more about this vermeil brooch with the handpainted dot flowers.
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Alice Caviness? Or??
Alice Caviness? Or??
I believe this is an American brooch. Perhaps the A.C. stands for Alice Caviness? I am not sure, and was hoping anyone out there may know
more about this vermeil brooch with the handpainted dot flowers.
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more about this vermeil brooch with the handpainted dot flowers.
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ValkyrieVixen
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That's a possibilty, there is a mention of AC as a mark of hers on RCJ.
http://www.illusionjewels.com/costumejewelrymarksc.html
You might try posting on the Jewelry & Gemstone board on the "unmentionable auction site" for more help. One of the authors of the above site posts there and there are a lot of people familiar with Caviness jewelry too.
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http://www.illusionjewels.com/costumejewelrymarksc.html
You might try posting on the Jewelry & Gemstone board on the "unmentionable auction site" for more help. One of the authors of the above site posts there and there are a lot of people familiar with Caviness jewelry too.
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kerangoumar
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Not all Alice Caviness jewelry was signed. *
Gold filled & sterling silver had an "A.C." engraved somewhere on the pieces, including on the end rings or spring rings, and had a name string tag.
* Info provided to Cathy Gordon by Millie Petronzio, current head designer at Haskell who worked at Caviness for 25 years.
Caviness died in 1983
( http://www.illusionjewels.com/costumejewelrymarksc.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
that being said stylistically it does not call to mind alice caviness, whose designs were typically bold and relied upon large rhinestones or faux pearls. this brooch has a reproduction of a sprig of flowers - the screen is visible in the enlarged image.
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Gold filled & sterling silver had an "A.C." engraved somewhere on the pieces, including on the end rings or spring rings, and had a name string tag.
* Info provided to Cathy Gordon by Millie Petronzio, current head designer at Haskell who worked at Caviness for 25 years.
Caviness died in 1983
( http://www.illusionjewels.com/costumejewelrymarksc.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
that being said stylistically it does not call to mind alice caviness, whose designs were typically bold and relied upon large rhinestones or faux pearls. this brooch has a reproduction of a sprig of flowers - the screen is visible in the enlarged image.
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