Beautiful, signed vintage, Kenneth Jay Lane turquoise and ruby cabochon glass starfish brooch/pin!

This gold-tone costume brooch features a three-dimensional starfish design. It is adorned with stunning glass cabochons and crystal embellishments throughout. Beautiful turquoise, dark ruby red and gold tones. Designed and handmade by KJL. Gold-plated metal and pin fastening.

Gold-plated metal, cabochon glass, crystals

Vintage 2000s, Signed ‘KENNETH LANE’, United States

Measurements: 8.5 x 8.5cm

Weight: 44g

Condition: Excellent vintage, no loss or wear aways. Brooch is marked.

About Kenneth Jay Lane:
Being a relative newcomer to the world of costume jewellery, Kenneth Jay Lane launched his first line of jewellery in 1963. He first got his start with Hattie Carnegie before designing shoes for Christian Dior and he made his mark immediately on the fashion world when he covered inexpensive plastic bangles with rhinestones, added findings, and turned them into excessively large earrings. Before long Jackie Kennedy, Elizabeth Taylor, and Audrey Hepburn were wearing his pieces. In the 1960s, K.J.L. (as the company was known until the mid-1970s, when the periods were dropped) produced brooches and other pieces that reflected Asian influences, incorporating everything from Buddhas to dragons to Indian goddesses in his work. Lane was also known for costume jewellery animals in brooches and bracelets.