Sophisticated Vintage Hillcraft Gold Tone and Marbled Lucite Slide Clip Earrings
$19.98
These are for slide clip earrings. They slide onto your earlobe, less pressure than clip ons. They are oval in shape and are a lightweight marblized lucite that is black and gray and have a gold toned fram as well as the slide on the back. There are no markings or hallmarks.
They measure roughly 1 inch long and a 1/2 inch wide and about 1/4 inch thick.
Previously owned and in very good vintage condition.
Hillcraft Jewelry was started around 1950 at a Tuberculosis (TB) Sanitorium located in Rockville, Indiana where the patients started making jewelry with gold filled wire. The facility was owned by Alan Chamberlain, Bill May and Charles Ellis with Charles Ellis later leaving the group to start his own jewelry business in Greencastle under the name of Castlecraft. Other owners through the years included Dale Kirk and Joe Rossinger with no additional information available on the jewelry, owners, or location of the facility in 2006 from the Rockville, IN public library.
The Hillcraft jewelry including earrings that slid up over the earlobes. Hillcraft was not marked on the piece, but came in a box with a tag inside marked :"Hillcraft" in script form. The Hillcraft jewelry was not sold in stores. It was sold only through Women’s groups as fund raisers. The jewelry is scarce and a rare find.
Thank you for taking the time to review this. If you have any queries or worries, please do not hesitate to contact me. I typically respond promptly.
For other vintage earrings I have for sale please see
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Any item in my shop listed at 50% off are all sales final and no returns. They are marked this low to clear out. Please keep this in mind when shopping the sales.
They measure roughly 1 inch long and a 1/2 inch wide and about 1/4 inch thick.
Previously owned and in very good vintage condition.
Hillcraft Jewelry was started around 1950 at a Tuberculosis (TB) Sanitorium located in Rockville, Indiana where the patients started making jewelry with gold filled wire. The facility was owned by Alan Chamberlain, Bill May and Charles Ellis with Charles Ellis later leaving the group to start his own jewelry business in Greencastle under the name of Castlecraft. Other owners through the years included Dale Kirk and Joe Rossinger with no additional information available on the jewelry, owners, or location of the facility in 2006 from the Rockville, IN public library.
The Hillcraft jewelry including earrings that slid up over the earlobes. Hillcraft was not marked on the piece, but came in a box with a tag inside marked :"Hillcraft" in script form. The Hillcraft jewelry was not sold in stores. It was sold only through Women’s groups as fund raisers. The jewelry is scarce and a rare find.
Thank you for taking the time to review this. If you have any queries or worries, please do not hesitate to contact me. I typically respond promptly.
For other vintage earrings I have for sale please see
https://etsy.me/3DIYJHK
To browse my entire shop and all of the treasures inside it please see:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/CrazyOldLadyJewelry
Any item in my shop listed at 50% off are all sales final and no returns. They are marked this low to clear out. Please keep this in mind when shopping the sales.