Exquisite vintage costume jewelry for women with far from ordinary tastes
TruFaux Jewels offers elegant and unique necklaces, earrings, bracelets, brooches, clips, and accessories by notable American and European designers, from the flapper style to the early days of Mad Men.
Featured Pieces
These impeccable pieces are thoughtfully curated by vintage jewelry collector, historian, and writer Barbara Schwartz.
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QuickviewPink Tourmaline & Sterling Flower 1940s Hobé Brooches
Vintage Brooches & Pins, 1940s Jewelry, Hobé JewelryUSD$195.00
QuickviewPink Tourmaline & Sterling Flower 1940s Hobé Brooches
Vintage Brooches & Pins, 1940s Jewelry, Hobé JewelryUSD$195.00This pair of Hobé brooches is delicate and lovely. Each is a flower with a deep-pink tourmaline (almost fuchsia) center. The sterling petals on one side are furled; those on the other side feature a beautiful open-work design that is known as fretwork. You can wear the pair together on the shoulder of a dress or jacket, or on either side of a collar. These brooches were hand-made. Although they’re marked “DESIGN PAT’D”, I have been unable to identify a design patent that looks like them.
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QuickviewPink Tourmaline & Alexandrite 1950s Bracelet by Bogoff
Vintage Bracelets, 1950s Jewelry, Bogoff JewelryUSD$175.00
QuickviewPink Tourmaline & Alexandrite 1950s Bracelet by Bogoff
Vintage Bracelets, 1950s Jewelry, Bogoff JewelryUSD$175.00Faceted pear-shaped pink tourmaline glass stones are mounted in decorative rhodium-plated links with a round alexandrite glass stones in this 1950s bracelet by Bogoff. The alexandrites change color from light blue to light purple, depending on the light. This piece closes with a tongue-in-groove clasp and safety chain. Scroll down to see the matching necklace and earrings.
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QuickviewPink Tourmaline & Diamanté Snowflake 1950s Brooch by Bogoff
Vintage Brooches & Pins, 1950s Jewelry, Bogoff JewelryUSD$165.00
QuickviewPink Tourmaline & Diamanté Snowflake 1950s Brooch by Bogoff
Vintage Brooches & Pins, 1950s Jewelry, Bogoff JewelryUSD$165.00This Bogoff brooch has hot-pink-glass stones and diamanté in a rhodium-plated setting shaped like a snowflake. This piece closes with a roll-over safety clasp. The color is elegant, and the shape is timeless. Bogoff made lovely pieces in the 1950s.
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Understanding Vintage
Costume Jewelry
It takes a practiced eye and solid expertise to recognize a true vintage costume jewelry piece. Barbara shares with you some essentials on the art of investigating what makes a jewel unique to an era and a maker.
About Barbara
TruFaux Jewels founder Barbara Schwartz is a passionate collector of vintage costume jewelry, who shares her love through her collections, through her writing, and directly with the women she helps adorn. She believes jewelry is meant to be worn, not stored in a drawer or bank vault. Barbara wants every woman who buys her pieces to feel extraordinary while wearing them.
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