metal with enameling and pink rhinestone. Unmarked, maker unknown. Measures just under 2" across; excellent condition apart from a small ding in the enameling. - $125
Enameled Blackamoor Warrior Pin
Extraordinary, beautifully made blackamoor warrior pin, circa 1940's. Copper-plated potmetal with colorful enameling and rhinestones. The shield is covered with teensy blue crystals, and clear stones are in the collar. Such attention to detail !! -- down to the little hoop earring in his ear. 3 3/4" height; excellent condition. - $245
1940's Potmetal & Enamel Lion Pin
Whimsical lion pin, circa 1940's, of enameled potmetal. 2 3/4" across. Some small fleabite pits in the metal. C-clasp pinback. - $30
Enameled 1940's Pin ~ Flower Cart Girl
Unsigned enameled figural pin is beautifully made and features a girl or woman pushing a flower cart. Clear rhinestone accents are set in her skirt, in the flower cart wheel and in the center of the flowers. Silvertone base metal, with riveted construction. Measures just under 2" across. This may be a Coro piece -- it has that look to it. She even has little white polka dots on her dress -- such is the attention to detail. Very nice condition apart from barely perceptible speck of enamel loss on the wheel. - $120
Vintage Enameled Garden Girl & Tulips Pin
Very hard-to-find potmetal pin, circa 1940's, features a sweet little miss tending her tulip garden. Very colorful enameling and multicolored baguettes and crystals. 2 1/2" across. Overall condition is excellent, with a few flecks of enamel loss. All stones are present and in good color. - $145
1940's Enameled Flower Cart & Donkey Pin
A superb example of 1940's figural jewelry! Flower cart with driver and donkey in harness, enameled base-metal, set with tiny crystals. The wheels actually turn. Unmarked, but clearly a designer piece such as Coro. 2 3/4" across. Enameling is in excellent condition; there is some tiny crystals missing from the flowers but I had to look very closely to spot this. Mild plating wear on the reverse. - $125
1940s Enameled Potmetal Tulips or Lilies Pin
1940's vintage brooch of mauve-pink lilies or tulips in enameled potmetal, accented with clear rhinestones. Stands 3 1/4" tall. Overall excellent condition apart from some mild spots of enamel wear. - $65
1940's Enameled Gazelle Fur Clip
This is truly a beautiful, well-crafted fur clip -- an enameled potmetal gazelle or similar horned animal. The colors are varied, and subtly shaded. Circa 1940's. 2 1/8" height. Unmarked, but has a definite designer look to it. Excellent condition. - $145
1940's Coro Style Enameled Flower Clusters Brooch Beautifully made and substantial brooch is unsigned, though appears to be a Coro piece, circa 1940's, and features clusters of flowers set with clear and blue rhinestones. The flowers are rhodium-plated and riveted to a second piece incorporating the enameled leaves and stems, which is goldplated. 3 3/8" across. Condition is excellent. - $85
Coro Enameled French Apache Dancers Pin ~ Man & Woman
1940's enameled pin brooch is unmarked Coro and features a man and woman performing an Apache dance. This dance originated in the streets of Paris -- a kind of gang dance acting out a kind of passionate violence between a man and woman (sort of like Klingon courtship, I guess). More information about the Apache dance can be found at www.streetswing.com. Pin is colorfully enameled and accented with clear rhinestones. 1 3/4" x 1 3/4". Excellent condition. - $300
Vintage Enameled Marching Band Drummer Figural Pin Outstanding and hard-to-find 1940's figural pin features a marching band drummer. Enamel on base metal with clear rhinestones. Unmarked, but reminds me of the DuJay marching band figurals. 2 5/8" total height. The front of the pin is in excellent condition apart from a few fleabites to the enamel; the back looks like it may have had a goldwash at one point that has mostly worn away.
- $250
