Vintage 1969 Vendome "CRYSTAL BALL" 3D Disco Prism Ring
Get ready to steal the spotlight. This dazzling vintage crystal cocktail ring features a spectacular faceted crystal prism measuring 21mm (approximately ¾"), designed to catch and scatter light with every movement. Set in a sleek gold-tone mounting with a patented adjustable shank, this ring embodies the glamorous, high-impact style that defined late 1960s fashion.
The ring is marked with U.S. Patent No. 2,961,855, a patented adjustable ring mechanism introduced in 1960.
Details
- Vintage faceted crystal "disco ball" ring
- Crystal prism measures 21mm (¾")
- Gold-tone setting
- Marked: PAT. 2,961,855
- Unsigned Vendome
- 1969
Condition
Good
Collector’s Notes
Vendome was created as the elevated, fashion-forward division of Coro, one of America’s most important costume-jewelry houses. By the 1950s and 1960s, Vendome had developed a distinctly more luxurious identity, using fine plating, Austrian crystals, rhinestones and sophisticated construction; the line was even carried by upscale retailers such as Saks Fifth Avenue. Vendome was marketed as the company’s more expensive, couture-oriented jewelry, and surviving pieces are prized for both their craftsmanship and their unmistakably mid-century sense of glamour.
This 1969 “Crystal Ball” ring captures Vendome at one of its most exuberant moments. Period advertising from 1969 featured the house’s bold adjustable rings, placing designs like this squarely at the intersection of late-1960s fashion and the emerging disco-era fascination with light, movement and spectacle.
The oversized faceted crystal was never meant to disappear quietly on the hand—it was designed to catch the light and command attention. More than five decades later, it still feels wonderfully audacious. For the collector, it represents not simply a vintage cocktail ring, but a surviving piece of the moment when costume jewelry became increasingly theatrical, modern and unapologetically glamorous.
And that is exactly why we love it: it feels less like an accessory and more like a tiny piece of 1969 you can still wear.