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Gold Costume Jewellery
The term comes from the theatre. It refers to specially made “fake” jewellery that is part of a stage costume, there being an old actors’ superstition that it is very bad luck to wear real jewels (or handle real money) on the stage.
Costume jewelry (also called fashion jewelry, junk jewelry, fake jewelry, or fallalery) is jewelry manufactured as ornamentation to complement a particular fashionable costume or garment.Baker, Lillian. Fifty Years of Collectable Fashion Jewelry. Paducah: Collector Books, 1986.
Imitation of fine jewellery; also used as a synonym for fashion jewellery
coins made of gold
A yellow precious metal, the chemical element of atomic number 79, valued esp. for use in jewelry and decoration, and to guarantee the value of currencies
A deep lustrous yellow or yellow-brown color
made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons"
An alloy of this
amber: a deep yellow color; "an amber light illuminated the room"; "he admired the gold of her hair"
Fabulous Costume Jewelry: History of Fantasy and Fashion in Jewels
This gorgeous book is a delight for all who are interested in fine craftsmanship, beautiful jewelry, and the role of fashion in an ever-changing world. Costume jewelry is an intimate reflection of its age. Shaped by the attitudes and fashion of the women who wear it, this jewelry reveals their temperaments, their fantasies, and the spirit of their times. This lushly illustrated book is a comprehensive retrospective of commercial costume jewelry, from 18th century Georgian, Neo Classic, and Romantic pieces to 20th century Edwardian, Art Deco, Cocktail, and modern "Glam Rock" jewelry. It discusses in great depth the roots of jewelry movements, the cultural trends that influenced jewelry designers-industrialism, wartime, the growth of Hollywood, technological breakthroughs, and the women's movement-and the effects jewelry had on women's fashions.
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Vintage Designer Costume Jewelry Leaf Brooch - 04
This ornate gold-tone leaf brooch is the perfect gift for any collector of high quality designer costume jewelry. Stamped on the reverse by designer “PIM” and in perfect condition, there are three separate layers of leaves that each move, adding another interesting aspect to the piece. The brooch measures 3” long, and 2” wide.
Sparkly Gold Costume Jewelry Set
Let your inner magpie run free and grab these gold costume jewelry pieces so that everyone can see your inner sparkle. The necklace has an inset paua shell piece. There are also two pins, one stick pin, and a set of gold earrings.
Donated by: Karissa Silver
Valued at: $30
Minimum bid: $8
gold costume jewellery
This illustrated book was published in 1919.
PREFACE
The favourable reception accorded to the two first volumes of the " Home Connoisseur " Series Antique Furniture and Old Pottery and Porcelain assures me that there are many who will welcome this volume, which treats upon a subject which is interesting to every home connoisseur. There is a peculiar charm about the jewellery of former generations, those things men and women have treasured and worn, or fondly handled as having had personal touch with those who died long ago.
Many of the curios displayed in drawing-room and in cabinets are relics of the prehistoric dead ; objects which although not jewels as we understand them, were the ornaments they wore and the things they reverenced. There is a touch of sadness about the thought of rifling the tombs of past ages, and of looted palaces and homes destroyed ; yet all these factors have contributed to the supply of antique jewellery and trinkets now treasured in the modern home.
It is in the old jewel-box, however, that there are found the relics of more recent times, and many of the pieces of gold and silver jewellery, and flashing stones in their quaint settings, can be worn to-day for now is the day of replicas and the reproduction of the antiques of all ages. Happy indeed are those who possess genuine antiques !
Careful examination of museum exhibits, the varied assortment of antique jewels in dealers' stocks, and those that have fallen under the hammer from time to time, has enabled me to gather much useful information about these curios so varied, the work of man in past ages and of almost every civilised nation in more recent times.
This illustrated book was published in 1919.
PREFACE
The favourable reception accorded to the two first volumes of the " Home Connoisseur " Series Antique Furniture and Old Pottery and Porcelain assures me that there are many who will welcome this volume, which treats upon a subject which is interesting to every home connoisseur. There is a peculiar charm about the jewellery of former generations, those things men and women have treasured and worn, or fondly handled as having had personal touch with those who died long ago.
Many of the curios displayed in drawing-room and in cabinets are relics of the prehistoric dead ; objects which although not jewels as we understand them, were the ornaments they wore and the things they reverenced. There is a touch of sadness about the thought of rifling the tombs of past ages, and of looted palaces and homes destroyed ; yet all these factors have contributed to the supply of antique jewellery and trinkets now treasured in the modern home.
It is in the old jewel-box, however, that there are found the relics of more recent times, and many of the pieces of gold and silver jewellery, and flashing stones in their quaint settings, can be worn to-day for now is the day of replicas and the reproduction of the antiques of all ages. Happy indeed are those who possess genuine antiques !
Careful examination of museum exhibits, the varied assortment of antique jewels in dealers' stocks, and those that have fallen under the hammer from time to time, has enabled me to gather much useful information about these curios so varied, the work of man in past ages and of almost every civilised nation in more recent times.