What's It Made Of? A Jewelry Materials Identification Guide Essential reference book for identifying jewelry materials, both natural and manmade. Certified Gemologist Shatz gives us the rationale for identifying materials and a number of different tools to make identification possible without damaging the jewelry.
A must-have for jewelry collectors and dealers. I use mine all the time.
What's It Made Of? A Jewelry Materials and Identification Guide, Sheryl Gross Shatz, Third Edition, 1996, Shatz, 53pp, spiral bound, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
Circa: 1996
Type: Comb Binding
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Self Published
ISBN: None  

French Silver Unusual and Detailed Cockatoo Fur Clip Amazing dimensional and highly detailed cockatoo fur clip is marked A-F, Paris, Bte, SGDG on the unusual fur clip mechanism. Cockatoo in unmarked silver hollow piece with a flat back and the front detailed down to the feathers and the iris of the eye.
This vintage Paris, France cockatoo fur clip is in excellent, unpolished condition. The clip back is on a heavy spring with a safety mechanism making the piece quite secure.
Size: 1 1/2 x 1 3/8 x 1/8 deep, 12.4 grams
Type: Jewelry, vintage
Country of Origin: FR
Manufacturer: A-F, Paris  

Vintage Sterling and Rhinestone Asian Face Brooch Charming vintage Asian woman head wearing a large hat with rhinestone trim and a rhinestone collar is marked 925 on the back.
This Asian woman brooch is in very good, vintage and unpolished condition with wear marks consistent with age, probably 1950s. Brooch has a secure safety clasp.
Size: 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
Type: Jewelry, Vintage Sterling
Manufacturer: Vintage, Unsigned  

Vintage France French Fu Manchu Glass Enamel Face Pin Fabulous Fu Manchu black glass face pin with gold enamel face and headpiece and black mustaches and trim, white eyes and red crest on the headpiece is from France. Face is dimensional on a flat back. The face is prong set and backed with goldplated metal cut to fit precisely. The trombone clasp is characteristic of jewelry from France.
This vintage Fu Manchu glass and enamel face pin is in excellent, original and unpolished condition with slight wear on the back. French brooch has a...
Type: Jewelry, vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage, unmarked  

1930s Victim of Fashion Elzac Face Brooch Ceramic Victim of Fashion ceramic face brooch, most likely by Elzac, of a warrior princess with gold braid trim and a strange headpiece of gold braid around a lucite cube with a reflective foiled back in a pink/red circle. All this topped with a gold bead and bead cap! Highly dimensional, very creative and unusual design.
This vintage Victim of Fashion pin is in very good, original condition with some wear to the gold braid on the headpiece. Elzac brooch has a wood backing with a simple C...
Type: Jewelry, vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage, unmarked  

Elzac Bonnet Head Lady, Lucite and Copper Bonnet-head woman with a copper African mask is surrounded by a ruffled border of dark grey lucite which is slightly transparent.
This Elzac bonnet head mask is in very good, unpolished condition with slight scratches to the lucite on close inspection and the copper shows a wonderful patina and is screwed securely to the lucite. Brooch has a secure safety clasp embedded in the lucite. This is a book piece, shown on pg. 199 of 'A Tribute to America' by Carla and Roberto Brunialti,...
Type: Jewelry, vintage
Manufacturer: Elzac  

Unusual Signed Crouching Totem or Tiki Figural Fur Clip Amazing and amusing Totem or Tiki vintage dimensional fur clip has bright gold plating with red and white enamel accents of hands, feet, face and ears, signed Monet on the two-pronged fur clip. The crouching position is certainly open to interpretation. Most Monet pieces without copyright mark, as this fur clip, were made prior to 1955.
Figural Monet totem or tiki fur clip is in excellent, original unpolished condition with slight plating wear appropriate to its age. Double pronged clip is...
Type: Jewelry, vintage
Manufacturer: Monet  

Charley McCarthy Mechanical Fur Clip Charley McCarthy fur clip,marked licensed by Edgar Bergen and Charley McCarthy, has a mouth that opens and closes by manipulating the tab on the bottom. Fine details make the figure instantly recognizable.
This vintage Charley McCarthy vintage fur clip is in very good, original condition with very slight paint loss appropriate to age. Finish loss on the back and fur clip is tight and secure. Delightful piece of memorabilia.
Type: Jewelry, Vintage
Manufacturer: Edgar Bergen  

Cast Sterling Ethnic Face Brooch with Collar Wonderful cast figural face brooch, marked sterling, is an ethnic woman face wearing a tiered headpiece, large hoop earrings and a large tiered collar, possibly an African queen.
This vintage cast sterling figural African face brooch is in excellent, original and unpolished condition with a secure safety clasp and is quite dimensional. 27.2 grams
Size: 1 3/4 x 2 5/8 x 3/8 inches deep
Type: Jewelry, vintage, sterling
Manufacturer: Vintage, unmarked  

Large 1940s Oriental Water Carrier Brooch Large 1940s Oriental Water Carrier brooch has been seen in many books and was attributed to Rice-Weiner, a manufacturer who produced jewelry for a variety of jewelry companies in the 1940s.
This version of the water carrier is goldplated, with blue-green jacket and rhinestone shorts. He is carrying two dangling Venetian glass wedding cake beads.
This vintage water carrier brooch is in very good, vintage and unpolished condition with some enamel loss and slight plating wear and has a...
Type: Jewelry, vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage, unmarked  

Egyptian Revival Silver Nefertiti Dangling Earrings Figural clip-back earrings, marked 800 silver, have a feather design at the earlobe with a dangling dimensional cast Nefertiti.
Egyptian Revival Nefertiti clip earrings are in excellent, original and unpolished condition. Clip backs are secure, 1/2 x 1 3/4 inches long.
Type: Jewelry, Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage, unmarked  

Enamelled Figural Flamenco Dancer Brooch Fun brooch of a Flamenco dancer in a classic pose with yellow, black, green red and ivory enamel on a silverplate metal.
This vintage Flamenco dancer brooch is in very good, original condition with only slight loss to the enamel appropriate to a n older piece. It has a secure safety clasp, probably 1940sor 50s vintage. 2 x 3 inches. Fun piece.
Type: Jewelry, Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage, unmarked  

Vintage Jewelry Sterling Early Maple Sugaring Scene Pin Excellent figural brooch, marked sterling on an applied plate, openwork design with a border simulating farm fencing enclosing a delightful and nostalgic scene of Maple Sugaring in the forest, complete with a sledge holding the sap container with someone stirring the contents, pulled by two oxen; another person carrying two buckets and a couple of maple trees to finish off this portrait in Sterling, flat back, safety clasp, excellent condition, 2 x 1 1/2 inches
Type: Jewelry, Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage, unmarked  

Substantial Cast Figural Head of a Woman with Turban Brooch Excellent figural brooch cast into a highly dimensional woman's face, wearing an elaborate headdress including a turban with ruby rhinestone and a feather in unmarked silver metal.
This vintage female face figural is in very good vintage condition and may have originally been plated, but now has a beautiful, soft patina.
Size: 1 1/4 x 2 1/8 x 3/8 inches
Type: Jewelry, vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage, unmarked  

Vintage Jewelry: 1930s Genie Magic Lamps Pin and ER Set This fun figural chatelaine style pin of a genie holding his magic lamp is done in white burnished metal with aqua rhinestone accents on his turban, a band at the bottom of his tunic, and on the magic lamp. The gneies face is a large turquoise rhinestone. The genie and his lamp are connected by a matching, double-strand link chain. There is a matching pair of figural screw-back earrings shaped like the magic lamp with a large rhinestone accent.
This 1930-1940s chatelaine brooch is in very...
Type: Jewelry, Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage, unmarked  

Golden Mesh Face Brooch with Red and Green Rhinestones Striking face pin is solid goldtone metal with a mesh finish. Eyes are cut into the dimensional face, lips are red enamel. Figural woman has curls set with red and green rhinestones, with 2 flowers in red, blue and green enamel.
This vintage figural face pin is in excellent, original condition, with secure safety clasp and appears to have never been worn.
Size: 2 1/4 x 2 1/8 inches
Type: Jewelry, vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage, unmarked  

Vintage Sterling Figural Farmer Pin Excellent vintage farmer pin is marked sterling on the back of his leg. Ready to go to work in his overalls and hat to keep out the sun, he is an impressive figure.
Vintage sterling farmer pin is in excellent, original and unpolished condition with a secure safety clasp and is quite substantial at 12.5 grams.
Size: 7/8 x 2"
Type: Jewelry, vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage, unmarked  

Vintage Sterling Vermeil Ballet Dancers Chatelaine Brooches Elegant and graceful chatelaine brooches of male and female ballet dancers are marked sterling and have a soft gold wash. The male dancer has blue and the female has rose color rhinestone on their costumes.
This pair of ballet dancer brooches are attached with fine link chain, chatelaine style. They are in excellent vintage condition with just slight loss of gold wash, and have a soft patina.
Size: female is 1 1/2 x 2 inches, male is 1 x 2 inches, chain is 4 inches long
Type: Jewelry, vintage, sterling
Manufacturer: Vintage, unmarked  

Golden Chorus Line Dancers Pin Fun pin in matte goldplated metal with shiny accents of a chorus line of dancers in motion. They each have what I think is a drum at their waists.
This chorus line dancers pin is in excellent, original condition with a secure safety clasp. 2 3/4 x 1 7/8 inches
Type: Jewelry, Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage, unmarked  

Vintage Jewelry: Moveable Palm Tree/Hammock Pin Wonderful figural brooch/pin of a palm tree in goldtone, ornamented with turquoise and pink rhinestones. Suspended from the tree is a hammock with a man wearing a sombrero sleeping in it.
Brooch is in excellent condition, complete with safety clasp. The only flaw I can see is a solder mark on the back which does not affect the wearability or condition of the front.
Size is 1 5/8 x 1 1/2" Vintage is circa 1940.
Type: Jewelry, Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage, unmarked  

Figural Brooch of a Couple Riding in an Old Buggy Charming 3-d figural brooch in goldplated metal of a couple out riding in an old, maybe Model T, car. They're holding an umbrella to shelter them from the sun and are dressed in the style of the early 20th century. Great detail right down to the running board.
This vintage figural brooch is quite substantial and made in two parts riveted together. It has a secure safety clasp as is probably 1970s or 80s vintage.
Size: 1 5/8 x 1 1/2 x 3/8 inches
Type: Jewelry, vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage, unmarked  

Vintage Dimensional Satyr Brooch with Rhinestones and Enamel Very unusual high quality figural brooch of a Satyr playing the pipes with orange enamel and green enamel, pave rhinestone tail, shoulders and horns in gold metal, green rhinestone rounds, turquoise and marbled coral glass cabochons: all in all, a highly detailed piece with brushed goldplate back.
This Satyr brooch is in excellent, original condition with very slight loss to the enamel and has a secure safety clasp. Not for the timid--he's quite showy!
Size: 1 5/8 x 3 1/4 x 3/4...
Type: Jewelry, vintage, brooch
Manufacturer: Vintage, unmarked  

Sterling Figural Enigmatic Woman Fur Clip Beautiful, finely detailed fur clip, signed sterling, is a woman's profile with an ornate headdress or hairstyle.
This vintage sterling enigmatic woman is in excellent, original condition and has wonderful patina. Fur clip is nice and tight. Lovely!
Size: 1 x 1 7/8"
Type: Jewelry, vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage, sterling  

Delightful Brass Bird with Scrolls and Big Beak Pin Charming bird 3-D brass figural brooch in a fantasy design has a curved body with a long beak and scrolls for his head, tail and feet.
This brass bird brooch is in excellent, original condition and could use some polish on the back. It has a secure safety clasp and is just a fun piece.
Size: 1 1/2 x 2 x 1/4 inches deep
Type: Jewelry, vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage, unmarked  

Vintage GP Figural Peacock with a Rainbow of Rhinestones Fun, probably 1930s vintage figural brooch is of a male peacock in all his glory with spread tail with multi-colored paste-set rhinestones and a pave crystal rhinestone body.
This vintage peacock brooch is gold-plated base metal and rhinestones in very good, vintage condition and has a secure safety clasp. Some stones show paste residue but all are present and clear. Just a fun piece at a great price!
Size: 2 3/8 x 2 1/8 inches
Type: Jewelry, vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage, unmarked