Jean Jean Vintage

Jean Jean Vintage Antique, Vintage & Original Jewelry
Visit us at at www.jeanjeanvintage.com
Est. 2010 Vintage and antique jewelry, costume and fine. Please get in touch!

Specializing in 1920s-1940s with a great selection of Victorian rings, Eastern European (Czech) jewelry and Art Deco costume jewelry. REO Town Lansing location coming soon!

▴ Looking for a special bridal accessory or gift? I have lots more available than what is visible in the shop.

Just listed ✨A wide 14K white gold eternity band with 1.30 CTW of mixed antique cut diamonds: Old European cuts, Old Min...
05/31/2026

Just listed ✨A wide 14K white gold eternity band with 1.30 CTW of mixed antique cut diamonds: Old European cuts, Old Mine cuts and single cuts. There are twenty-nine diamonds in all, pavé set in an foliate openwork design that includes criss-cross or “X” details, leaf shapes, and S-curve flourishes. The wide band is 8.4mm wide and nearly 2mm thick with a lovely weight just over 6 grams. The constellation of diamonds creates incredible sparkle.

Measurements: Size 8 1/4 US, 6.2 grams, 8.4 mm wide
Diamond details: (29) mixed antique cut diamonds, 1.30 CTW, SI-VS/G-I
Era: 1950

“Blue on blue … 🎵 heartache on heartache.” Actually, no heartache just lots of pretty antique 🩵 jewelry at the shop toda...
05/30/2026

“Blue on blue … 🎵 heartache on heartache.” Actually, no heartache just lots of pretty antique 🩵 jewelry at the shop today.

I am getting ready for Monday’s story sale: Pendant necklaces! I really enjoy these sales because I get to interact with...
05/29/2026

I am getting ready for Monday’s story sale: Pendant necklaces! I really enjoy these sales because I get to interact with so many of you over the course of the sale day, and beyond. Thank you for continuing to follow along 🫶🏼

Just listed ✨A beautiful 1940s figural bird brooch from Corocraft. During WWII, not only did 70% of Coro’s jewelry plant...
05/28/2026

Just listed ✨A beautiful 1940s figural bird brooch from Corocraft. During WWII, not only did 70% of Coro’s jewelry plants convert to military production, but those facilities continuing to produce jewelry were forced to switch from gold plate and rhodium to sterling silver. In “American Costume Jewelry: Art & Industry, 1935-1950,”(pg. 88) this conversion is described:

“On 1st July 1942, the company presented with much fanfare its first sterling silver collection, declaring itself to be the first company to accept the challenge of using non-priority metals in order to conform to Government rules. Therefore, the first line made entirely of sterling silver dates back to the fall of 1942, although a few cheap sterling lines with flower and animal subjects had already been produced back in Spring, possibly to test the reactions of the public. Among these test items there are a few notable examples of brooches in which designs of birds and flowers are set in oval, round and square frames. This type of design was called Scandinavian style.”

This design is sometimes seen with the mark of “Sterling Genuine Norseland,” which indicated a Scandinavian source of silver during WWII. This particular example does not have that mark, instead showing “Sterling Craft by Coro”

On deck and coming soon! ✨I love brushed gold.
05/27/2026

On deck and coming soon! ✨I love brushed gold.

This past weekend I found an abandoned kitten in a park in Ohio. It was Memorial Day so no animal welfare services were ...
05/27/2026

This past weekend I found an abandoned kitten in a park in Ohio. It was Memorial Day so no animal welfare services were open and available. I decided to bring the kitten back to Michigan with me, hoping to find a landing place for him somewhere along the way. We called every pet, animal, and kitten rescue between Akron and Lansing and no one could take him. He stayed with us all day Monday and Monday night. I don’t think he had ever been in a home before, or bathed, or cuddled. I did all of those things and he trusted me to do them. He slept in a laundry basket with a heating pad in my bedroom Monday night so that I could hear him meow if he needed me. I planned to take him to Capital Area Humane Society () in the morning. Sometime in the early morning, he lost consciousness: I think he was too warm and couldn’t let me know. Or maybe his body was just tired (he was malnourished) and he was ready to go. Whatever the reason, he died with me Tuesday morning. I thought he was dreaming: he was making the sweetest sounds. But he was letting go. His fur was fluffy and clean when I buried him. I told the kids we couldn’t name him because we were taking him for adoption, but when he died I named him Meemo. I buried him in a cloth that I got in Morocco, with a peony that I had showed to him the day before. My note says everything: he was a good, brave, handsome kitten. I am so sad that I couldn’t keep him safe through the night, but he taught me a lot about love and care in the short time he was mine. I am happy that I can walk over to his little grave whenever I want and sing to him again and tell him what a sweet little crumb he was. If you can say a little blessing for Meemo today, or make a donation to the Capital Area Humane Society with him in mind, I would be so grateful.

Just listed ✨A mid-century ring from Georg Jensen, executing a design that Mr. Jensen himself drafted in 1904, at the he...
05/27/2026

Just listed ✨A mid-century ring from Georg Jensen, executing a design that Mr. Jensen himself drafted in 1904, at the height of the Art Nouveau period and in the first year of his company. This ring is marked with design number “1A,” which indicates an early motif in the Danish silversmith’s archive. The ring is part of the larger “Moonlight Blossom” series, designed by Jensen through the 1910s and continued today with new designs from the company.

The ring has a deceptively simple design and is fashioned completely in sterling silver, with a silver cabochon “set” at the center like a gemstone. Leaf, bud, and intricate metalwork trims the cabochon. Split shoulders.

This ring is featured in prominent books about Jensen’s work, including “Georg Jensen, A Tradition of Splendid Silver” by Janet Drucker and others. Of all the Jensen pieces, this ring is surely one of the most collectible and valuable.

Measurements: Size 7 1/4 US, 5.9 grams
Era: 1940s-1950s
Markings: Georg Jensen in an oval of dots (post 1944), STERLING DENMARK 925 and 1A

05/27/2026

Ohhhh, the sublime experience of meeting a 1960s Cartier + Jean Dinh Van piece in person. ✨ Cartier allowed Dinh Van the honor of co-signing his work for them, the first designer ever to have that privilege and one of only two in the history of the company. He designed extraordinary pieces for Cartier New York for a period of about ten years, beginning on 1967. This ring dates to that tenure. Extremely rare and collectible. DM with serious inquiries.

05/27/2026

My two youngest kiddos asked to go to an antique mall in Ohio this weekend (Medina) and of course I said “YES!” Here’s what I found while they explored. All foe sale: DM for details. 🪎 Authentic antiquing = oldies on the speakers, light switches on the walls to flip and call for cases to be unlocked, a little laminated bin tag in your sweaty hand, and a middle-aged man named Bob wrapping all your jewelry in paper towel and then handing you a sandwich bag.

Just added🪻An early 20th century lavalier with an alluring combination of amethyst, diamond, enamel and pearl. Lavaliers...
05/14/2026

Just added🪻An early 20th century lavalier with an alluring combination of amethyst, diamond, enamel and pearl. Lavaliers are pendant necklaces characterized by their delicate aspect, shapely outline, and use of gemstones and/or pearls. This piece features a cabochon cut amethyst framed in a bell-shaped gold drop. Traced in white enamel with a tiny old mine cut diamond and a swinging baroque pearl. Comes with a delicate 10K gold cable link chain. Etched “1920” on the back, which may indicate a year or a jeweler’s mark.

Measurements: 1 1/2” drop, 15” chain
Era: Edwardian, 1910s
Markings: N/A, tests for 10K gold

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Lansing, MI
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