Jewelry and Watches

2 Dress or Fur Clips made in China. a. Bone oval in floral motif b. Ivory Scrimshaw

Bulova cocktail Watch, 14K rose gold with 3 rubies and 1 diamond. Snap back case, Serial G 235240. Vivette Ravel Rifkin received the watch as a gift from her husband, Milton Rifkin, parents of the collector. Purchased in Denver, Colorado. DATE: Circa 1942. Ollendorff Swiss cocktail Watch, 14K rose gold inscribed “12-25-44, From Al to Belle,” Belle Kramerʼs husband. Belle was the aunt of the collectorʼs husband. Ollendorff was a New York based company that created Swiss made watches and was known for its quality and craftmanship from the late 1800s until the mid 1950s. DATED: 1944.

Erbo Precision cocktail Watch, art deco design with silver and rose snap back stainless steel case. Face black with rose. Double braided band believed to be original to the watch. “Acier Inoxydable” (French for stainless steel) and “Staybrit, Numbers 272830, 7615.” Watch belonged to Vivette Ravel Rifkin, mother of collector. DATE: 1940s.

Eisenberg Rhinestone Jewelry, company founded by Jonas Eisenberg in Chicago in 1914 with womenʼs ready to wear apparel. By the 1930s and 40s it was considered one of the finest costume jewelry manufacturers in the country. From about 1945 to 1950 jewelry pieces were marked either “Eisenberg” or “Eisenberg Ice.” DATED: 1945 to 1950. Earrings, rhinestones with several different style cuts and sizes. 5 rectangular stones across the center, contrasted with the round matching stone designs above and below. Back of clip marked “Eisenberg.” 1-1/4” long.

Floral bouquet pin by “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. collectorsweekly.com/costume-jewelry/hobe. DATE: 1940s and 50s. Brooch/Pendant with an ornate metal frame reminiscent of a royal crest. It is embellished with marcasites 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. Dress clip in clam shell shape with 7 large art glass green stones. and 14 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. DATE: 1920s and 30s.

Jewelry - 2 Dress or Fur Clips a. Jewelry - Bone oval Clip hand carved in a floral motif with an ornate plated metal frame. b. Jewelry - Ivory Scrimshaw Clip with a hand engraved scene of a Chinese whaler resting on a whale, leaves hanging down from branches above. The delicately engraved scene in black ink or paint is highlighted with the whaler’s yellow and red clothing. Scrimshaw were originally incised whalebone or whale ivory, with paint or ink rubbed into the engravings by whalers in the 19th and early 20th century. Herman Melville in his book Moby Dick speaks about scrimshaw as, “Lively sketches of whales and whaling scenes, graven by the fishermen themselves on sperm whale teeth or ladies’ busks wrought out of the right whale bone and other scrimshander articles.” In May of 2013 in Liverpool there was a “Marathron Reading of Moby Dick” and one of the guest speakers spoke about “Scrimshaw in the Age of Moby-Dick.”

Jewelry - 22 plastic pairs of Earrings, the largest ones with a 1” diameter. Designs include flowers, birds, shells and fruit. There are a number of closures made of plastic ovals that hug the earlobes. The clips and ear screws closures are made of metal and plastic. 2 plastic pins. DATE: 1940s.

Jewelry - Clear Rhinestone Clips for dress, fur or shoes in a pavé setting, made of silver plated pot metal in the shape of a horizontal diamond with two removable triangular clips. When sides are removed a small brooch remains with a vertical raised marquis in the center, sides open to accommodate the clips. DATE: 1950s.

Jewelry - Locket with script initials “LR” for Lena Ravel, grandmother of collector. When arriving in the United States from Lithuania, between 1895 and 1899, she Americanized her name from Taube Leah, to Lena. Inside locket is photograph of Lena Goodman Ravel and collectorʼs grandfather, Erman Ravel. DATED: Circa 1905.

Jewelry -Translucent amber bakelite pin with the initials SHW, for Sara Wilkouski Horvitz, mother-in-law of the collector. Leaf border with a rose on each side of the initials. 3-1/2” across and 2” at its highest point. DATE: 1940s.

Staret Brooch with clear glass rhinestones. Branch has two stylized stone leaves with a large stone petal flower in the center and a smaller flower on each side. The flowers have red rhinestone centers. Back marked “Staret,” which was a Chicago based firm throughout the 1940s. DATE: 1940s Mimi di N Brooch, branch with a clear glass rhinestone petal flower with leaves of tiny stones and green enameling and two large red enameled buds with a center strip of the tiny stones. Back marked “Mimi di N.” Throughout the 1950s she designed with highly respected jewelers and in 1960 opened her own jewelry firm in New York and for the next 25 years her jewelry was considered to have outstanding workmanship and design. DATE: 1960s and later.