Featured Opinions on this large figurative rivoli bird brooch

Hello,

Bought this on a pick over the weekend. My friend freaked and said she thought it was Juliana. I don’t know enough about her pieces to draw my own conclusion. I think I see a pin stop shown in last two pics. The rivoli is are pointed on both sides It’s in excellent condition so I thought it was newer. I just bought it cause the price was right and I thought it was neat. I’ve tried searching and only came up with one that is exact except the bottom fringe was missing the purple stones. They said it was Juliana style…. Approx 6 3/4” long

Any help is very much appreciated

 

I'll be interested to know on this as I have the exact same piece ! Ive had mine since early mid 90s so its at least that old . Not to hijack your thread,but heres mine.The last of a once grand rhinestone brooch collection !

 

Cool! Your pics are better anyways. Lol

 

Very cool pins, but not D&E; they're too new and some of the stones are glued in. The stones are too new; the colors are all wrong. The setting is made all wrong too. That said, I'd cheerfully wear them.

 

I've some of similar construction. I'd agree relatively recent, but not cheap.

 

I remember these being new in the 80s when rhinestones had a huge revival. Not remotely Juliana except for the over-the-top bling factor, but a great vintage piece in its own right.

 

Hi,

That's what I expected. Thank you for the help!

 

I have the same piece, but the stones in mine are different colors than both of yours and any others I have found online. I'm very curious as to what it may be worth and where exactly it came from. I inherited it from my great grandmother, who got it as a gift from her mother who passed in the 80's. If I could figure out how to share a photo, I would.

 

Here it is!

 

Juliana is not a she, it is the name of a line created by D&E

 

A very short-lived line, at that. Many things are called Juliana but vanishingly few actually are.