Description
This is a large gold colored pin in the shape of the head of a reindeer with an aurora borealis rhinestone eye and holly at the neck.
The JJ mark on this piece is from the 1970s and is from Jonette Jewelry, a US company which was in business from 1943 - 2006. They made a number of reindeer pins, but I haven't seen another one online exactly like this one.
Inv #18543.
NOTE: Variations in color in the pictures are due to reflections. The color in person is a beautiful even gold.
SIZE: This pin is 2 3/4" by 2 1/2".
TO ASSURE THAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE PURCHASING, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE A RULER TO SEE WHAT SIZE THE ITEM IS.
BACKGROUND: This item is from an incredible vintage jewelry collection amassed from the early 1950s through the 1990s. There were very few ordinary pieces in this huge collection, as the original owner favored high quality, large scale, bold jewelry. Even the smaller pieces were special in some way.
She shopped for jewelry literally everywhere - high end department stores and boutiques, juried arts and crafts shows, on trips, and (later in life) from the TV shopping channels. Due to the size of this collection, many (perhaps most) of the pieces were never worn.
I bought from this lady's daughter over several years and will be listing more pieces over the coming months.
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