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Mr DeLizza's Father hand made this crown for a Madonna Statue in Brooklyn One-Of-A-Kind |
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Leaf Shape Brooch |
Jan enjoys this jewelry for a while. She then starts to look for a way to have the story of this jewelry told. She talks with people about a book but could not get the project off the ground due to books declining popularity and people preferring their information to be on line. Her and I talk and come up with the plan to share the story of these jewels and share some of them for sale via a weekly blog.
This blog will traverse through the history of DeLizza and Elster. The jewelry will be presented as an eye into the history of their jewelry. Today we will start at the beginning as they started with all clear rhinestone jewelry. We must remember that clear rhinestone jewelry remained as a marketable line of jewelry for them through the full time frame of their jewelry design. So not all the clear jewelry shown here is from the 1950’s.
An example of the later clear designs are this necklace, flat bracelet and pierced earring design.
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Pierced Earring Set |
This large wire spray pendant necklace is very similar to a brooch design shown on page 29 of Mr DeLizza’s book and shown as dating to 1952.
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Wire Spray Necklace |
Jan also included with the jewelry some signed Thank You cards for the purchase of the jewelry. These cards are hand signed by Mr DeLizza. I have a limited amount of them. For each person that purchases 10 items I will send one of these Thank You notes, while the supply lasts. The items do not have to be purchased all at one time. I will keep track of each persons purchases.