PANETTA BLACK ENAMEL BOWTIE PIN WITH SWAROVSKI CRYSTALS

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You are bidding on an exquisite, "one-of-a-kind", collectible Panetta Pin With Swarovski Crystal - Gorgeous - Museum Quality! "Panetta – 1945 to the early 1980’s – Fantastic jewelry with exquisite detail. Designs ranged from rhinestone encrusted Art Deco Styles (during the Art Deco Period) to enameled figurals. All very collectible." – Collectible Costume Jewelry , by Cherri Simonds. Beneditto Panetta learned to craft fine platinum jewelry in Italy. He emigrated to the U.S. w he found worked as a platinum jeweler. Panetta became a designer at Trifari, and then became a jewelry maker for Pennino. Panetta founded his own jewelry company in New York City in 1945. T was a slogan associated with Panetta jewelry that "if it didn't look 'real', it went back to the drawing board," the company went to great lengths to craft replicas of the best fine jewelry. Panetta was able to apply his skills of working with platinum to white metal to create realistic effects. Panetta contributed to the exquisite costume jewelry produced by all three golden age giants (Trifari, Pennino, and Panetta). For half a century, Panetta jewelry has exceeded the look of fine jewelry, and many affluent clients chose to wear Panetta instead of precious jewelry. Panetta pieces were never cheap, even new. Due to fine materials and limited production runs, all Panetta read more