Vintage Hobé deals Blue Moonglow Demi Parure with AB Crystal Faceted Beads and Filigree Caps (Necklace and Earrings) PRETTY! 10311054

This is a gorgeous vintage Hobé moonglow blue graduating single-strand necklace and earrings demi parure.

The necklace is strung on fine chain and has moonglow blues with the lighter blue beads all deals being made from lucite/thermoset plastic. The darker blue faceted beads are carnival/art glass and are surrounded by crystal glass beaded rondelle spacers. Many of the moonglow beads have pretty black filigree caps. The necklace measures 14" with a 3" beaded extender chain.

The round earrings are made from the same beads and measure 1-1/4" in diameter and carry the traditional Hobé comfort rollers as well as the Hobé hallmark. The necklace also carries the Hobé hallmark on the hook.

The set is in very good vintage condition with some noticeable wear to the backs of the earrings and the artglass beads of the necklace. This wear is consistent with age.

I also have this same pretty moonglow set listed, but with a three-strand necklace and the same earrings.

I thank you for your visit and please check back with RhinestoneCafé - I will be adding new Hobé items regularly! Also feel free to ask questions, and make an offer!

Please note that the international shipping cost listed is an estimate and could be LOWER or higher than the $21.95 listed, depending on the country it's going to - happy to discuss.

About Hobé From Collectors' Weekly:

"Hobé Cie was founded in 1887 by goldsmith Jacques Hobé, but when costume-jewelry collectors think of Hobé, they picture the tasselled and beaded necklaces made by Jacques' son, William, who established an American offshoot of the company in 1927. That put Hobé at the beginning of the American costume-jewelry boom between the two world wars.

In fact, some scholars believe that Hobé actually had a hand in the phrase “costume jewelry” itself. After the younger Hobé landed in New York, but before he started his company, one of the his first assignments was to make costumes and jewelry for the "Ziegfeld Follies." According to some historians, Florenz Ziegfeld described the jewelry that accompanied Hobé's costumes as costume jewelry.

Hobé's showbiz origins served the company well. By the 1940s and '50s, Hollywood stars such as Bette Davis and Ava Gardner were wearing Hobé. Especially prized today are the floral pins of that era, which featured tight clusters of vermeil petals. Earlier Hobé pieces that remain popular with collectors include filigreed bracelets and pins, some of which featured Victorian-style portraits or Japanese netsuke-like figures as focal points." http://www.collectorsweekly.com/costume-jewelry/hobe