Karu Goldtone and Black Rhinestone Floral Motif Crescent Pin figural with over-arching copper accents

with over-arching copper accents

which was in operation from the 1940s until sometime in the 1970s

The pin stem is metal (slightly corroded)

and yellow bugle beads wired onto a silvertone pinwheel shape

Karu Goldtone and Black Rhinestone Floral Motif Crescent Pin figural with over-arching copper accentsThis pin has a richly textured filigree formed of small, textured loopy daisies. The shapely crescent is accented with a smaller arc of black matte rhinestones. Marked "KARU Arte Inc." on reverse. Measures 2 1 4" by 1 7 8". Karu was the signature for jewelry company Kaufman & Ruderman, Inc., New York, NY, which was in operation from the 1940s until sometime in the 1970s.