Clip, pin, and pendant

Date

• 1920-1939
• 1940-1959

Summary

• Left: Dress clip in a clam shell shape with seven large, green stones made of art glass and fourteen raised, open petal flowers, each set with a green stone in a symmetrical pattern. The background has tiny raised rosettes and a scallop edged border. The hinged spring metal clip is marked with a chalice with the letters "NE" in the center, which represented the New England Glass Work Company. Middle: Floral bouquet pin, "Hobe, Sterling, Design Patd." Loops of ribbon encircle the flowerʼs tight cluster of petals, closed buds and a single leaf. When Hobe arrived in New York his first job was making jewelry and costumes for the Ziegfield Follies. Some jewelry historians believe that Florenz Zieglfeld described the jewelry Hobe made for his costumes as "costume jewelry," which was the origin of the phrase. Right: Brooch/pendant with an ornate metal frame reminiscent of a royal crest. It is embellished with marcasite stones along the outside and a raised porcelain button with the silhouette of a young man courting a young lady in the center. To wear as pendant, a chain would go through the open vertical "S" design along the top.