Fresh to market vintage this week includes the whimsical, the practical and the dazzling. We don’t like to play favorites, but the Weiss rhinestone earrings are quite something and they also bring to mind a favorite pet peeve: saving rhinestone pieces only for nights out and occasions. There is absolutely no reason to leave your vintage baubles languishing in the drawer. Include those beautiful rhinestone necklaces, brooches and earrings in your daily rotation. They deserve to see the sun as much as your other jewelry pieces.
Actually, there’s a second pet peeve: not wearing pretty clip-on vintage earrings because you have pierced ears. Of course you can wear a clips even though you have holes in your ears. There are too many pretty vintage earrings to put unnecessary restrictions on stylish self.
And with that, here are this week’s fresh to market vintage pieces…
Lavender Weiss Rhinestone Earrings
After years of working for Coro and other jewelry manufacturers, Albert Weiss set up shop in 1942. His high-quality costume jewelry became popular quickly. His use of smoky colored stones, enamel, and japanned designs is still popular to this day. Sadly after his death, his son took over the company and it soon went out of business. The quality of his company’s workmanship means there are still plenty of beautiful wearable pieces available today. These lavender rhinestone earrings are characteristic of Weiss jewelry from the 1950s.
Lavender Weiss Rhinestone Earrings, $42.95
-Pam, Vintage Renude
American Wicker Herb Gathering Basket c 1940s
Imagine this gathering basket filled with herbs and posies from your summer garden. Oval in shape with a fixed wicker handle, it’s a lovely reminder of kinder, gentler days.
Vintage Herb Gathering Basket, $60
-Linda, Selective Salvage
Monk Musicians
These jazzy Napco monks are part of a sextet and are looking to meet up with the percussionist, trumpet and trombone players as well as the soulful bassist in order to get a gig. I would like to name the group The Tonsures after their monastic hairstyles. I found two of these and just knew there would be more. People sometimes want the whole set or some collectors just want a specific instrumentalist. I have had collectors mix up an orchestra of different animals for example. It’s a fun thing to do. For some reason in the 1950s, there were nuns or monks playing baseball or in a band that seemed to be quite collectible and charming and sometimes even funny. As for Christmas figurines, there have been sets of figurines I didn’t even know about until I did research on the one I found. So keep your eyes out! You just might start making a collection!
Monk Musicians, $47.99
-Mary Ellen, AuntHattiesAttic
Econo-line planter #502, 1960s vintage
Mid century matte finish pottery, particularly in white, is always popular. This simple Econo-line #502 planter and/or vase isn’t statuesque or flashy, but it still has charm galore. There are two things I don’t know about it: 1) was Econo-line made by McCoy? (parts of the internet think so but I haven’t been able to confirm from a reference source, and 2) was this a planter or a vase? My inclination is that it was probably was a piece that florists used for arrangements with a bit of floral foam to hold things in place.
Econo-line Matte Green Speckled Planter #502, $18.
–Laurie, NextStage Vintage
That’s this week’s fresh to market vintage, a list of the flashy, the practical and the whimsical. We can totally see that gathering basket full of zinnias and dahlias. And we really hope the two musical monks find the rest of their band.
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If you like vintage costume jewelry, you might enjoy our post about Josef of Hollywood.
