Judy-Lee Jewelry - History

The jewelry distributed by this company was sold through home parties, similarly to Sarah Coventry jewelry, from the 1950s through the ‘70s. Pieces were delivered to customers in bright pink or black boxes with Judy-Lee Jewels branding in fancy script lettering. Collectors enjoy finding these boxes with the original jewelry today.

Many pieces of Judy-Lee jewelry are unmarked. A number of them can be recognized by their filigree backings and numerous rivets used in a construction technique called swedging. They can also be identified by locating matching pieces as some sets had signed earrings, for instance, while the matching brooch was unmarked or vice versa.

Judy-Lee became a division of Con-Stan Industries around 1980. It is not clear whether jewelry was marketed under this brand after that.