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"JELLY BELLY" jewelry
Named for their clear transparent Lucite bellies, "Jelly
bellies" can be both beautiful and whimsical. Most were made in the 1940’s,
although some continued to be fashioned into the early 1960’s. Collector’s
usually agree that in order to qualify as a true "jelly belly", the belly
portion must be made of Lucite, not glass, and must be clear and not colored.
The most coveted pieces are the larger pieces with Lucite set in sterling vermeil (gold washed
sterling) and the larger figural pieces.
There are more jellies to see in our
Jewel Chat feature HERE.
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GAZELLE
gold plated
sterling silver and Lucite jelly belly gazelle brooch, 4". It is pictured
in "Fun Jewelry" page 84 and on page 184 of Brunialti’s "American
Costume Jewelry". Circa 1941.
View #Y26792
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LUCITE jelly
belly brooch of a hand holding pink enameled orchid flower with aqua enameled
forget-me-not decorated wrist, circa 1945, 4" long. Shown in Brunialti’s Tribute to America on page 139, in Carole Tanenbaum’s
"Fabulous Fakes" on pages 74 and 92, in The Best of
Bakelite by Battle and Lesser on pages 157-8, and in
Brunialti’s "American Costume Jewelry, Art &
Industry" on page 214.
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TRIFARI gold
plated sterling silver and Lucite jelly belly frog pin with green cabochon eyes, marked
pat#135172 circa 1943, 2-3/4". Shown in Brunialti’s "American
Costume Jewelry" on page 149. View
#T26076
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TRIFARI graceful swan jelly belly brooch with a Lucite body set in silver tone
with clear rhinestone accents, marked "Trifari 737201 des pat no" on the
back, dating this to 1944, 2-5/8" by 2". The tiny clear
rhinestones have graying from age, but the little red stone that is the
eye is brilliant.
View #T39271
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FRED BLOCK jelly belly
snowman, sandman or starfish brooch with ceramic face, made in 1945, 3-1/8"
tall. It is marked on the
back "Fred A Block Jewelry". Block was a Chicago ready-to-wear maker. It
is thought that his line of jewelry was made, at least in part, by the Sandor Goldberg Company of New York, hence you will see this same piece
marked "Sandor" sometimes. The Sandor piece, along with this information,
can be seen in Brunalti’s "Tribute to American Costume Jewelry" on page
141-2. View
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TRIFARI jelly belly sterling
silver swan brooch
with Lucite belly, clear rhinestones and pink glass cabochon eyes all set in
silver tone, 2-1/2".
Designed in 1944 by
Norman Bel Geddes for Trifari, it can be seen in Brunalti’s "American
Costume Jewelry: Art & Industry 1935-1980, Volume 2" on page 176. As you can
see there, this was originally a fur clip (two-pronged), but like the one in
the book, this has been professionally converted into a brooch.
Because of the conversion, the Trifari and sterling marks are no longer
present. It also looks like the one in patent number 129,164 from 1941. View
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JELLY BELLY large starfish brooch with a Lucite jelly belly set in
sterling silver, 3-5/8" wide. This is so
beautiful in it’s simplicity and it’s unusual as well.
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FRED BLOCK Lucite jelly belly flower trembler brooch. This
extraordinary piece is one of the most rare jelly belly pieces ever
made. It is signed on the back "Fred A Block Jewelry". A similar Fred A. Block pin is featured in the Brunialti’s book
"American Costume Jewelry" on page 177. A good friend of mine owned that
piece several years ago, but neither of us has ever seen this style with
the trembling parts before. This has five open backed blue rhinestones
petals each set on it’s own spring to impart wonderful movement and each
with a calyx of clear rhinestones set in silver tone metal. Bezel set
center rhinestones in pink are set with six prongs cups and set on
wires. The eight carved Lucite jelly belly leafy petals are held in
place with gold tone metal veins. Other than some light wear on the gold
tone finish this is in excellent condition, amazing for it’s age. It is
beautifully crafted, wonderfully dimensional and one of the best jelly
belly pieces I have ever seen. It is 3-1/2" by 3-1/2". View
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JELLY BELLY brooch of a Lucite
leaf with green and red enameled lizard climbing up the stem, a rare beauty, 3-3/4".
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View #Y36101
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JOLLE gold plated sterling silver fly brooch with a very pale green Lucite jelly belly,
topaz colored rhinestones, similar to a jelly belly brooch, circa 1940, 3" by
2-3/4".
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JOLLE jelly belly bird brooch
with heart shaped wings and holding an arrow, all
set in sterling silver with deep rosy pink rhinestones. It is marked "Jolle sterling" on the
back, circa 1945, 2-1/8". View
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JOLLE
jelly belly insect pin as is, marked on the back "Jolle sterling",
carved Lucite belly and tint colored rhinestones, 2-1/2" by 2".
View #X37747
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JELLY belly lady face figural Lucite and silver brooch with a green rhinestone
in the turban she is wearing, 2-3/4" by 1-1/3". The face it made of Lucite
and the headdress is silver tone. This is in excellent condition in every
way and circa 1940’s. She has a bit of a ghostly look like the Roswell
alien, doesn’t she?
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JELLY belly fish brooch with a Lucite body, 2" by 1-1/2".
View #Y38596
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CORO jelly belly large double flower brooch with Lucite flowers and
set among gold tone eaves with clear rhinestone veins, finish as is with
very light wear. As with many good jewelry pieces, these
flowers held on in the back by screws, and the entire brooch is 4" by 2-1/2". Another similar brooch by Coro
can be seen in Deanna Cera’s wonderful book, "Jewels of Fantasy" on page 178, and
she dates it circa 1940.
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FISH silver and Lucite jelly belly 3-3/4" dolphin brooch,
3-3/4" long and made in the 1940s.
Shown in Brunialti’s "Tribute to America" on page 133.
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JELLY BELLY Lucite double
flower brooch with clear rhinestone accents and green enameled bracts, 4-1/2",
circa 1942. Shown in Brunialti’s "Tribute to America" on page 139.
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FISH jelly belly fish
pin with clear rhinestone accents, 1-7/8".
View #Y24199
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JELLY BELLY deer brooch with a Lucite belly set in sterling silver, marked
"sterling" on the back, A brooch like this one can be seen in Brunialti’s
book, "American Costume Jewelry, Art & Industry, M-Z" on page 224. This
piece can be seen in the book, "Warman’s Costume Jewelry" by Pam Wiggins, 2014
Edition on page 45.
View #Y38804
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FRENCH Lucite jelly belly double leaf brooch with Lucite leaves and gold
tone metal leaves and veins, marked on the back of the stem, "Made in France", 2-1/2"
by 2-1/4".
View #Q38761
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JELLY BELLY sterling silver and Lucite llama fur clip, marked "sterling" on the
clip, 3" by 1-3/4".
View #Y38787
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TRIFARI stylized
Lucite bird’s head jelly belly brooch with red cabochons.
View #T22506
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JELLY
BELLY Lucite molded horse head jelly belly with a silver mane, 2-1/2". View
#Y24788
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SILVER hatching duck in egg
jelly belly brooch with Lucite body set in silver with a red rhinestone
eye, 1-7/8". This is a real charmer! View
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STERLING jelly belly pear brooch with carved Lucite set in sterling silver,
marked "sterling" on the back, circa 1940, 2" by 1-1/4". I am undecided as to
whether this "belly" is Lucite or glass, even though I can usually tell. If it is glass, then technically it
isn’t a jelly belly. Whichever, it is a fun pin to wear and in excellent condition.
View #Y38832 |
TRIFARI jelly belly hour glass
brooch with clear rhinestones and artificial pearls, marked "Trifari, pat
pend", 1-3/4" pat 153,500, circa 1949.
View #T33643
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JELLY BELLY rose brooch made of molded Lucite, clear rhinestones and
silver metal, just lovely and reflective. It is 3-1/8" by
about 2" and in excellent vintage condition circa 1940s.
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View #Y41404
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JELLY BELLY
rose
flower brooch set in gold plated sterling, circa 1940, 3". This can be
seen in Brunialti’s "American Costume Jewelry, N-Z" on page 214.
View #Y36259 |
TRIFARI jelly belly earrings,
7/8". View
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TRIFARI
gold plated sterling silver
chick and egg jelly belly brooch with clear and red rhinestones, marked
"Trifari, Des. Pat. No.135176, sterling", 2".
View #T63383
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CORO fox jelly belly shown
in ad at right. Shown in Brunialti’s "American Costume Jewelry" on page 173.
Patented 141,468 dated 1945. |
CORO 1945 ad
showing "jellly bellies".
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TRIFARI jelly belly sailboat brooch, a realistic boat with Lucite sail set in
sterling silver. Signed "Trifari Sterling" 2-1/4".
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JELLY Lucite and sterling
silver
jelly belly doxy 2".
View #Y23555 |
NORMA
sterling silver jelly belly rabbit
pin, 2-1/4", circa 1945. View
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NORMA sterling
silver jelly belly duck pin, 2", circa 1945.
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TRIFARI "Chanticleer"
rooster jelly belly brooch, an Alfred Philippe design circa 1944. Shown
in Brunialti’s "American Costume Jewelry" on page 157. View
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TRIFARI "Moonshell" sea shell jelly
belly set in original box, 1944.
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1949 Ad
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TRIFARI heron
brooch with "jelly belly", 1943. Shown in Brunialti’s "American
Costume Jewelry" on page 150. This has been widely reproduced.
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TRIFARI gold plated sterling silver, Lucite and rhinestone curl, 1-1/3″ fur clip circa 1949. Shown
in Brunialti’s "American Costume Jewelry" on page 164.
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TRIFARI 1960’s jelly belly rooster in
brushed gold tone setting.
View #T13924
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TRIFARI jelly belly
bird brooch in brushed gold tone with rhinestones. View
#T6116
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DAUSCHUND
Lucite and sterling silver
jelly belly doxy brooch, 2-1/2".
View #T27836
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TRIFARI sterling silver and Lucite
jelly belly gazelle brooch, 4". It is pictured in "Fun Jewelry" page 84 and
on page 184 of Brunialti’s "American Costume Jewelry". Circa 1941.
View #T36309
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TRIFARI jelly belly fly set of a
luminescent Lucite body brooch and clip back earrings with clear rhinestone
accents and red rhinestone eyes. Marked on the back of both brooch and
earrings "Trifari sterling pat 137200". The brooch is 1-7/8" by 1-3/4", and
the clip back earrings are 1-1/8" by 1". Made in the 1940s these are in
excellent vintage condition with both the pink and the clips working
perfectly.
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KARLKRAFT sterling silver jelly
belly bird brooch with tiny green and clear rhinestones set in gold washed
sterling, 2-1/8". The mark is double struck so I may be reading it
wrong, as I am not familiar with this maker, but the piece is lovely. View
View #X65044 |
JELLY belly rooster
brooch set in silver, 2-3/4". The Lucite belly and head are carved
and shaped, the belly being 1/2" deep at the deepest so that it
reflects beautifully.
View #Y65454 |
TRIFARI sterling silver and
Lucite
jelly belly poodle pin, marked "pat 131371", circa 1943, 2-1/3". Shown
in Brunialti’s "American Costume Jewelry" on page 148.
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TRIFARI jelly belly spider fur clip in gold plated sterling silver with Lucite
body and clear rhinestones and baguettes, circa 1943, 2". Marked on the
back "Trifari" with the crown, "sterling" and "pat. pend". This can be seen
in Brunialti’s "American Costume Jewelry, N-Z" page 184,
where
they
say
it
originally
sold
for
$18.50,
expensive
for
that
time.
Inside the Lucite body are tiny lines, original to the piece and visible
only under close examination.
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BIRD jelly
belly dove brooch set in silver with Lucite belly and green rhinestone eye,
circa 1945, 2-1/4".
View #Y62693
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TRIFARI jelly belly fly brooch with Lucite body, clear rhinestone
accents with red eyes, all set in gold washed sterling silver, marked "pat 137,200", circa
1943, 1-5/8" wide. This can be seen in Brunialti’s "American
Costume Jewelry, N-Z" page 184. View
View #T62694
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TRIFARI jelly belly earrings with Lucite balls accented with clear
rhinestones and set in brushed gold plated silver, signed "Trifari" on the
back of each earring,
1" clip backs. The tiny clear rhinestones are very slightly gray.
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JELLY BELLY Lucite flower brooch with a clear rhinestone dew drop,
3-1/2" by 3-1/4". There are tiny clear rhinestones along the veins of the
gold plated
leaves, a nice detail. This is in excellent condition in every way.
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TRIFARI jelly belly earrings set in gold plated metal and with clip backs, each
7/8".
View #T13679
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CATWALK JON jelly belly elephant brooch with pink teardrop shaped
glass tassels, a black
rhinestone eye and clear rhinestone accents, all set in matte gold tone
metal. It is signed on the back "Catwalk Jon", which is a contemporary New
York City jewelry company and it is 3-1/8" by 1-3/4".
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TRIFARI FROG on Lily Pad,
a large and shaped Lucite leaf with an enamel frog stretched out on top. Rhodium plated,
signed "Trifari Pat. Pend", 2-3/4". I have seen the reproduction
of this piece and while, unlike the real piece, the jelly part is flat, the
front is pretty good. This has been widely reproduced.
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CATWALK JON
jelly belly bird brooch in a gold tone setting, 3-1/3" by 2-3/4". It is
signed on the back "Catwalk Jon", which is a contemporary New York City
jewelry company, it is really lovely in design and materials, and I
think the belly is Lucite, just like the ones from the 1940s. I suspect
this could be a future collectible
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