Operated as a subsidiary of Coro, Vendome was a high-quality line that succeeded Corocraft. Vendome was in business from 1944 to 1979. Vendome jewelry was made with brilliant, high-quality European stones and beads. Many Vendome designs are delightfully unique, employing moveable parts and rich enameling ( 1 ) as is the pin from Vendome's 1963 Magic Flower Series pictured below.
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Vintage Vendome Bouquet Brooch. Definitely a stunner! This fabulous antique gold-tone floral bouquet brooch by Vendome has a large center deep fuschia rhinestone surrounded by upright filigree flowers, small open flowers with fuschia centers and clear rhinestone extensions atop lacy leaves and fuschia navettes and mini-rounds with pink and grey rhinestone accents all bolted to a scallop edged round filigree backing. All stones pronged in. width: 2-3/4", height: 2-1/4", depth: 3/4"
c. 1950's signed Vendome Clipback/Screwback Earrings. Luscious sherbert colors of frosted lime glass rounds, striated topaz-colored glass rounds and topaz-foiled oval glass beads with twisted orange sherbert plastic-coated beads all topped with pronged-in mini-round rhinestones. height: 1-1/2", width: 1-1/8"
c. 1950's Vendome Triple-strand Bracelet & Clipback Earrings. Signed Vendome on the fold-over clasp of this gold-tone triple-strand bracelet of clear faceted glass, iridescent pearlized and mottled cream and melon beads. Matching clipback earrings signed on clipback mechanism. bracelet length: 7-3/4"; earrings: length: 1-1/2", width: 1-1/4"
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