Beautiful, signed vintage, Kenneth Jay Lane red ruby cabochon glass clip-on earrings!

These gold-tone costume earrings feature a round button earring design. They are adorned with stunning glass cabochon stones in the centre and set in ornamental, chain-like, metal setting. Beautiful ruby red and gold tones. Designed and handmade by KJL. Gold-plated metal and clip-on closure for non-pierced ears.

Gold-plated metal, cabochon glass

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

Measurements: 3.3 x 3.3cm

Weight: 15g

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.