Vintage French Depose Cut Work Ice Figure Skaters Pin
Vintage ivory-colored plastic cut work pin features a pair of ice figure skaters on frozen lake with bare tree branches in the background. This type of pin is quite collectible, with such a variety of themes and designs. Set in goldtone oval frame with rope motif edge. Trombone pin clasp; marked Depose France on reverse. 1/8" x 1 1/2". Excellent condition. - $70
RUBY Z Ceramic Santa Claus Face Pin
This dimensional ceramic Santa Claus pin with an adorable face is stamped Ruby Z, a 1980's line produced by artist Candace Loheed. 2 3/4". Excellent condition. - $50
1940s Carved Wood Blackamoor Head Pin ~ Nose Ring
This is a lovely and unusual crafted brooch, circa 1940s, a large blackamoor pin with intricately detailed turban, metal chain along the hairline and large brass hoop nose ring. This measures an incredible 3" x 3 1/8" and it is quite thick (nearly 3/4" thick at the base). Two-part metal pinback with securely locking clasp is embedded in back. Very good vintage condition apart from some paint loss to the lips, and price sticker remnant on the back. - $115
Deco Modernist Lady Tennis Player Pin ~ Czech
Fabulous rare pin from the Art Deco era is quite stylized, very modernist, featuring a lady tennis player. Made of a pewtertone metal that has anodized over time, she stands 2 1/8" tall. Love that pleated skirt, and the wire legs and arms. Her right arm is fashioned from a wire that seems to meld right into the racket as she prepares for a backhand serve. Marked on back Czecho Slovakia. Excellent condition; pin has locking clasp mechanism. - $140
Hattie Carnegie or KJL Figural Clown Tipping Hat Pin
This figural clown pin is unsigned, but identical versions have been marked with both Hattie Carnegie and Kenneth Jay Lane's signatures. KJL designed for Carnegie and his designs were often produced under her name. This fellow is done in predominantly black and white, with a faux ivory body and head made of resin, costume enameled black and white with pave set clear rhinestones, and goldtone metal plating. 2 3/8" height. Excellent condition. - $180
1940s Singer & Kantor Enameled Old Lady in Shoe Pin
This fantastic 1940s enameled figural pin depicts the Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe of Mother Goose nursery rhyme fame. This is nicely detailed, with the old lady leaning on a cane on the shoe's front porch, with little children peeking out of the attic and windows. There is even a little kid perched on the roof near the stonework chimney. A set of stairs connects the porch to the ground, and there is even a dimensional porch railing. A lot of effort went into creating this little work of art! The shoe measures 2 1/2" width and height and is marked on reverse with the LB inside bell symbol of Singer & Kantor. Pieces by this maker, especially of this complexity, are not easy to come by. Condition is very good with some mild enamel loss and metal tarnishing. - $400
Vintage Enameled Sailor w/ Bottle Pin ~ French?
Cute vintage enameled figural pin of a sailor with beret and wide bell-bottomed pants. He may be a drunken sailor as he is holding a bottle and appears to be having a good time; pin may be French in origin, and almost certainly European with a European-style pin clasp. 2 1/2". Very good condition with minor surface wear. - $30
