Elzac California 1940’s Huge RARE Lucite/Ceramic Flower Brooch
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🌷Excellent vintage condition
🌷An avid, serious collectors dream piece!!!
🌷Elzac flower brooches are very rare to come by, especially this large brooch
🌷Found only one other similar Elzac brooch to this one online(last pic)
🌷Elzac style is so distinctive and unusual, so their designs are well known to collectors
🌷Pin on back works perfectly, and is embedded in the lucite NOT glued on
🌷Light vintage wear(pics provided)
🌷Elzac jewelry was not signed. Pieces were marked with paper or foil tags which were removed before wearing
🌷Elzac designs evolved from fancy flowers to all types of animals and faces
🌷Elzac jewelry began in 1940 when Eliot and Ruth Handler, alongside with their partner Zachary Zemby, founded their company Elzac (Eliot + Zachary). Headquartered in Los Angeles, the company used innovative materials such as ceramic, lucite, fur, feathers, cloth, and wood in unusual, whimsical ways. Incorporated in 1940, Elzac California Jewelry & Gift Ware ceased to exist in 1947.
The demand for costume jewelry was high, and it was an ideal time for for such an innovative jewelry designs.
🌷Eliot jewelers constructed and finished their decorations entirely by hand
Already in 1941 their products achieved great success and popularity over the next several years. It was during this period when more conventional jewelry materials were in short supply
🌷Any questions, please just ask!😊
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Dimensions: Approximately 4” x 1.9” at widest part
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