Jewelry holder

Claim 1

A portable, book-like device for holding and displaying jewelry of the type having attachment means such as posts and rear clips, pins and the like, and for holding and displaying jewelry of the type having an ear lobe catch element of a standard earring, comprising: a first page of mesh material having a plurality of apertures defined therein through which apertures the attachment means such as the posts of pierced earrings can be passed and from the rear the rear clips of such pierced earrings can be inserted on said earring posts to hold said jewelry to said mesh page, said apertures each having a size smaller than the rear clips, said apertures each having a maximum dimension; a second mesh page similar in structure to said first mesh page, at least one of the pages having at least one slit formed therein and being adapted to receive therethrough attachment means of a piece of jewelry such as the ear lobe catch element of a standard earring in order to have said jewelry's attachment means passed through said slit to hold said jewelry piece to said selected mesh page, said slit having a maximum dimension larger than the maximum dimension of each of said apertures; a separator element disposed between said first and second mesh pages, said separator element being of substantially the same size as said first and second mesh pages and said separator element having cushioning on each side thereof; and binding means having front and rear cover members with cushioning on the inside of each respectively, said binding means further including means to hingeably retain said first and second mesh pages and said separator element therebetween between said front and rear cover.