Georjean West keeps adding to this collection of paperweight pins to "rescue" them and preserve their place in jewelry history. From the first one she saw, she was attracted to their fragility and femininity. Called paperweight pins because of their glass domes, they've also been called goofus glass or souvenir pins. These inexpensive pins date from Victorian times to the 1960s. The setting was most often base metal, and the flower or nature design was enameled on a reverse carved domed piece of glass. The fragile pins were sold as souvenirs and not meant to last. Currently, there are 43 pieces in the collection. Pictured are 12 of them, including an example in sterling and one in bakelite. Georjean sells jewelry on Ebay as Shopwest.
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