Vintage Designer Signed Weiss & Mylu Christmas Tree Pin Brooch & Sterling Presen

  

Before Albert Weiss founded his own costume-jewelry company in 1942, he learned the tricks of the trade as a designer for Coro in the 1930s. Weiss excelled at floral and figural brooches and earringsthe company also made numerous styles of bracelets and necklaces.

Although Weiss would never get as big as Coro and ceased operations altogether in 1971, business was good enough in the 1950s and 60s that the company had to contract with Hollycraft to fill its orders. Weiss is perhaps best known for its use of smoky rhinestones. The company was also one of the first to use Swarovskis polychromatic aurora borealis crystals, which were created with Dior in the 1950s.

Earrings and pins in its Skyline brand are comparable to those in the Eisenberg Ice line. Beyond rhinestones, Weiss collectors prize the companys work in enamel, as well as its japanned pieces.

Dark, japanned pins in the shapes of Maltese crosses were often studded with black diamond beads, but japanned metal also served as an exotic counterpoint to clusters of rhinestones in royal blue, ruby red, and other rich colors. Marge Borofsky and Lynne Gordon founded Mylu sometimes during the 1950s. The company focused almost entirely on Christmas jewelry. Mylu joined Coro and Corocraft in 1968 and became its Christmas jewelry line. In 1970s when Coro closed down, Marge Borofsky and Lynne Gordon joined former Coro president, Mike Tancer and founded Tancer & II.

The company closed in 1979. The item "VINTAGE DESIGNER SIGNED WEISS & MYLU CHRISTMAS TREE PIN BROOCH & STERLING PRESEN" is in sale since Sunday, November 05, 2017. This item is in the category "Jewelry & Watches\Vintage & Antique Jewelry\Costume\Designer, Signed\Pins, Brooches". The seller is "4744366" and is located in Andover, Massachusetts. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Brand: Weiss MYLU
• Featured Refinements: Signed Pin
• Metal Purity: 925 PRESENT
• Main Stone: Rhinestone
• Metal: Mixed Metals
• Material: MARCASITE