Good morning,
I’m continuing to add brands to Chapter 2 Part II of Collecting Costume Jewelry 404. Alice Caviness jewelry information and photo have been added. High-end Caviness jewelry is both beautiful and well-made. It features many of the six design elements presented in Chapter One; however, the colors are especially interesting, so the descriptions focus on the use of color in Caviness jewelry.
If you have time, please review the Caviness information.
I’m working on the next brand – DeLizza & Elster. It will focus on both shape and color. FYI, DeLizza & Elster were manufacturers who sold their designs to many different brands, including Caviness. A customer could customize an existing DeLizza & Elster design and then have their brand name affixed to the jewelry and/or the jewelry attached to a card. In his book Memoirs of a Fashion Jewelry Manufacturer Frank DeLizza writes about customizing their lines for customers. He writes,
In the midst of all this craziness I would be out working with customers, or picking them up in the city and taking them to the factory to customize exclusive lines for them.
DeLizz, p. 63
Happy Collecting!
Love,
Julie