Catalog: Estate Jewelry: Costume (310)

This pin was sold on a card marked Weiss. The pin is NOT signed anything. It is 2 1/2" by 1/2" deep. It is a 3-D pierced 14K brushed gold basket with 2 sprays of marquise hand set stones. Stunning!

Dating from the late Gerogian early Victorian eras, this agate was mined, polished up and beveled to show off its opaque colors and translucency.

The reverse features a fine working t-hinge and longer, earlier Victorian pinbar with c-clasp. CONDITION: Excellent DIMENSIONS: 3 3/8" X 2 1/2" DATES: 1830-1850

The spot in the picture is the light refraction from the camera.

Dimensions: Inside 2 1/2" x 2 3/16"

Sprites are derived from European folklore and are mythical creatures. This is a water sprite known to breath air and water. They have the ability to fly. Her wings, tutu, and specter are studded with clear rhinestones. Her face has an oval ruby glass stone. Her longs legs and arms are also very much Murray Slater. She is gold plated over metal usually sterling although this one is unmarked. It is 3 1/2" x 2 1/4" . Circa 1940.

Manufactured by Goldseal MFG for Urie Mandle Co.

Designer: Murray Slater, patent 146752 in 1947.

Ref: American Costume Jewelry by Carla and Robert Brunialti p 240. Dimensions: 2 3/4" x 2"

Hallmarks: NONE- The two buttons for signature seem to be there but I cannot read anything on them. All of the pieces that I have had have been sterling, so I am assuming that this one is also.