For the curious, you can uses resources like this website to date and find marks for vintage costume jewelry www.illusionjewels.com/research/costumejewelrymarkscoro.html Happy collecting everyone :)
Thank you for the resource. I have many pins from the 50's - 80's but I think most are from stores like F.W. Woolworth and JC Penney's. They used to carry inexpensive jewelry in pretty boxes during the holidays as gift items. I especially like the animal and insect pins. I have a lovely large brooch filled with rhinestones in a flower pattern that may be from the 40s. You inspired me to go through and see if any have maker marks. Love your channel!
Thanks so much for putting these excellent videos together - LOVE the content & the music. I have a vintage costume jewelry collection too & LOVE to see other's collections. FYI - I wear a jean jacket with a lot of my outfits & always create a 'brooch collage' on the upper left corner of the jacket - some gals at work & in classes say they can't wait to see the new collage I come up with. Brooches make me happy. :)
Love this video! Can't wait for the rest in this series:D I do wonder, how do y o u even start dating these pieces? Besides it being listed as a certain date or looking up the brand these all seem like they could belong in any era. Are there any jewellery dating tips/tricks?
Thank you! For most marked pieces the different fonts and marks were only used for a certain range of decades, so the era can be a narrowed down by exactly which mark a piece has on the back. Once you have a few brooches that are all 1960's Trifari for example, you get used to the weight and style of those pieces and can start using that knowledge to help date other pieces even if they don't have a mark. The types of metals, finishes, types of stones, weight, and style (modernist, Victorian revival, etc.) are all clues to the era of a piece. Some types of enamel, plastics, and finishes just weren't invented or done before a certain time too, which helps date things, like how Bakelite is an earlier plastic an was only used for a certain range of time. Also there are many ads around from the era for the bigger brands like Trifari, Coro, and Lisner where you can see pieces as they were originally advertised. All research into vintage styling, watching old films, looking at old catalogs, looking at old magazines and editorials, all help to build an understanding of an era's aesthetics in your head and that combined knowledge can be used to date stuff. I have a video planned on this topic soon :)
Hi Bianca, you look marvelous. Your eye makeup is absolutely beautiful - very striking. I enjoyed your gold brooch collection. :) I love brooches. I don't really wear them but I'm always drawn to them.
I’m a recent subscriber and a delighted one as well! Your content and presentation is always so enjoyable, regardless of the topic - I even love watching when the topic is hats and hats are not something i look good in! This jewelry video is an excellent primer that showcases period design elements and I will return often. Thank you for the excellent work you do!
ADOOOOORE. This is the one I have been looking forward to! Brooches are my weakness...especially gold....and especially 1940s. Love the Trifari piece with monstera leaves - what a find. I wonder if the piece with the large brown stone and filigree could even be early 70s? Do I detect a whiff of Victorian revival?
It's great that you're introverted as I feel it would take you forever to piece together an outfit for a event. So many details. Loving this series. ♥️
Hello from Florida, Blanca! Lovely collection! My favorites were the Trifari Philodendron Leaves spray, the crazy little owl, the Trifari matte gold spray with rhinestones and pearls. and the Florenza stickpin with the 'topaz' and green gems. Thank you for sharing your Treasures with us!
I saw you had a "B" for your name (kind of like Anne Boleyn!). You reminded me, my mum used to have a gold letter P for her name (18 carat as she bought it when still living in Italy. She's never had costume jewellery - no, certainly not wealthy!). She was born in 1935 so she was wearing that stuff more in the 1950's. Must ask her what happened to it!
Feeling inspired to pull all my brooches out and organize them so I can wear them more often. I can empathize with thinking a piece is bigger in the photo. I’ve learned to always ask for measurements in either inches or mm (25mm = 1 inch).
Prior to the pandemic, I was able to find a set of neckline pins and earrings in silver for an excellent price at a trade-in trade-out type of store in California. I had it priced really well and bought it. I brought the pieces to a friend to authenticate them, and it turns out they are well worth over two thousand dollars! It was made out of white gold and crafted with tiffany diamonds and pearls. No trademarks or scratches. I guess whoever sold it must have been unbeknownst to its actual value. And, your collection is superb! I can see that you take great care of every piece too! 😊
I just uploaded my brooch video this morning. Man. You put me to shame. I'm almost embarrassed by how scant it is compared to yours! I'm a little jelly! Love your collection! 😍
Aw! I'll go check it out! I have been collecting for many years and have bad spending habits, so I have amassed possibly just too much costume jewelry at this point ;)
For unsigned pieces, I use my years of research into vintage eras and familiarity with dated pieces to help me out. So if I have a Coro piece I know is dated to the mid 40's, and another unsigned piece that has very similar materials, construction, and also has a 1940's styling, I feel confident in saying that piece is from the 1940's as well. And just the more dated images you have seen of vintage style, like vogue editorials with dates, or catalogs with exact dates, films from a certain year, you can sorta build up the timeline of fashion styles in your head and if someone hands me a brushed gold brooch that's finely detailed and a bit heavier, I can place it in the late 50's through the 1960's, because in my head are images like this: www.morninggloryantiques.com/imagesJC/Ads/Trifari/tri27.jpg For example, the gold bird brooch in this video is marked Coro on the back, but it's a Coro mark that I haven't seen before, and the mixed shiny and matte finish on the piece had me suspicious it was later from the get go. Looking at original 1940's versions of that same style brooch online showed me that the construction and actual modeling/style was nearly exact to the true 40's ones, which leads me to believe that my brooch could be a later copy of the original sterling silver Coro brooch from the 1940's. Since brands re-released some styles in the 80's and 90's sometimes, I figure that my brooch is either one of these later reissues, or is a straight up knock off. The mark on the back may be Coro, but its not the 40's mark. And what led me off to that research rabbit hole? Just the finish on the metal being different than other 40's pieces I have that can be dated definitively. So my knowledge of pieces that can be dated exactly due to ads or specific marks, helps give me a knowledge base to use when dating unsigned pieces too.
Wow, thanks! I right now just buy what I like (as we all should) but I'd like to know what era they are from, just out of curiosity really. I'll have to start doing some more research so I can become a little more well versed in jewelry knowledge.
What a beautiful collection of 'gold toned' brooches you have! Where the heck do you store them all doll?? :-)) Cannot wait to see the rest of your stunning brooches. My collection is ever increasing by way of thrift shops mainly. Great video as ever! Stunning make up btw! You beaut! Xxx
Thank you Jo! I show how I store my jewelry in my closet tour video from ages ago here on the channel. Mostly these are in black velvet trays in a dresser I have :)
Wow! You have absolutely amazing pieces I can’t wait to see the rest! 😍😍😍I love love love it all! I’ve been posting a few of my collections & items I’ve bought recently on my Instagram (in my RUclips profile) You’ll see that my recently added jewelry is mostly from #RedbirdVintageBoxes (I now buy both the Marie & Lorene subscriptions because I love everything I’ve gotten) another place I have recently bought from is from the RUclips jewelry auctions it’s a fabulous community of wonderful people like:Boujee Bear, Barbie Crafts, Jewelry Nurse, Grammie Josie, and one of my very favorite Cindy Loves Jewelry. Hope to take a peek at some of their videos & join in the auction there are some incredible finds to be had! Hugzz & cant wait to see the rest of your collection and other vintage videos subjects.
Thank you! I'm just not really into subscription boxes much myself since I am suuuper picky and strategic about what I buy, but it does still seem very fun. I can't do auctions either as I always get my heart broken, I'm an Etsy girl through and through ;)
TheClosetHistorian if you have some free time take a look at the video auctions you’ll see it’s not as cutthroat as other ones also I LOVE Etsy too I totally get what you’re saying about being picky & spending money wisely too hugzz sweetie & have a wonderful day/nite I meant to tell you in my first comment your makeup is stunning! ❣️
That bit on the end was funny. Was the large bow, near the end, with multi coloured gemstones starburst dated 1940-1950 a memory pin ? Military wives used to wear them. in the late 50's they were extremely popular especially around Christmas. Originally made of cloth or ribbon they became universal at least in North America. Also you had a pin with three various sized circles whic you showed upside down, do you wear it that way? No criticism, just curiosity.
Not sure about the bow brooch, it is from the brand Coro which was pretty huge back in the era. I was just filming the pins however they would sit best for the camera, but in general I am not adverse to wearing pins upside down or any which way really :)
Wow! You have quite a collection. They are beautiful. I can't wait to see the other 2 videos. My favorite is at 11:02 it's stunning. I have quite a few old brooches from my mother in law who passed when she was 95 and I just was gifted 8 more from a friend who says they're from the 50's. Brooches are my new passion. I can't figure out how to wear many of them. I pin them on blazer lapels and the upper left of my denim jacket but could use some more suggestions. Maybe you could do a brooch styling video?
Thank you! I LOVE brooches 😅😂 I wear them pinned on dresses and sweaters, coats, on a beret sometimes, but mostly on my shoulder yes. When I sew things I often make higher necked dresses just so I can wear brooches with ease ❤
You have some really great pieces.....especially those with LARGE stones....yes, my husband says I am gaudy....thanks for sharing.....I love this kind of video!!!
I love your collection. I too wear brooches every chance I get and love it when I see others wearing theirs. It saids something interesting about the woman to me. Thank you for this video.
Alas Joan Rivers jewelry has the brand marked on the back and this bee of mine has no marks at all and so is completely unsigned. Her mark looks like this www.etsy.com/listing/536895022/sale-adorable-joan-rivers-signed-crystal?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=joan+rivers+brooch&ref=sr_gallery-1-15&organic_search_click=1
For the curious, you can uses resources like this website to date and find marks for vintage costume jewelry www.illusionjewels.com/research/costumejewelrymarkscoro.html Happy collecting everyone :)
Thank you for the resource. I have many pins from the 50's - 80's but I think most are from stores like F.W. Woolworth and JC Penney's. They used to carry inexpensive jewelry in pretty boxes during the holidays as gift items. I especially like the animal and insect pins. I have a lovely large brooch filled with rhinestones in a flower pattern that may be from the 40s. You inspired me to go through and see if any have maker marks. Love your channel!
@@blueminnie13 Thank you!
Thanks so much for putting these excellent videos together - LOVE the content & the music. I have a vintage costume jewelry collection too & LOVE to see other's collections. FYI - I wear a jean jacket with a lot of my outfits & always create a 'brooch collage' on the upper left corner of the jacket - some gals at work & in classes say they can't wait to see the new collage I come up with. Brooches make me happy. :)
Thank you! I love brooches too, they're so fun and the I like them giant best of all :)
Holy crap! I love the little aircraft. I need one! OMG
After seeing this video . It Make me sure keep my eyes open at the thrift store on more brooches . 😍😍😍
Happy hunting! ;)
I also collect brooches but not for their vintage but for their wow factor...........I loved your collection
Thank you!
I love your green bumble bee. 🐝
Thanks! I love bee themed jewelry and prints :)
Beautiful collection Bianca! It really is so much fun to revisit one's personal collections & appreciate each piece all over again. 💕👍
Thank you Eileen!
I just love brooches ❤️
Same!
There were a lot of lovely pieces thank you for sharing
Wow, your eyes look amazing today!
Thank you!
Love this video! Music is great, too - and your look is absolutely stunning.
Thank you!
I love your collection. Do you wear them often? The background music was great too. tfs
Thank you! I do wear brooches all the time, especially in winter as they really jazz up a sweater :)
Love this video! Can't wait for the rest in this series:D I do wonder, how do y o u even start dating these pieces? Besides it being listed as a certain date or looking up the brand these all seem like they could belong in any era. Are there any jewellery dating tips/tricks?
Thank you! For most marked pieces the different fonts and marks were only used for a certain range of decades, so the era can be a narrowed down by exactly which mark a piece has on the back. Once you have a few brooches that are all 1960's Trifari for example, you get used to the weight and style of those pieces and can start using that knowledge to help date other pieces even if they don't have a mark. The types of metals, finishes, types of stones, weight, and style (modernist, Victorian revival, etc.) are all clues to the era of a piece. Some types of enamel, plastics, and finishes just weren't invented or done before a certain time too, which helps date things, like how Bakelite is an earlier plastic an was only used for a certain range of time.
Also there are many ads around from the era for the bigger brands like Trifari, Coro, and Lisner where you can see pieces as they were originally advertised. All research into vintage styling, watching old films, looking at old catalogs, looking at old magazines and editorials, all help to build an understanding of an era's aesthetics in your head and that combined knowledge can be used to date stuff. I have a video planned on this topic soon :)
Gorgeous collection! So jealous.....😕
Thank you!
Do you ever wear your ship and your pirate sword together? They would be playful worn together.
Okay Liz Taylor
Well thank you!
Oh yes!
Haha! So true!
Hi Bianca, you look marvelous. Your eye makeup is absolutely beautiful - very striking.
I enjoyed your gold brooch collection. :) I love brooches. I don't really wear them but I'm always drawn to them.
Thank you Darnelle!
Am I in math class? Yes. Do I care? No, this is more interesting! Thank goodness for multitasking
Thanks Talar! ;)
I’m a recent subscriber and a delighted one as well! Your content and presentation is always so enjoyable, regardless of the topic - I even love watching when the topic is hats and hats are not something i look good in! This jewelry video is an excellent primer that showcases period design elements and I will return often. Thank you for the excellent work you do!
Thank you Nancy!
I love your hair and makeup. Fantastic.
Thank you Sara!
ADOOOOORE. This is the one I have been looking forward to! Brooches are my weakness...especially gold....and especially 1940s. Love the Trifari piece with monstera leaves - what a find. I wonder if the piece with the large brown stone and filigree could even be early 70s? Do I detect a whiff of Victorian revival?
Thank you! I love monstera leaves so any jewelry versions I simply cannot resist!
Loved your collection! Thanks for sharing!! Lots of fun!! 🥰🥰🥰
OMG that last Florenza was absolutely swoon-worthy!
It's great that you're introverted as I feel it would take you forever to piece together an outfit for a event. So many details. Loving this series. ♥️
Thank you Lele! I do indeed love spending time in my wardrobe putting looks together, it's like a hobby of mine ;)
TheClosetHistorian That sounds like pure fun! x
Hello from Florida, Blanca! Lovely collection! My favorites were the Trifari Philodendron Leaves spray, the crazy little owl,
the Trifari matte gold spray with rhinestones and pearls. and the Florenza stickpin with the 'topaz' and green gems.
Thank you for sharing your Treasures with us!
Thank you Juadonna!
You have some lovely pieces. I can't wait to see the silver collection!
Thank you!
I saw you had a "B" for your name (kind of like Anne Boleyn!). You reminded me, my mum used to have a gold letter P for her name (18 carat as she bought it when still living in Italy. She's never had costume jewellery - no, certainly not wealthy!). She was born in 1935 so she was wearing that stuff more in the 1950's. Must ask her what happened to it!
Feeling inspired to pull all my brooches out and organize them so I can wear them more often.
I can empathize with thinking a piece is bigger in the photo. I’ve learned to always ask for measurements in either inches or mm (25mm = 1 inch).
Prior to the pandemic, I was able to find a set of neckline pins and earrings in silver for an excellent price at a trade-in trade-out type of store in California. I had it priced really well and bought it. I brought the pieces to a friend to authenticate them, and it turns out they are well worth over two thousand dollars! It was made out of white gold and crafted with tiffany diamonds and pearls. No trademarks or scratches. I guess whoever sold it must have been unbeknownst to its actual value. And, your collection is superb! I can see that you take great care of every piece too! 😊
I just uploaded my brooch video this morning. Man. You put me to shame. I'm almost embarrassed by how scant it is compared to yours! I'm a little jelly! Love your collection! 😍
Question for you. If it is an unsigned piece, how do you determine the era?
Aw! I'll go check it out! I have been collecting for many years and have bad spending habits, so I have amassed possibly just too much costume jewelry at this point ;)
It is an enviable collection. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest! Lovely pieces, you have great taste!
For unsigned pieces, I use my years of research into vintage eras and familiarity with dated pieces to help me out. So if I have a Coro piece I know is dated to the mid 40's, and another unsigned piece that has very similar materials, construction, and also has a 1940's styling, I feel confident in saying that piece is from the 1940's as well. And just the more dated images you have seen of vintage style, like vogue editorials with dates, or catalogs with exact dates, films from a certain year, you can sorta build up the timeline of fashion styles in your head and if someone hands me a brushed gold brooch that's finely detailed and a bit heavier, I can place it in the late 50's through the 1960's, because in my head are images like this: www.morninggloryantiques.com/imagesJC/Ads/Trifari/tri27.jpg
For example, the gold bird brooch in this video is marked Coro on the back, but it's a Coro mark that I haven't seen before, and the mixed shiny and matte finish on the piece had me suspicious it was later from the get go. Looking at original 1940's versions of that same style brooch online showed me that the construction and actual modeling/style was nearly exact to the true 40's ones, which leads me to believe that my brooch could be a later copy of the original sterling silver Coro brooch from the 1940's. Since brands re-released some styles in the 80's and 90's sometimes, I figure that my brooch is either one of these later reissues, or is a straight up knock off. The mark on the back may be Coro, but its not the 40's mark. And what led me off to that research rabbit hole? Just the finish on the metal being different than other 40's pieces I have that can be dated definitively. So my knowledge of pieces that can be dated exactly due to ads or specific marks, helps give me a knowledge base to use when dating unsigned pieces too.
Wow, thanks! I right now just buy what I like (as we all should) but I'd like to know what era they are from, just out of curiosity really. I'll have to start doing some more research so I can become a little more well versed in jewelry knowledge.
Beautiful collection. Trifari is one of my favorites.
Love these collection videos! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you!
What a beautiful collection of 'gold toned' brooches you have! Where the heck do you store them all doll?? :-)) Cannot wait to see the rest of your stunning brooches. My collection is ever increasing by way of thrift shops mainly. Great video as ever!
Stunning make up btw! You beaut! Xxx
Thank you Jo! I show how I store my jewelry in my closet tour video from ages ago here on the channel. Mostly these are in black velvet trays in a dresser I have :)
Wow! You have absolutely amazing pieces I can’t wait to see the rest! 😍😍😍I love love love it all! I’ve been posting a few of my collections & items I’ve bought recently on my Instagram (in my RUclips profile) You’ll see that my recently added jewelry is mostly from #RedbirdVintageBoxes (I now buy both the Marie & Lorene subscriptions because I love everything I’ve gotten) another place I have recently bought from is from the RUclips jewelry auctions it’s a fabulous community of wonderful people like:Boujee Bear, Barbie Crafts, Jewelry Nurse, Grammie Josie, and one of my very favorite Cindy Loves Jewelry. Hope to take a peek at some of their videos & join in the auction there are some incredible finds to be had! Hugzz & cant wait to see the rest of your collection and other vintage videos subjects.
Thank you! I'm just not really into subscription boxes much myself since I am suuuper picky and strategic about what I buy, but it does still seem very fun. I can't do auctions either as I always get my heart broken, I'm an Etsy girl through and through ;)
TheClosetHistorian if you have some free time take a look at the video auctions you’ll see it’s not as cutthroat as other ones also I LOVE Etsy too I totally get what you’re saying about being picky & spending money wisely too hugzz sweetie & have a wonderful day/nite I meant to tell you in my first comment your makeup is stunning! ❣️
Thanks for sharing! That was fun! Do more! :) I have a collection of pins bought at second hand stores or yard sale! They are neat... :)
Thank you! I will do more sometime soon :) Pins are indeed neat!
I’m really loving the collection videos lately. Great pieces. I love vintage Jewelry.
Thank you!
Love your collection of brooches and the accompanying music.
Beautiful collection! I love the buckle brooch from the 1900's. So unique!
Thank you! I bought it for and Edwardian costume originally and just keep it with my other brooches now :)
Loved this video! You look beautiful btw. Love the do and your eyes. Your collection is impressive and I enjoyed seeing it. See Ya! ❤️💄🐈🐈🌷
Thank you Rachel!
Ooh, my favourite was the first trifari brooch xx
Thanks! I love me some Trifari!
That bit on the end was funny. Was the large bow, near the end, with multi coloured gemstones starburst dated 1940-1950 a memory pin ? Military wives used to wear them. in the late 50's they were extremely popular especially around Christmas. Originally made of cloth or ribbon they became universal at least in North America. Also you had a pin with three various sized circles whic you showed upside down, do you wear it that way? No criticism, just curiosity.
Not sure about the bow brooch, it is from the brand Coro which was pretty huge back in the era. I was just filming the pins however they would sit best for the camera, but in general I am not adverse to wearing pins upside down or any which way really :)
Wow! You have quite a collection. They are beautiful. I can't wait to see the other 2 videos. My favorite is at 11:02 it's stunning. I have quite a few old brooches from my mother in law who passed when she was 95 and I just was gifted 8 more from a friend who says they're from the 50's. Brooches are my new passion. I can't figure out how to wear many of them. I pin them on blazer lapels and the upper left of my denim jacket but could use some more suggestions. Maybe you could do a brooch styling video?
Thank you! I LOVE brooches 😅😂 I wear them pinned on dresses and sweaters, coats, on a beret sometimes, but mostly on my shoulder yes. When I sew things I often make higher necked dresses just so I can wear brooches with ease ❤
I absolutely adore these prices ! I always find it hard so style brooches. Great video as always!
Thank you! I'll have to do a video all about different ways to style them sometime :)
You have some really great pieces.....especially those with LARGE stones....yes, my husband says I am gaudy....thanks for sharing.....I love this kind of video!!!
Thank you Sharon!
Beautiful collection and I love your eye makeup!
Thank you!
I love your collection. I too wear brooches every chance I get and love it when I see others wearing theirs. It saids something interesting about the woman to me. Thank you for this video.
Thank you Lillian!
3:15 that one is BANANAS! Love it!
Very nice collection. can't wait to see more:)
Thank you!
I bet the big bee with the green eyes is early Joan Rivers. Almost all her bees were about that size and had green eyes.
Alas Joan Rivers jewelry has the brand marked on the back and this bee of mine has no marks at all and so is completely unsigned. Her mark looks like this www.etsy.com/listing/536895022/sale-adorable-joan-rivers-signed-crystal?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=joan+rivers+brooch&ref=sr_gallery-1-15&organic_search_click=1
Beautiful- how do you store your pin collection?
Thank you! I keep them in velvet trays stacked in a dresser ✨
Love your style!
Loving the delicate moving leaves brooch!
Thank you! I have a similar one in silver too that will be in the silvery toned version of this video sometime :)
Oh boy I have some of these from my mom and step mom very pretty
Thank you!
I could watch these all day! :)
Thank you!
Hi I lv brooches , and I lv your look the hair and makeup are fab. And fabulous collection . Oh happy day ✌🏿️👌🏾😇
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing. I have many vintage brooches and scarves I always wear. They are beautiful!
Vintage brooches and scarves are two of my very favorite things :)
Omg the cobra, I died
Pretty! I like the pirate sabers...so whimsical 😁
Thank you!
I loooove your collection! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
Nice collection I too got a collection of pins don't know much about them but you got a great video 💞
Thank you!