VINTAGE BOSTON TERRIER DOG ENAMEL & CRYSTAL PIN BACK BROOCH SPHINX

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VINTAGE BOSTON TERRIER DOG ENAMEL & CRYSTAL PIN BACK BROOCH SPHINX:
$59.00

Stoic Boston Terrier Dog standing proud.
Finely executed gilded gold with Jet black enamel and paved with vintage Austrian crystals.
Eyes are green crystals, tongue is enameled red. Nose, ears, and feet are left shiny in gilded gold.
Measures approximately 1 1/4\" inches by 1 1/4\" inches.Vintage brooch purchased directly from the Sphinx estate. Signed with the Sphinx cartouche.
Ships gift boxed.
*SPHINX: 1948-2000
Founded in 1948, The Sphinx Company was a renowned British jewelry manufacturing company thatproduced well made, quality constructed, and beautifully designedcostume jewelry that had the look of real jewelry. In addition to line of their own designs, they producedjewelry designs for many creatively talented artists and high end department stores, in Europe as well as the United States. They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Sphinx, like a multitude of other jewelry manufacturers coming of age during the industrial revolution, also imitated the designs of other esteemed jewelry artists. While those coveted pieces were usually sold for a price only a few could purchase, Sphinx was able to use gilded instead of precious metals along with top quality straus art glass and crystals in lieu of precious gems to manufacture a quality made, modern style for it\'s time product, and offer it at a price the typical working class admirer could afford.
Mark:
“SPHINX” in an oval cartouche with some having a “LETTER AND NUMBER”included or without the Sphinx name,
having only a “LETTER AND NUMBER”in a cartouche.
Unsigned pieces were either for customers who wanted to sellpieces as their own,
because work was produced in a rush to meet demand or because there wasn\'t space on the design.
Pieces may have either numbers only or a letter and numbers. These were design serial numbers.
The jewelry is now becoming highly collectible since Sphinx ceased operations in the late 1990\'s.