1940's Japanese Jade Glass
 Carved Floral Pendants

These Japanese glass jade pendant lovelies were found over 10 years ago by one of our ‘vintage scouters’ in a desginer’s overstock buy. We found boxes and boxes of them in their original packaging that was marked “Made in Japan”. Small cardboard boxes were loaded with tissue-wrapped packages. Just the packaging alone in some of these finds is a design inspiration. These pressed glass pieces were made in the 1940’s and created to look like real ‘jade’. The press-moulded design (which is actually not ‘carved glass’: a term many will use) is a floral lovely garden motif. This is one of the few vintage finds we have in a good amount of quantity - but hurry because they are limited as is all vintage and when they are gone, they’re gone.

Vintage Lucite Buttons

The majority of our vintage Lucite buttons were made between 1960 & 1981 by Best Plastics of Providence, Rhode Island. We found them & others like them in a warehouse we cleaned out in 2004 that included over 40,000 lbs of vintage Lucite beads & components. Originally manufactured for the garment trade and seen commonly on vintage sweaters and dresses today, these moonglow buttons make perfect closures for jewelry designed with our vintage Lucite beads.

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Vintage Japanese Lamp Glass Beads

These vintage lampwork glass beads were made in Japan ca. 1940’s. They were made using the lampworking technique originally developed by the Italian glass makers centuries before. Once a commonly found style, these lovelies are fast becoming limited and more collectible. Their manufacturing technique makes each bead vary slightly from the next on the strand. We found these in a designers overstock warehouse many years back on their original cotton threads with labels marked Made in Japan.

Vintage Swarovski Flower Crystals:
The Opaques

Just in time for Spring we are releasing more of our vintage flower stock from our Swarovski stacks. Found in their original boxes in a purchase that came from a Japanese designer who was closing out her decades old stock, these Swarovski lovelies have not been made in this shape or these colors for many years. Opaque colors are a fast-growing trend that were once overlooked by designers and left behind by collectors.

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