Vintage signed Van Dell mid-century brooch

is a vintage Van Dell 1/20 12KT gold filled brooch dating to the 1950's - 1960's. It has an open circular design with curling leaves at the top. Around the periphery and within two open gold filled bands is a row of prong set rhinestones in crystal, green, red, light blue and citrine colors. These brooches were called Mother brooches as the rhinestones represented different members of the family. The closure is a safety locking small clasp soldered to the frame with a straight pin stem. Size is 1 3/8 inches in diameter. This brooch is in very good condition. Has not been cleaned. The Van Dell Corporation was founded in 1943 in Providence, RI producing high quality costume jewelry. The company was sold to Hallmark in 1970 and in 1988 became a part of Calibri and is still in production today.