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Nobody touches Canadian vintage costume jewelry designer GUSTAVE SHERMAN for the quality and the sparkle of the Swarovski crystals he employed. You can usually spot SHERMAN pieces immediately.

Stunning 1950's SHERMAN aurora borealis crystals necklace and post earrings. The multi-faceted crystals are highly light refractive and prismatic. Gold-plated base metal.

The dimensional, layered centerpiece element features various sized chatons and marquise crystals. The centerpiece is suspended from alternating two sized chaton crystals in dogtoothed prong sets. Fastens via a fishhook style clasp.

The floral motif post earrings emulate the theme.

The necklace measures an adjustable 17 1/2-18"L (including extender) by 1 5/8" at widest (centerpiece). The earrings measure 1 5/8"L by 1" at widest.

The necklace is signed SHERMAN. Due to conversion from clip to post (somewhere in their ownership history), the earrings are no longer marked.

Very good condition.

Sherman jewelry, beloved by women for its extraordinary sparkle and quality when it was new, still attracts collectors for the same reasons more than 60 years after its manufacture.

In 1947, as a native of Montreal, Gustave Sherman founded his namesake company. However, before settling into the jewelry business, he tried his hand at a number of careers. According to his son Mark, Gustave Sherman’s life encompassed a varied past that included a stint in the U.S. Cavalry in Texas, enlistment in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, and a short-lived post-war career in the life insurance industry. He also earned a living in rural Quebec buying and selling gold at a small profit to smelters. Through this profession he learned first-hand how women responded to and loved their jewelry – and an idea for a business was born.

After many fruitful years, the company’s fortunes suffered when rhinestone jewelry dropped in popularity and Sherman turned to more tailored gold-tone pieces. Eventually the company stopped producing rhinestone jewelry altogether in favor of sterling silver and gold designs. Gus Sherman closed the doors of his company in 1981, and passed away shortly thereafter in 1983.