Vintage Amusement Park Brooch | Spinning Rhinestone Ferris Wheel, Roller Coaster & Swing Ride | Gold-Tone Figural Fair Pin | 2.5"

All the fun of the fair, none of the funnel cake on your shirt.

This vintage gold-tone metal and rhinestone amusement park brooch packs a whole midway into one pin. There's a Ferris wheel trimmed with eight clear rhinestones that actually spins, a wooden roller coaster with a full car cresting the hill, a swing ride with dangling seats, a striped big top tent and a row of tiny fairgoers strolling past. The matte and shiny gold finishes play off each other, and the open lattice of the coaster gives it real depth.

• Material: gold-tone metal with clear glass rhinestones
• Maker: there is a maker's mark in a rectangular cartouche on the back, but the heavy gold-tone plating fills it in so it can't be read; it may be AJC, who made very similar amusement park brooches (please see close-up photo)
• Era: about 1990s, based on style and construction
• Size: about 2 1/2" wide x 1 1/2" tall (please see ruler photo)
• Brooch type: figural scene / novelty brooch with moving part
• Closure: bar pin with safety catch
• Motif: spinning Ferris wheel, roller coaster, swing ride and big top

A fun gift for the roller coaster junkie, the theme park season pass holder or anyone who still counts down to the county fair every summer.

Condition

Excellent vintage condition. All rhinestones are present and sparkly, the gold-tone finish is bright and full, the Ferris wheel spins, and the pin opens and closes as it should. As with everything in the shop, it's a used piece and may show light signs of wear.

Only one available. Once this ride is over, it's gone.

Styling props shown in photos are not included.