Groovy Tie Tack with Amethyst Coloured Jewel and Textured Silvertone - 1960s - 1970s Vintage (Sold)

This tie tack has the style and attitude of the late 1960s.  It is funky and groovy and bang on trend  again right now!  This vintage tie tack is rectangular in  shape with an oval cabouchon of glass claw set with four secure claws. This jewel has the dark  purple colour of real Amethyst.  The metal has a silver tone or silver plated finish and this has a textured  design on it which really enhances the faux amethyst jewel.  To the reverse this vintage tie tack has a button loop on chain to secure it to a shirt button and hold it in place.  It also has the classic pin and guard fixture to hold it through the tie.  This vintage tie tack is in excellent order.  Austin Powers would love this one and you will too!

JEWELLERY DETAILS

Designer or Brand: No

Condition: Excellent

Decade: 1960s

Era: Vintage (1920’s - 1980’s)

Type: Tie Pin or Tie Tack

Material: Silver tone Metal and Glass

Ties first became part of a fashionable gent’s attire in the 19th Century.  Naturally since then there have been many items of jewellery introduced as tie-control devices.  Some of the earlier ones were patented and some innovative ideas were introduced in the form of a pin, tack, clip, clasp, bar, slide and chain.  All of these stick pins, tie pins, tie chains, tie tacks, tie clasps, tie bars, tie slides and tie clips were designed to do one simple job: to prevent a tie from flapping, falling or moving about and to ensure a neat appearance for the wearer. Tie accessories are made from all kinds of materials, predominantly metals so you find them in the precious Gold, Platinum and Silver as well as in base metal.  Tie accessories are usually decorative from conservative styles to the weird, wacky and wonderful.  Tie accessories follow the trends of their era so are good examples of a particular style or fashion – for example – Art Deco or the 1960s.  They are often set with a precious jewel such as a pearl, diamond, sapphire or ruby; a lesser stone or often the very smart mother of pearl and onyx are favourite inlays.  Tie accessories, in the same was as ties themselves,  can be used to show affiliation to a particular regiment or club or activity or sport, can be commemorative tokens and souvenirs.  Tie pins and clips can be made of all kinds of materials for their decorative element such as leather, wood, jet, and early plastics like bakelite, lucite and celluloid.  There is generally a metal element to them in all cases so that they are easy and practical to fasten.