Description
This Hobe Classic Mid-Century Brooch is 3 inches by 1 1/4 inches. It has a clever design with lots of circles and curves and a solid silver tone ball in the middle. The Hobe signature on this particular piece dates it to the 1950s-1980s.
The Hobe history starts in France in 1887. Jacques Hobe focused mainly on sterling silver jewelry. His son moved to the United States around 1920 bringing his family’s prowess for producing high quality jewelry. He was hired by Ziegfeld’s Broadway productions for costuming. He left to further and expand the Hobe name in jewelry, and the rest is history.
With costume jewelry with rhinestones to multi-stand pieces, the Hobe name means luxury quality through the 1950s-1970s era. The production ended in 1995.
Hobe jewelry stands out as a favorite among Hollywood starlets and the Zeigfeld Follies women in their heyday.
