Lovely antique jewelry set, a matching pin and pair of clip-on earrings, shaped like leaves with light blue and light green shimmery oval rhinestones. All three pieces are signed "B. David" with this seen on the backside of the top leaf petal of the pin and on the back of each earring clip. From a bit of research, B. David jewelry was made from 1945 to 1993. We are guessing that these pieces were made in the 1940's-1960's period from the style, but we don't know that for certain. On the inside of the earring clip portion is also stamped "PAT. 156452" (this is there on both earrings but much more readable on one of them). We believe this means the patent date traces back to 1874 and likely is the patent number for the clip mechanism, but these pieces themselves do not trace back to nor were made at that time.

The rhinestones or glass pieces are all prong set into a shiny silver-tone metal (this is not real silver or sterling silver). While in some lighting all the rhinestones may seem to have a similar light blue color, after you look at the pieces a bit you will notice that there really are two colors here by design (and they show as two slightly different colors in our images). The clip earrings consist of 7 stones with three of these in a row a light green color and the other four a light blue. Similarly on the pin, the 9 inner stones are light green in shade while the 14 outer stones are light blue. We think this gives these pieces a more attractive look than had they been made with all stones of one color. The shiny silver-tone metal further helps to make them glisten in the light or when worn. We have seen this type of B. David stones and jewelry referred to as Aurora Borealis, which may have been the name used for this line of jewelry.

We've provided 7 images to show close-up details including 2 shots of the B. David signature (on the pin and one earring). Please note that the white "hot spots" are reflections from the camera lighting on the glossy surfaces. These pieces are in very nice, very wearable condition but show slight wear/age as one would expect from pieces which have been worn and are not mint. All rhinestones are there but on close inspection at an angle in bright light, you can see some general surface wear and scratches/dots (nothing you would see from a distance). The stones likely are a bit dirty, but we have not attempted to clean these and are selling them as is/as found. The pin back and earring clips appear to close and clip fine. There is general wear to the backside metal on these pieces, but nothing unusual or bad for older pieces that have been worn.

A neat set to use or add to a collection of signed vintage jewelry or one of B. David pieces in particular. A crafty person could also remove the clips on the earrings and convert those into small pins, cuff links or other interesting jewelry.

Please note: We are listing many other signed and unsigned pieces of jewelry. Should you be interested in more than one piece, please contact us prior to placing the order so that we can provide you with shipping cost savings by packing them in one package. The system will automatically provide shipping costs for each listing as if mailed separately. We would be pleased to calculate and provide the postage savings for you.