Hattie Carnegie's early jewelry was designed to complement her clothing line. Her jewelry is usually marked "Hattie Carnegie" or "Carnegie". A less frequently used mark is "HC" within a diamond, inside a semi-oval. Hattie Carnegie's hair ornaments and cases are sometimes marked "Pooped Pussy Cat" or "Pooped Poodle".
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Below are some wonderful examples of Hattie Carnegie jewelry.
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Hattie Carnegie Bakelite Rooster Pin c 1954. Rare whimsical 1954 Hattie Carnegie figural rooster in antique gold-tone base metal with molded and carved red, black and yellow Bakelite insets for head, tail feathers, and body feathers. Signed Hattie Carnegie on an applied oval plaque on reverse. This is an authentic original piece. See "20th Century Fashionable Plastic Jewelry, 2003 Edition" by Lillian Baker, p. 91. width: 2-3/4", height: 3-1/8"
c. 1940's Hattie Carnegie Trembler Fly Pins. Unusual to find a pair of these whimsical pins with wings on tiny springs that flutter with every movement. Gold-tone and silver-tone ridged wings with pavé clear rhinestones at the top of wings and on head and eyes. [See "Answers to Questions about Old Jewelry 1840-1950, 5th Edition", p. 340.] each: width: 2", height: 1-1/8"
c. 1950's Hattie Carnegie "Faberge" Egg. Rich blue domed lucite egg crowned with a band of alternating rows of clear and blue pave rhinestones in a gold-tone base. Topping it all is a filigree ribbon set with clear and blue pave rhinestones.
c. 1950's Hattie Carnegie Brown Skunk Pin. A double row of pavé clear round rhinestones run down the center of the dark brown back of this darling skunk pin and a single row of pavé clear round rhinestones accents the gold-plated ridged tail.
c. 1950' s Hattie Carnegie Clover Pin. c. 1950's Hattie Carnegie [signed on applied oval plaque on back] unusual four-leaf clover gold-tone pin enhanced with a molded glass Oriental face set off with brilliant bezel-set purple marquise, and amethyst, fuscia and clear round rhinestones. Leaves embelished with scrollwork and rimmed with a twisted-rope design.
c. 1950' s Carnegie Bee Pin. c. 1950's Hattie Carnegie bee pin with green glass eyes, molded plastic wings and back of coral-colored plastic beads. wing span: 1-15/16", height: 1-3/8" [private collection]
c. 1950's Hattie Carnegie Flower with Bee Pin. Gorgeous gold-tone flower pin with real shell petals which hide a faux pearl center. The bud is wrapped with grey faux mini pearls while a gold-tone bee studded with clear round rhinestones rests on a petal. A "strand" of pronged-in clear round rhinestones overlaps the stem. Signed Hattie Carnegie on applied oval plaque on reverse. width: 1-1/4", height: 4-1/2"
c. 1950's Hattie Carnegie Stylized Pin. Signed Hattie Carnegie on applied oval plaque c. 1950's etched and florentine gold-tone stylized leaf pin with pave set clear round rhinestones.
c. 1950's Hattie Carnegie Emerald Cabochon and Ruby Rhinestone Pin and Earrings. Hattie Carnegie signed (on oval plaque on pin and on clipback on earrings) c. 1950's faux emerald and ruby cabochon and pronged-in clear rhinestone brooch/pin and matching earrings.
c. 1950's Hattie Carnegie Chain Link Earrings. c. 1950's Carnegie signed clipback earrings. Each earring consists of 7 lengths of cascading gold-plated mesh link overlapping itself and ending in a mini pronged-in clear round rhinestone.
c. 1950's Hattie Carnegie Clipback Earrings. A large brilliant aurora borealis round rhinestone is surrounded by gold tone mesh and accented with three smaller aurora borealis stones. Hanging from the surmount is a faceted iridescent glass round. These c. 1950's earrings are signed Carnegie on the clipback. All stones pronged in. width: 3/4", length: 1-11/16"
c. 1950's Hattie Carnegie Topaz Glass and Clear Rhinestone Pendant Earrings. These elegant and oh so sparkly pendant earriings have open-backed, unfoiled, topaz-colored round rhinestones accented with clear round rhinestones in a gold-plated setting. All stones pronged in. Signed CARNEGIE on clipback mechanism. length: 3-1/4", width: 1" [private collection]
c. 1950's Hattie Carnegie Gold-Plated and Clear Rhinestone Bracelet. Hattie Carnegie signed in oval flexible link golf-tone bracelet set with center row of square cut clear rhinestones accented on each side with a row of clear pronged-in round rhinestones alternating with a gold-tone bar.
c. 1950's Hattie Carnegie Glass Bead Necklace. Eight strands of soft peach-colored glass beads meet in an antique gold-tone filigree cap on each end and alternate with faceted turquoise-colored glass rounds and stippled coral art-glass beads. Signed Hattie Carnegie on applied metal tag at closure. length: 36-1/2", width: 1-1/8"
c. 1950's Hattie Carnegie Garnet Necklace. c. 1950's Hattie Carnegie choker/necklace with two segments, each of three strands of multi-faceted garnets connecting to rondelles with machine stamped crowns and set with ruby red round rhinestones. The push clasp slides into a box closure set with a ruby red cabochon with a "crown" bezel. Signed Hattie Carnegie on applied oval plaque on closure. length: 16-1/4"
c. 1950's Hattie Carnegie Necklace. Faceted clear and frosted glass beads, simulated pearls and rhinestone rondelles attach to an etched gold-plated bow with each streamer ending in a frosted molded plastic bead. Signed HC on clasp and Hattie Carnegie on plaque on back of bow. [See "Collectible Costume Jewelry, Identification and Price Guide" by Cherri Simonds, p. 170 for matching brooch.]
[Duplicates may appear as a result of an item being listed in more than one category in the catalogue.]
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