Vintage Sphinx amethyst purple glass riviere necklace & removable brooch / pendant, bezel set, open-backed rhinestones in ornate silver tone settings coin but the rubbing is not

but the rubbing is not visible when worn

You can see that the gold tone has wear and tiny scratches which are only apparent in close-up

Fabulous Juliana brooch by makers Delizza and Elster in the mid to late 1960s

though the 'B' in 'Bill' has been rubbed or worn off perhaps as it it not easy to see

German makers like Kordes & Lichtenfels (K&L) or Andreas Daub often produced collar style

Vintage Sphinx amethyst purple glass riviere necklace & removable brooch / pendant, bezel set, open-backed rhinestones in ornate silver tone settings coin but the rubbing is notFabulous vintage amethyst purple crystal riviere necklace with matching brooch (convertible into a pendant and removable with a hook clasp) in a gorgeous rich purple colour, set in shiny silver tone. This is a style used by the Sphinx jewellery company in the UK, unsigned as usual but clearly a Sphinx piece. This necklace has the transparent coloured stones and they are particularly large crystals in this piece. These transparent ones catch the light