GORGEOUS HEAVY outlet Vintage Hobé - Multi-Strand Heavy Chain Molded Silver Demi Parure (Choker Necklace and Matching Earrings) 776

This is a lovely Hobé triple-strand twisted chain choker necklace and earring set.

The necklace consists of a leaf-like twisted chain - this piece is extremely well made and exceptionally heavy! It is approximately 15-3/4” in length at the shortest strand with a slide (box) clasp for closure in perfect working order. Hobé is signed on the clasp (no copyright).

The matching clip-on earrings measure roughly 1-3/8” and carry the traditional Hobé comfort rollers. The are also signed Hobé without the copyright symbol.

This set is in excellent vintage condition and would make a wonderful addition to any collection - a timeless set!

I thank you for your visit and please check back with RhinestoneCafé - I will be adding new Hobé items almost daily! 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 $13.95 listed, depending on the country it's going to. I am happy to discuss the packaging - should you rather have a bubble wrap envelope (instead of a container), and have the items bubble wrapped instead of packed in a jewelry ‘box', the shipping costs can be reduced by quite a substantial amount.

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 outlet 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