Weiss Rhinestone
Posted in Quality Antique Jewelry on 09/16/2009 11:30 am by adminWeiss Rhinestone
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This rock crystal is a famous material in making wholesale rhinestone jewelry, sparkling costumes and in other clothing accessories. A sparkling piece of vintage rhinestone necklace is lovely to behold and the history behind the piece is interesting. Many people collect this necklace and have very fond memories of their mothers and grandmothers wearing them. Rhinestones are a great part of vintage necklace or earrings and, at the time, the best stones and crystals came from Austria.
There are a lot of different designers that made vintage rhinestone necklace and some of the pieces are very rare. The Alice Jewelry Company of Rhode Island designed some beautiful rhinestone pieces that are marked Alice in script. The quality and clarity was excellent and the price of a Weiss piece of vintage rhinestone earrings continues to rapidly rise. Many people love wearing and collecting vintage rhinestone jewelry and crystals. Rhinestones are small little crystals that give the impression of diamonds.
Some of the most popular vintage rhinestone necklace comes in red and purple. Vintage rhinestone necklace made of sterling or gold is also rarer as most of the jewelry made with these metals contained real stones or crystals. Usually Rhinestone trims or appliques are straight lined trims, in various shapes, that look like diamonds or some other lustrous gemstone, depending on color. The rhinestones have a special iridescent coating that was developed in 1955 and the coating produces a rainbow of colors. These stones are very beautiful to behold and were very popular in the 1950s and 1960s.
These are foiling backed, leaded crystal faceted stones. The finer varieties of rhinestones are hand faceted, prong set and polished. There are almost hundreds of designers and many of their pieces will be marked. Vintage rhinestone jewelry is gaining in popularity, especially rhinestone necklace. The sparkling qualities of these stones make them the brand of choice for many craftsmen and jewelers. In the different sizes and cuts, the stones are presented in two versions; No-Hot-Fix and the Hot-Fix versions. In the No-Hot-Fix versions glue is applied and in Hot-Fix versions heat-sensitive type of glue is applied.
Larry Weiss-Rhinestone Cowboy