| Vintage rhinestone jewelry is quite beautiful to look | | | | Company of Rhode Island produced some beautiful |
| at and is intended to simulate diamonds. The best | | | | rhinestone pieces that are marked Alice in script. |
| rhinestones are cut from quartz crystal. Vintage | | | | Miriam Haskell was an artist who began selling jewelry |
| rhinestone jewelry comes in many exciting shades | | | | in 1924. Her pieces contained clusters of beads, |
| and they give off a wonderful sparkle effect. | | | | artificial pearls and rhinestones and are very sought |
| These pieces of crystal were originally sifted from | | | | after today. Weiss was a company located in New |
| the Rhine River in Austria and after World War II | | | | York City and the company used the finest Austrian |
| they became as exciting as diamonds. Over the | | | | rhinestones in their jewelry. The quality and clarity |
| years, original rhinestones gave way to mass | | | | was excellent and the price of a Weiss piece of |
| produced glass rhinestones but there are a few | | | | vintage jewelry continues to rapidly rise. |
| features that the finer variety offer. They will be | | | | Many people love wearing (and collecting) what is |
| hand faceted, prong set and polished. The sparkle will | | | | known as parure vintage rhinestone jewelry. A parure |
| help to determine the quality. The craftsmanship will | | | | is a set of matching jewelry, typically consisting of a |
| often come through in a piece of vintage jewelry as | | | | necklace, bracelet, earrings and brooch. Demi-parure |
| well. | | | | consists of a matching necklace, earrings and brooch. |
| When speaking about vintage rhinestone jewelry | | | | It does not include a bracelet. |
| there is a lot of different terminology used. There is | | | | Some of the most popular vintage rhinestone jewelry |
| Art Noveau jewelry that originated in Paris, France | | | | comes in red and purple. It can be difficult to find |
| and the jewelry from this era is dated from about | | | | pierced earrings that are vintage, as few women had |
| 1890 to 1910. The Art Deco jewelry era is dated | | | | pierced ears back then and many of those that did |
| from around 1925 to 1940. Dress clips and fur clips | | | | have pierced ears, preferred to wear the screw |
| were very popular during these eras and often were | | | | backs that were in fashion at that time. Vintage |
| made with sparkling rhinestones. | | | | rhinestone jewelry made of sterling or gold is also |
| A beautiful type of vintage rhinestone jewelry is the | | | | more rare as most of the jewelry made with these |
| Aurora Borealis. The rhinestones were given a special | | | | metals contained real stones. |
| iridescent coating that was developed in 1955 and the | | | | You will be able to find many pieces of gorgeous |
| coating produces a rainbow of colors. These stones | | | | vintage rhinestone jewelry on auction sites like eBay |
| are beautiful to behold and were very popular in the | | | | and Amazon. If you are interested in collecting the |
| 1950s and 1960s. | | | | pieces look for designers I mentioned above. Some |
| There are a lot of different designers that made | | | | other names to be on the lookout for are Art, Coro, |
| vintage rhinestone jewelry and some of the pieces | | | | Eisenberg, Hollycraft and Floreza to name just a few. |
| are very rare. For example, the Alice Jewelry | | | | |