ALICE CAVINESS Large Brown Amber Glass AB Rhinestone Gold EARRINGS

• Gorgeous Vintage “Alice Caviness” Hallmarked Gold-Plated Clip-on Earrings with Bold Large Yellow Amber Brown Glass Faceted Rhinestones and Petit Aurora Borealis Accents • Beautiful Made Designer Black Tie Statement Earring, with lovely prong settings • Excellent Vintage Condition! There is some light movement of the center beads which I think was how they were made, does not affect the condition of the earrings • Approx. Measurements: 1 3/8” L x 3/4” W “Alice Caviness, who entered the fashion industry as a model, established her own apparel company in New York City. Her company began to manufacture and import costume jewelry and accessories to complement her fashions in the 1940s. The business became known for its bold, colorful offerings with quality stones. The Alice Caviness Jewelry Company produced pieces out of its factory beginning in 1943. By 1949, the company had a showroom on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan with sales offices in Dallas, Chicago, Miami, Raleigh, and Los Angeles to service their nationwide boutique customers. Designers Millie Petronzio and Lois Steever helped Caviness design the company's diverse catalog of earrings, necklaces, bracelets, brooches, and animal pins. Petronzio worked as part of the design team for 25 years and won two Swarovski awards for costume jewelry during that time. She later went on to work as head designer for Miriam Haskell. After Caviness retired around 1980, Steever purchased the business. Caviness died in 1983, but Steever repo