Posted 3 years ago
RichmondLori
(366 items)
""the Original FAMILY CROWN PIN" by B. DAVID .
The story of Mother's life beautifully told, with each child's simulated birth-stone as a jewel in her crown." (from description card)
this Crown set came complete with it's original pink box with a purple velvet ribbon, a description card and a brochure with care tips dated 1968.
Crown brooch measures 2" x 1-1/4"; stones are PEAR {teardrop} shaped, and each are separated by seed pearls.
the stones (by month) in the Crown are: (from top to bottom).
June,
August, December, April, May, December, May
August, Mar, October, March, October
the Crown earrings measure 7/8"; the stones (by month) are (from top to bottom):
April; May; December; August; October; March
all stones are pronged, and each piece is signed .
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Wow Lori!! These are beautiful!! And to find these with it's original box is awesome!!
jscott - thank you. the box looks new, the colors are still vibrant. I have another B.David set with the original box and it looks vintage, discolored and worn. I was very excited to get this one with all the added specials! Lori
So colourful and I love his jewellery set by hand, he did a lot of fantastic pieces sometimes even getting second looks from Sherman collectors for his similarities !~
Eileen - thanks for the comments, this is one set that I will keep. I actually got it from an online store, which is rare I do, but I could not resist the complete package.
Phil - I agree with you about quality of both B.David and Sherman, they took their craft serious, and it shows still today. thank you for your comments.
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Also the addition of the paper trail is precious and any serious collector of B.David pieces would find terrific value of this piece. Great to see he was still hand setting his stones when these were made. He appears to have been an exceptional jeweller just by the quality of his pieces, a lot similar to Sherman. I wish that Sherman would have used these type stones, but you never see pieces with this many teardrop shaped stones such as this !~