Miriam Haskell 1930s Gilt and Venetian Glass Collar

Miriam Haskell elaborate festoon necklace of signature baroque pearls and large pearl cabochons. Anglo Iindian inspired Boti shaped Russian gilt filigree clusters are hand sewn wit...

Rare and important Miriam Haskell Massive Pale Emerald Bead and Crystal Collar set with pave rose montee and faux pearl beaded and embroidered leaves with...

Impressive and Massive Miriam Haskell Bib of Olivine and Crystal Rose Montees from the 1950's. Triangular filigrees in Russian Gilt are sewn with olivine navette...

Retro style necklace of 18k gilt metal with fine crystal pave stones. Gilt flexible snake chains form the necklaces sides. 1940's USA. Attributed ...

A Vintage Francoise Montague Droplet Collar. A striking and wonderfully glamorous collar featuring an elaborate pierced metalwork collar adorned with beading and eleven large droplet...

A Vintage French Poured Glass Collar. A beautiful example of French poured glass jewellery. The colours a mesmerisingly delicate blend of sapphire cornflour blue and a grey brown tha...

Around 1930, Miriam Haskell's first designer Frank Hess designed this Russian-gilt brass ribbed-chain link bib necklace featuring 27 strands of varying length each wired to aqua faux-turquoise pressed glass beads with characteristic gold pronged-bell caps and thumbless spring-ring clasp. After the Great Depression began in the United States in 1929, to keep her popular European-style costume jewelry affordable among fashionable ladies, Haskell began using less expensive imported handcrafted glass beads, which included Czech and German pressed glass. Initially when she opened her handmade ready-to-wear costume-jewelry business in 1926 in New York City's downtown McAlpin Hotel, she had used only the finest Parisian glass beads and findings like French couturiers including Coco Chanel who soon became her competition. which Haskell promoted with the French name of her first boutique Le Bijou de L'Heure. If interested in assembling a suitable set of early Haskell-Hess pieces with similar aesthetics, please see our other listings for the aqua glass-and-enamel scalloped button clip earrings and the "peacock" coil arm-band bracelet with Parisian lampworked glass, faceted crystal, painted galalith beads, and cupped rose...

Fabulous gold plated Renaissance style necklace, featuring red, green and purple glass jewels set into ornate links. Measuring length 45cm / 17.7 inches by width 2.8cm / 1.1 inches. ...