Piece #23 of 100:
Boy, oh boy! I should have worn these last week when we went wine tasting in Sonoma! These vintage silvertone earrings are marked Celebrity, which dates them from the 1950s, up to the middle of the 1970s. Just looking at the clip and the design, I would date these from the fifties or sixties, no newer. In Costume Jewelry 101, Julia C. Carroll says this New York based company sold their jewelry through home parties. I can just imagine Mom at a costume jewelry home party. Oh my, my, my!! Of course, there is the possibility that she acquired these at a garage sale. I’ll never know.
Oh, so thrilled to see your site! I just came across boxes and boxes of old costume (most of it) jewelry when my mother-in-law passed away last fall. There was at least 3 generations of other family members’ jewelry there also. All the great old stuff which I have always loved, while my friends and mother have always questioned my sanity of buying “just one more piece” at flea markets and garage sales! And now I have been given!!! these boxes of “Jewels”!! Yes I know they are cut glass, but I sparkle and smile. What could be better. My friends call me the Rhinestone Cowby. I am delighted to read your blog.
I am thoroughly enjoying your trip through your mother’s jewelry box!
Thank you! It’s nice to know I am not taking the “trip” alone.