A porcelain heart pendant centers a flowing monogram "C," rendered in soft pink and blue and surrounded by a delicate scatter of hand-painted florals. The glazed white background gives the piece a keepsake quality, the kind of personalized gift jewelry popular for monogram lovers. Hung from a gold-tone rope chain, simple enough to layer or wear alone.

Materials: Porcelain, gold-tone metal

Details:

• Era: 1980s–1990s
  
• Style notes: Heart-shaped porcelain pendant, hand-painted monogram and floral design, rope chain
• Color: White with pink, blue, and green florals, gold-tone hardware
• Condition: Grreat vintage condition
• Measurement: 24" chain, pendant 1.25" x 1"

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Bold oval links alternate with sculpted X-shaped stations down this chunky chain, each piece substantial enough to anchor the whole design without veering heavy. The polished gold-tone finish and graphic repetition read like classic 1980s power dressing, the kind of necklace meant to be seen above a blazer collar. Signed Avon on the clasp link, with solid, well-made construction throughout. A true statement piece that still wears comfortably at choker length.

Materials: Gold-tone metal

Details:

• Era: 1980s
• Markings: Avon
• Style notes: Chunky oval link chain with sculpted X-shaped stations
• Color: Gold-tone
• Condition: Great vintage condition
• Measurement: 18"

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Vintage Avon 14K Gold-Filled Ball Station Necklace | 1970s Delicate Chain | Signed Fine Jewelry

Description: A fine cable chain interrupted by a single polished gold ball, simple enough to wear every day and substantial enough to last. The fishhook clasp carries both the Avon signature and a 14K gold-filled stamp, marking this as part of Avon's finer jewelry offerings rather than their costume line. A quietly elegant piece, equally suited layered with other necklaces or worn alone against the collarbone.

Materials: 14K gold-filled metal

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Markings: Avon, 14K GF
• Style notes: Fine cable chain with single ball station, fishhook clasp
• Color: Gold
• Condition: Good vintage condition
• Measurement: 18"

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An iridescent glass cameo catches rainbow light across its faceted edge, centered by a raised white butterfly that seems to glow against the pale background. The aurora borealis finish was a specialty of mid-century German and Czech glassmakers, prized for the way it shifts color depending on the angle. Stamped Germany on the chain's tag, this is a well-made piece with more dimension than typical costume glass. A delicate, nature-inspired pendant that catches the eye without trying too hard.

Materials: Pressed glass with aurora borealis finish, gold-tone metal

Details:

• Era: 1960s–1980s
• Markings: Germany
• Style notes: Oval glass cameo pendant, molded butterfly motif, cable chain
• Color: Iridescent white and pale yellow with gold-tone hardware
• Condition: Good vintage condition
• Measurement: 16" chain, pendant .75"

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A flat herringbone chain feeds into a V-shaped pendant cluster of prong-set clear rhinestones — a silhouette that reads like a constellation caught mid-fall. The pendant sits low at the collarbone, drawing the eye down in the way the best 1980s jewelry was designed to do. Clean, unsigned, and quietly glamorous.

Materials & Details:

• Era: 1980s
• Markings: None
• Style notes: Flat herringbone chain, V-shaped rhinestone cluster pendant slide, spring ring clasp
• Stone notes: Prong-set clear rhinestones
• Color: Gold tone with clear stones
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see photos 
  

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A domed sphere of pavé-set clear rhinestones suspended from a twisted rope chain — small enough to wear daily, bright enough to catch every light in the room. The pendant reads like a tiny planet, densely orbited. Signed Avon with their characteristic oval clasp tag, a reliable mark of consistent construction.

Materials & Details:

• Era: 1980s
• Markings: Signed ©AVON on oval clasp tag
• Style notes: Twisted rope chain, pavé rhinestone ball pendant with bale, spring ring clasp
• Stone notes: Pavé-set clear rhinestones
• Color: Gold tone with clear stones
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see photos 
  

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A pavé rhinestone heart with a matching rhinestone-set rectangular bale, suspended from a fine cable chain in a warm antique gold tone. The pendant is signed on the reverse, the clasp tag signed again — Avon's way of standing behind the piece twice over. Small in scale, generous in sparkle.

Materials & Details:

• Era: 1980s
• Markings: Signed ©AVON on pendant reverse and oval clasp tag
• Style notes: Fine cable chain, pavé rhinestone heart pendant with rhinestone bale, spring ring clasp
• Stone notes: Pavé-set clear rhinestones
• Color: Antique gold tone with clear stones
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see photos 
  

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A deep black oval cabochon set into a double oval gold-tone frame, accented with ball details at top and bottom and a single silver-tone rhinestone floret at center. The layered frame gives the pendant more dimension than a standard bezel setting — it reads like a small portrait waiting to be filled. Suspended from a twisted rope chain, signed Avon on the clasp tag.

Materials & Details:

• Era: 1970s–1980s
• Markings: Signed ©AVON on clasp tag
• Style notes: Twisted rope chain, oval pendant in layered double frame with ball accents, spring ring clasp
• Stone notes: Simulated black onyx cabochon with single clear rhinestone floret accent
• Color: Gold tone with black and clear accents
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
• Measurement: 20"

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An openwork butterfly with wings edged in pavé clear rhinestones and scattered with bezel-set round stones in pink, blue, green, red, amber, purple, and clear — a full spectrum arranged like light through stained glass. The pendant retains its original brooch pin back, making it wearable two ways. Suspended from a fine cable chain with an extender, unsigned but generously built.

Materials & Details:

• Era: 1980s–1990s
• Markings: None
• Style notes: Large openwork butterfly pendant with brooch pin back, fine cable chain with extender, lobster claw clasp
• Stone notes: Pavé clear rhinestones along wing edges; bezel-set multicolor round rhinestones throughout wings
• Color: Gold tone with multicolor stones
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see photos
• Measurement: Chain adjustable; pendant approximately 2.5" wide

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An open-form pear silhouette rendered in smooth gold-tone wire, its base curling into a tight spiral that cradles a single bezel-set round amber-colored stone. A polished leaf rises from the stem — botanical in feeling without being literal about it. The twisted rope chain completes the piece with a quiet elegance. Signed ©AVON on the clasp tag.

Materials & Details:

• Era: 1980s–1990s
• Markings: Signed ©AVON on clasp tag
• Style notes: Twisted rope chain, open scroll pear pendant with polished leaf stem detail, spring ring clasp
• Stone notes: Bezel-set round amber/citrine-colored stone
• Color: Gold tone with amber stone
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see photos 
  

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A smooth oval of black glass sits centered in a hammered gold tone disc, the contrast between deep matte and warm beaten metal unhurried and deliberate. The organic irregularity of the hammered surface gives it an almost hand-forged quality — understated in scale, considered in composition. Wear it alone on a fine chain or layer it into something more.

Materials: Gold tone metal, black glass cabochon

Details:

• Era: 1970s–1980s
  
• Style notes: Round hammered disc pendant, oval bezel-set cabochon, jump ring bail
• Stone notes: Oval black glass cabochon, smooth finish
• Color: Gold and black
• Condition: Excellent vintage condition
• Measurement: 1" × ¾" (pendant body)

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A woman's profile rendered in high-relief against a fine granulated ground — her hair swept back with the confidence of a figure from antiquity. The round medallion sits above a scrolled fleur-de-lis drop that gives the pendant an architectural weight without heaviness. The large bail suggests it was made to be worn on a substantial chain. Pendant only — no chain included.

Materials
Gold-tone base metal

Details

• Era: 1970s–1980s, neoclassical revival style
• Style / design notes: Round medallion with female portrait in high relief, granulated ground, milgrain border, scrolled fleur-de-lis drop, large round bail
• Color: Gold-tone
• Condition: Excellent vintage condition (please reference photos)

Measurement: 1.5" total length including drop

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