Bond Boyd Vintage Sterling Silver Amethyst Earrings [SOLD]

These Petite 'Swirl-Scroll' design Vintage Sterling Silver Earrings with Gold Lemay or Vermeil are stamped BOND BOYD STERLING are hand crafted and were manufactured in Toronto, Ontario approximately 1950s. Each earring has a round cut and bezel set amethyst stone. 

COMMENT: These vintage sterling silver earrings are very petite and delicate and were probably designed with the high school girl in mind and would be ideal for a classy graduation night.

HISTORY OF BOND BOYD: Many jewelry dealers who have researched jewelry have not arrived with much accurate information about Bond Boyd. Some jewelry researchers seem to say that the company was out of business around 1991. Such is not the case.  The real history of BOND BOYD is that it began in 1940 in Toronto, Ontario and is still presently in business. It was always a family run business that had hired out various designers and had perfected many smaller pieces of dainty jewelry that were designed and quality controlled with the corporate woman in mind. Most of the gems used were small semi precious stones that were usually “round” cut and were either “bezel” set or “prong” set. Many of their pieces were worked in a medium of “sterling”. Some of the sterling pieces had a gold wash applied over the sterling base which is known as “gold lemay” or “vermeil”. This, over the process of time and amount of usage, had a tendency to become dull or show the sterling bleeding through. However some of Bond Boyd’s pieces were actually 22Kt. or 24Kt. gold plated over a sterling base metal.

CONDITION: Excellent except for minor patina. No photo of maker's marks supplied at this time. It will be uploaded at a later date.