The previous blog post discussed a distinctive chain and
clasp that shows up often in “Chinese Lantern” charm jewelry circa World War
2.
https://www.beadiste.com/2024/12/puzzling-evidence-distinctive-chain.html
This post is an extended discussion of the suite of
distinctive findings that accompany the beads used in these designs. These findings – and the ways they are used -
are so unique to these necklaces, bracelets, and brooches that it is difficult
to believe they did not originate from a single workshop.
Lore has it that it was the Miriam Haskell workshop that
produced this jewelry, but none of the pieces are signed. The clasps are often inconsistent with the
supposed use by Haskell of only knobless spring ring clasps; a significant
number of the pieces feature knobbed spring rings. Are these replacements, or original to the
pieces? Did wartime metal restrictions
encourage the use of whatever clasps were still available from the findings factories?
eBay vendor SouthernAntiqueJewels currently has on offer two
of the pieces shown in the slides. Photos used with permission.
https://www.ebay.com/str/southernantiquejewels
Link to informative article about Larry Vrba at Morning
Glory Jewelry:
https://www.morninggloryjewelry.com/articles/article/lawrence-larry-vrba-jewelry/
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