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Brenda - I couldn't tell from your photo that anything moved. I thought the metal "rod" holding the hook was stationery. Could you show the other side where it opens and show it open - if it's not too much trouble. If you look back at Part I of the Workshop one of the first photos shows a...

It's great! I think it is a "decorative" belt buckle meant to be sewn on to a fabric belt through the rings and then maybe tie in the back - or attach with snaps or hooks. It doesn't look like this opens and closes so I doesn't have a tube hinge. A tube hinge has a pin stem attached...

Julie - I think the metal on that pin is brass or an alloy with a high brass content. There were lots of gold plated pieces in this time period and rolled gold pieces, too. Sterling silver was used. There was also a lower karat gold - 9K. and 10K. And like today, base metals were...

Thanks, Mary - Linn

Thank you, Brenda! I really enjoyed putting it together. I hope we have lots of participation and questions - which I will try to answer! Linn

The predominant jewelry style at the turn of the 20th C. is called Edwardian, after King Edward VII (1901-1910) who assumed the throne in England, after the death of his mother Queen Victoria. This style began about 1890 and extends to 1914 – the beginning of WWI. This Period is called La Belle...

Maggie - It's only acceptable to call pieces Juliana if they were made by DeLizza and Elster. I call pieces "D&E aka Juliana" or the reverse. Mr. DeLizza prefers that their pieces be called D&E but many collectors refer to the jewelry as Juliana because that is the "popular" name for it...

Thanks, Brenda - I would have recommended "Jewel Joose" but it has been discontinued. Many people do not recommend getting rhinestones "wet" although I never had any problem with spraying dirty pieces with Jewel Joose, rinsing and drying. I have also soaked pieces with verdigris in white...

Here are a few more Little Nemo pieces. I think most of these are signed L/N or L/N 25 or are not signed. Here is a link to an article on Jewel Chat about L/N: http://www.morninggloryantiques.com/JewelChatLN.html These are not signed: Signed: and really unusual -...

Mary Jane - LITTLE NEMO MFG. CO., Providence, RI 1913 -- 1978 -- confirmed a subsidiary of Brier Mfg. Co.* Here's a link to that page: http://www.illusionjewels.com/costumejewelrymarksl.html I found my first L/N in Florida in 2003 or 2004 and have many including a number that are...

Lizzie - Paste is the name given to older glass stones by collectors. Some people who deal in fine jewelry call all costume jewelry "paste," but originally imitations stones were called "paste" because they were made from ground crystal that was put in a mold and then hand-carved into the...

Maybe someone else will have an idea. It's a really pretty pin - whatever they are for! I'm off for a few hours - will check back when I return. Linn

Brenda - I have never seen little nuggets like those before! I'm not sure why they are there - unless they were soldered on and came off and someone stuck them there. Maybe they were on the face of the piece at the bottom of the cluster of green leaves. Any sign they were ever attached...

Rhodium is a member of the platinum family and is a very shiny white metal. It is used in fine jewelry also as plating over white gold and Sterling silver. It is rare and very expensive! It is very likely that your Trifari fur clip is rhodium plated over base metal. In part II and Part...

Thank you - Brenda and Julie! D&E - DeLizza & Elster were manufacturers. They sold their line to other companies and they made jewelry for other companies. Juliana was a "line" that D&E sold in 1967 and was only signed with a hangtag - but was not signed on the pieces. Jewelry that D&E...

Welcome to the Vintage Costume Jewelry Workshop. We will be discussing 20th costume jewelry - mostly American, concentrating on the 1920’s-mid-1960’s. I have chosen to stop there, because my knowledge, interest and personal collection of vintage costume jewelry ends in the early 1960's...

Hi Zannew - I've had that brooch in lime green with rhinestones - not milkglass! I have had other Weiss pieces with black and white japannng and remember a discussion on one of my jewelry lists that japanning can be done in many colors. True japanning is a finish - usually black and smooth...

I couldn't ID the fur but do agree that it's earlier. My first thought was '40's - maybe even late '30's - early '40's. Same question about padding. Linn

Just had a chance to look at the videos. Fantastic. Thank you so much for posting this! Linn

This one is tough! I agree with you on your dating - C. 1900 although it could go a few years in either direction. I have been trying to find something comparable and have not come up with anything. I'm not sure what the significance is of the hearts and clover - if there is one. The piece...

Julie- Sounds like you had a fabulous time and a great conversation with Tim (and Leah.) Lots of coverage in the Honolulu paper about the event tomorrow. This article was in yesterday's paper: http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/20101014_Play_nice_it_works.html I am not going to go...

I think it's probably the same fur and the photos make it look different. I think the close-up of the fur on the pockets looks like mink, too, but I wanted someone else to confirm it! (You know how you second guess yourself....) I gather that adorevintage has sold the coat so may not still...

I think your dating is correct - C. 1920's - early 1930's. I agree with Brenda about fixing the links steel bag unless you are not handy. It would be better to leave it to the buyer or have it done if you are not good with a needle nose pliers. Are all the stones in the round links present...

I'm not an expert on fur but the close-up looks much more like mink than the other photos did. It's not sheared beaver. Hopefully someone who knows furs will know for sure. It's a fabulous coat. Linn

Good point, Anne - The fur looks more like sheared beaver. Linn

It looks late '30's - early '40's to me. I Googled "Jean Harper Coat" and found several ads from the 1940's-1950's. When you do a search click on News and then Archives. There is a pay-for-view ad from 1939. This is not your coat but the sleeve is similar: http://tinyurl.com/28pbe76...

Great find, Maureen! It would have been worn over a matching same color (opaque) slip. I can see '30's and '40's in it. Am I seeing big shoulder pads??? If so I would go with '40's. The label looks more '50's to me but the shoulder pads (if they are there) would make it earlier. I've...

Tim Gunn will be in Honolulu this weekend. Sounds like a similar format with a fashion show at 1:00 at Ala Moana Shopping Center Center Stage - HUGE shopping center. They are having a cocktail party afterwards, which is billed as a chance to meet Tim Gunn. You are "invited" if you have $150...

There was a Deco revival in the '50's but in jewelry (anyway) you can tell that it's not "period" because of the construction. I got what we call a '30s' "vibe" about this bag - not to say there aren't some bags from the '50s' with similar design elements. Linn

I think it is from the '30's also. The Art Deco period was from 1910-1939 and this piece is very Deco. It's a great piece! Linn