Modern jewelry designs by a few individual artists and craftsmen were quickly copied in costume jewelry during the 1950s. There was something for everyone: unusual jewelry of copper; traditional pieces made to look like real gold; imitations of ivory, precious stones, pearls, and almost every other material used in precious jewelry.
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