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
Resin Cameo Pin of a Muse
Attractive resin cameo pin of a classical Goddess or muse with a goldtone filigree frame. 1 3/4'" diameter. Excellent condition. - $30
Enameled Scottish Bagpiper Pin
Vintage Scottish man playing bagpipes figural pin, 1 3/8" tall. He is dressed in full regalia and tartan plaid kilt. Goldtone metal setting, with a nice job of the enameling on front. C-clasp pinback. Excellent condition. - $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
Pearly Face Little Four-Eyes Girl Pin
If you collect the pearly-faced figurals, this little girl with pigtails, blue rhinestone eyeglasses and a sly smirk will warm your heart. Her face is actually a pearlized "moonglow" lucite cabochon, and her tummy is a blue moonglow cab. She is holding a flower with imitation seed pearl. 1 3/4". Condition is excellent. - $20
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
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
Spain Pearly Faced Graduate or Academic Scholar Pin
Marked SPAIN figural pin in the pearl face series is very academic in his mortarboard and black gown; he bears a slight resemblance to Harry Potter. Fun gift for the graduate, though he could also be a scholar or teacher. 1 1/4" height. - $25
Sculptural Robotic Enameled Pendant ~ Lady on Old Fashioned Telephone
One of a series of sculptural enameled robotic figural 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. This could easily be converted to a brooch 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 depicts 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. View back of this item
- $160
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
