OUR designers

Our vintage costume jewelry designers each have their own unique history and style. Among them are Eisenberg, Kramer (chosen to produce for Christian Dior), Boucher, Ciner, Coro, Alice Caviness, Lisner, Matisse, Mazer, Schreiner, H. Pomerantz, Selro, Joseph Wiener, Weiss, Volupte, and many other vintage designers.

Some pieces are unsigned beauties which are just as beautiful and breathtaking as their signed contemporaries.

One example of a featured designers is  Bogoff a Polish émigré who became one of the most sought-after jewelry designers of the ‘40s, ‘50s, and ‘60s. More importantly, Bogoff was one of a handful of great designers who transferred diamond and precious stone designs into their own rhinestone creations, which were on par with or superior to the precious stone jewelry.

Eisenberg & Sons was one of the most highly regarded costume jewelry manufacturers in the 1930s and '40s. Known their use of Swarovski crystals and colored stones, as well as superior craftsmanship and attention to detail, 

An authentic piece of vintage Eisenberg jewelry by its mark. The words "Eisenberg Original" were used from roughly 1935 to 1945, while just plain "Eisenberg" or "Eisenberg Ice" was used from about 1945 to 1950's.

 What is a rhinestone?

The term rhinestone came along later, when rock crystals were discovered in and around the shores of the river Rhine in Austria. These rock crystals could be cut and moulded to produce beautiful imitation diamonds and are what today’s rhinestone shape and look are based on.  Real rhinestones aka rock crystals do not require any kind of backing to produce the sparkle they are so desired for. The crystals themselves have tiny imperfections within which bounce around the light to create their dazzling effect. 

Austrian made rhinestones and crystals are some of the best and flashiest made. They were some of the top jewelry in this time period.