Original by Robert Woven Crystal and Bead Pin

This beautiful Original by Robert brooch features hand-wrapped seed beads in a circular motion surmounted at center by a faceted aurora borealis crystal. The brooch is further accented with aurora bi-cone crystals and larger crystals with a “Marguerite” like faceting. The metal Japanned metal finish serves as the perfect canvas for the hand-wiring. “Original by Robert” was part of the Fashioncraft (Fashion-craft. Note two different spellings in trade journals) jewelry line. For dating, in 1950, Fashioncraft created “woven crystal and bead pins” that quivered. Although this pin does not “quiver” is appears to have some similar design elements that may attribute it to the same time line.