Elzac Victim of Fashion Braids & Poms Lady Pin
Elzac "Victim of Fashion" ceramic face pin with a curlicue of red lucite at the neck, braids and pompoms. Slight surface crazing to the face. 3 1/2" total height. - $125
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
Figural Teacher Pin ~ Uptown Brats by Ganz
This contemporary whimsical figural teacher pin makes me laugh out loud -- this is unmarked, but I've discovered this is part of the Uptown Brats figural pin series by Ganz. Measuring 2 1/2" height, it is made of silvertone metal with colorful enamel accents. The stick-figure legs are attached at the back so they swing freely (check out those inward pointing high-heel shoes!). The stick-figure arms are attached, one hand holding a pencil and another holding a dangling apple charm. The hair is absolutely wild -- little coil springs in goldtone and silvertone are each individually wired onto the head, so they sproing in all directions. Teacher is having a bad hair day! Little glass beads adorn the ends of the curls, and she also has blue rhinestone eyes. Like-new condition. - $35
Spain Pearly Face Sailor Boy Pin
1 3/4" pearly face pin marked SPAIN looks like a little sailor boy. Enamel over goldtone metal, with sculptural wire limbs. 1 3/4" height. Excellent condition. - $25
Ruby Z Ceramic Wizard of Oz Necklace
Ceramic necklace featuring Wizard of Oz characters is unmarked, but very similar in style to the Ruby Z, Flying Colors and Parrot Pearls necklaces. Blue, black and orange beads are strung on nylon; ceramic figures include Dorothy, Cowardly Lion, Tin Man, Scarecrow, and Toto, too! 20 3/4" length with screw-barrel clasp. Excellent overall condition. - $500
Spain Pearl Faced Scholar Pin
Marked SPAIN figural pin in the pearl face series. This one is dressed in mortarboard and black gown. My guess is that he is a scholar or teacher. (Actually he looks a bit like Harry Potter.) 1 1/4" height. - $25
"Stick Figure" Enameled Pin ~ Lady on Old Fashioned Telephone
One of a series of sculptural enameled "stick figure" whimsy pieces, this necklace pendant depicts a three-dimensional lady talking on an old-fashioned stick telephone. A chain connects the earpiece to the phone, and there is a heart-shaped background with rhinestone. A pinback could easily be affixed to the back if wearer desired. 1 3/4". Excellent condition. - $135
Elzac California Pottery Pompom Girl Face w/ Lucite
1940's "Victim of Fashion" ceramic face pin is adorned with wood bead "braids" and necklace, with fuzzy blue-green pompoms for hair. She has a solid yellow-tinted lucite piece, ruffled for the collar, and shaped to continue up along the back for support. Metal c-clasp pinback is riveted into the back of the lucite. 3 1/4" in height. Very good overall condition; the paint on the face is beautifully intact, although the ceramic glaze has some crazing which is fairly common with these vintage face pins. The pompoms could stand a cleaning although I have opted to leave that up to the buyer. - $150
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
1940's Enameled Pin ~ Native American Indian w/ Bow & Arrow
This incredible pin brooch, circa 1940's, is beautifully crafted with much attention to detail. It depictes an Indian brave or Chief (?) shooting is bow and arrow. He wears decorated moccasins, breech cloth and feathered headdress, has war paint on his face, and stands on a grassy base. Enameling on base metal, with green crystal accents in his headdress. Unmarked but clearly designer quality. 2 3/4" height; excellent condition.[IMAGE3{View of Back
- $285
Pearly Face Mexican Man Figural Pin
Little pearly face enamel figural pin features a mustached Mexican man with colorful painted serape and hat. 1 3/8". Unmarked but similar to other pearly faced figurals from Spain. Excellent condition. - $30
Vintage Male & Female Googly-Eyed Golliwog Pins
Vintage pins feature a male and female Black American "golliwog" with moveable googly eyes. The girl has a bright yellow hair bow, and the boy has a pink hat. Metal pinbacks are glued to the reverse. Each measures about 1 1/2" in height. Excellent condition. - $70
ELZAC Ceramic Spanish Boy and Girl Figural Pins Absolutely fantastic and VERY unusual full figural ceramic pins appear to be the work of Elzac, a California pottery firm famous for its often ethnic "Victim of Fashion" faces. Glazed ceramic with painted details and fabric costume touches, these pins appear to be a Spanish boy and girl. To find these two together (!) in such great shape and with such detail is just fantastic. The boy (3 1/8") has a shy look with upturned eyes and hands behind his back; he wears an embroidered fabric serape and a painted wood hat. The girl (3") has a similarly embroidered head shawl, fabric braid, and a painted wood basket on her head filled with colorful beads (representing fruit). Her eyes are closed or downcast, and her feet turned inward in a kind of shy posture. Both have plastic and metal c-clasp pinbacks glued onto the unglazed back. Excellent overall condition. - $400
LEA STEIN Serigraphy Pin ~ Lady in Picture Hat
LEA STEIN serigraphy pin is referenced in Judith Just's book Lea Stein Jewelry and shows a coy turn-of-the-century lady in an enormous feathered picture hat. Lacy background, moonglow brown frame. V-shaped pinback is heat-set into the plastic and has a mark sometimes seen with Lea Stein jewelry: "Western Germany." 2 1/4" diameter. Frame has a bit of scratching (reflected in price). - $160
LEA STEIN Gavroche Chauffeur Pin ~ Purple Cap
LEA STEIN Gavroche figural pin features a chap in jaunty cap -- possibly a chauffeur? This one features a pale peach face with a hint of pink blush, striated purple cap, dark brown/cream hair, striated gray collar. Unmarked and has an unusual glued-on straight pinback, but is with its original "Made in France" card and is a recognized Lea Stein design. 1 3/4" in height. - $75
LEA STEIN Gavroche Chauffeur Pin ~ Red Cap
LEA STEIN Gavroche figural pin features a chap in jaunty cap -- possibly a chauffeur? This one features an ivory-colored face with red cap and collar, faux torty hair. Unmarked and has an unusual glued-on straight pinback, but is with its original "Made in France" card and is a recognized Lea Stein design. 1 3/4" in height. - $75
LEA STEIN Serigraphy Pin ~ Red Frame
Fabulous hard-to-find unsigned Lea Stein serigraphy pin, circa 1960's and measuring just under 2 1/4" diameter, features a very fashionable young lady in a large floppy hat. acetate plastic has a lacey background and red circular frame Metal v-shape pinback is embedded into the back. These serigraphy pins are shown in Judith Just's Lea Stein Jewelry reference book. Excellent condition. - $245
Silson Book Worm Hummel Style Figural Pin
This endearing little pin or brooch, circa early 1940's, features a Hummel style child deeply engrossed in a book, with a thoughtful pose and glasses perched on nose. One of a series of Hummel style figural pins initially designed by William Regelmann and produced by Silson, so this one may be an unmarked Silson and is referenced as "The Book Worm" in Warman's Costume Jewelry Figurals by Kathy Flood. 2 1/2" height. Excellent condition. - $95
Sculptural Wire Figural Girl Pin Vintage sculptural and wire metal figural pin of a girl with skirt and cap. Painted red and black highlights. This 1940's pin is an example of figural pins using the domed and bent metal components. 2 1/2" height; very good condition apart from mild paint wear, and a small area of verdigris on the reverse, near one of the pinstem joints. - $95
