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Enameled Roses and Rhinestones

by on May 17, 2010


Piece #12 of 100: This sweet brooch reminds me of Mother’s Day. Doesn’t it look like the perfect gift to give to Mom? Except that as an adult, I never gave my mom this kind of jewelry, because she was always asking for “big and funky,” which this enameled Trifari brooch is obviously not. Whenever [...]

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Navy Florentine Brooch

by on May 2, 2010


Piece #8 of 100: Over the last year, friends and family have inquired about Mom’s health (she’s fine, considering) and what’s new with me? Well, I answer, I’m going to blog about Mom’s jewelry. You mean you are going to sell it? No, I’m not going to sell it, I’m going to write about it. [...]

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You Can Never Be Too Elegant

by on April 26, 2010


My great grandmother was the very epitome of fashion of her time. When she woke up every day, she dressed in either a dress, a suit with a skirt, or a blouse and a skirt, along with sensible pumps. If she went outside for more than something quick like checking the mailbox, she was wearing [...]

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Russian Onion Domes

April 22, 2010

Piece #5 of 100 Here’s another one I never saw Mom wear, but I love it. I googled “Russian spires” to get a bit of history of this type of architecture. Here’s what I learned from Wikipedia, loosely paraphrased as follows: Onion domes became a typical feature of Russian architecture starting with Byzantine churches. The [...]

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Trinkets from Around the World

March 24, 2010

When I was a kid, I used to poke around in my mom’s jewelry box when she wasn’t home. My dad had been in the Merchant Marines during WWII and traveled to North Africa. Some of the most interesting things in her jewelry box were a silver ring and brooch made to look like African [...]

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Fabulous Fakes!

March 9, 2010

What I remember most about my mother’s jewelry box was the glamour! When I was six years old, one of my favorite treats was sitting next to my mother and watching her sort through her jewelry. She would pick out individual pieces and tell me stories about where she bought them, or when my father [...]

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