Posted 4 years ago
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This 2 3-4"L floral teardrop design brooch has sapphire blue rhinestones of various shapes on silvertone. Signed Kandell & Marcus N.Y. from the 1950s.
Kandell and Marcus was a NY based jewelry co of the 1940s-1950s inspired by Victorian epoch and Art Nouveau style
Wow!! That's a stunner. I am not familiar with that name of jewelry maker. I like the deeper blue on top of the slightly lighter shade of sapphire blue.
Beautiful sapphire brooch Jenni!!
Gorgeous !
Beautiful!
A new one for me, but I recognize a beautiful design and quality settings anywhere !~
How do you know so much Jenni? Not only knowing the companies (I have never heard of this one) but their history too.
They knew their stuff, this is a beautifully balanced brooch and I love the opne design of it.
With thanks to everybody for their love
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Thanks Andrea for your wonderful praise, it is really pretty how the deep blue stones have different shadings. This design came in many other colors including amber and pastels, but I thought the sapphire was the most dramatic & elegant. Yes this is a very obscure designer and they weren't around for many years, possibly because they didn't spare on quality stones or settings which included sterling silver & rhodium
Thank you Scott for the fabulous compliment, I'm really glad you liked this one and am always happy to find a rare vintage designer to show my CW friends
Ditto Mani & MrsT, your kind words are always uplifting and delightful, thank you so much for the sweet compliments!
Phil you have the eye for quality jewelry & I am so delighted you enjoyed this piece. It has a very old time style to it, I can picture it worn on the high necked blouses of yesteryear. Thank you for your super praise
Thanks so much Karen for your terrific compliments & my jewelry knowledge just comes from reading all I can find about vintage gems, often in books but in this case most of the info came from the internet - besides the above description I've seen Kandell & Marcus referred to as makers of high quality, limited edition handmade jewelry using the finest materials, in vintage inspired designs from art deco, art nouveau & Victorian times. Their pieces like this one are often very expensive so I only have one other one for a future post as I am not 'a Rockefeller' lol :)
Gorgeous!!
Thank you Cindi for the wonderful compliment & love, I am delighted that you enjoyed this deep blue rhinestone brooch, it was a very cool find for me from a pretty obscure designer
Thanks Daisy & MarmorealMaiden for the love, it's so nice of you and I'm really glad you enjoyed this Kandell Marcus brooch