Vintage Signed Edlee Molded Glass and Rhinestone Bracelet
A few years ago, I found a brooch with this hallmark and the molded glass stones in blue. I tried to find out more
about the maker, naturally, but I could not find much information online or in any of the books that I owned at that time. I did find some comparable pieces without much of a write up unfortunately.
I continued to see pieces with this hallmark, some with these amazing molded stones and some of totally different
styles.
About a year went by before I finally found one piece in the costume jewelry book Collecting Costume Jewelry 202, by Julia Carroll. The piece she featured was in this style.
In the same authors next in the series of Collecting books, 303 she features many of these pieces on page 199.
She states the glass looks like cornucopia's and that the company was famous for
these stones.
She states the glass looks like cornucopia's and that the company was famous for
these stones.
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Edlee Molded Glass and Rhinestone Bracelet
According to this same book, the pieces were produced during the 1960s.
Notice how all of the stones coordinate perfectly, right down to the color fade
in the ribbed stones.
When we saw this bracelet we knew we had to use it for our September Jewel of
the Month as it displays so many of the colors one would see on trees in areas
where the leaves begin to change colors this time of year.
As of this writing, we still have not found the other styles of Edlee jewelry in
any book we own. We do see them for sale from time to time and we have a few
examples in our Edlee Gallery.
any book we own. We do see them for sale from time to time and we have a few
examples in our Edlee Gallery.
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