These rare silvertone earrings were made by Lisner in the mid-twentieth century. They each feature a rhinestone center and leaf, along with 5 petals made of a high quality plastic which are often referred to as "jelly leaves." Lisner used expensive materials such as lucite and Austrian rhintestones in their extremely popular jewelry from the 1950s. The company name was changed to Lisner-Richelieu Corporation in 1978.
After emmigrating to the United States from central Germany in 1864, David Lisner began selling "fancy goods" along with his brothers and father in New York City in 1869. David Lisner founded the D. Lisner company in 1904. They imported much of their pieces from Europe until the 1930s, then contracted a company in Providence, Rhode Island to begin making their jewelry new line.
Feel free to contact me if you are interested in purchasing this piece. Questions, comments, and additional information are always appreciated. My online shop on http://www.ebay.com/ is coming soon.
Thank you to the following website(s) for the historical content of this blog post:
Collectics. Retrieved 3/5/2011 from http://www.collectics.com/education_jewelrydesigners2.html
Illusion Jewels. Retrieved 3/5/2011 from http://www.illusionjewels.com/Lisner_jewelry.html
No comments:
Post a Comment