ART Jewellery trademark was used in business from the late 1940′s to the late 1960s. They offered a broad range of designs that can be likened to Florenza and Hollycraft and often resembles the Victorian and Renaissance Revival jewellery. Their pieces are of quality...
BSK Jewellery was a New York City based company that was in business from the 1940′s -1950′s. The initials B.S.K. stood for the first initials of the owner’s names. The B was for Benny Steinberg, the S was for Hy Slovitt and the K was for Mr. Kaslo. Their lines were...
Jakob Bengel began making watch chains in his factory in Idar-Oberstein, Germany in 1873. The chains were made from silver, brass and other alloys known as Tombac and Double Americaine. The majority of Jakob Bengel Jewellery is unsigned/unmarked (the Bengel mark is a...
Marcel Boucher Jewellery is almost always signed (meaning a marking signifying authenticity was put on the piece) and has an inventory number on it somewhere. He got his training from the best! He trained with Cartier while living in his birthplace of France. Boucher...
Castlecliff jewellery was well made and sold in better department stores. It was found by Clifford Burst and Joseph Bobley in New York City – 1918-1977. The first use of the Castlecliff mark was in 1941. They also used Sterling Castlecliff and, Castlemark and...
Ciner Jewellery was founded by Emanuel Ciner in 1892- The New York Company began making costume jewellery in 1931. They originally produced fine jewellery using gold and precious stones. Their costume jewellery has the high quality look of their original precious...
In 1943, Sam Baker and Sol Mayoff became partners and set up shop in a 500 square-foot store front in a Vieux Montreal building. There, with four employees, they sold costume jewellery, various accessories and religious articles and became the small firm, Continental...
The Corocraft jewellery company started doing business in 1901. The name Coro is a contraction of an earlier trade name COHN & ROSENBERGER and they’ve been in business since 1901. During the 1930′s and the great depression, Coro built a huge plant in...
D’Orlan Jewellery Ltd. was founded in Toronto, Canada by Maurice Bradden in 1957. Bradden previously trained under the French jeweller, Marcel Boucher who established the Marcel Boucher & Cie Company, in New York City in 1937. Mr. Bradden after moving to Toronto,...
Eisenberg Jewellery was founded by Jonas Eisenberg, Chicago IL, USA ~ 1914 – Present -Jonas Eisenberg was originally from Austria. He went to the United States in the late 1880s and soon opened a women’s clothing firm. In 1914 Jonas’s sons took over the clothing...
Emmons Jewellery was founded by Charles H. Stuart as Emmons Jewellers, Inc. ~ 1949- 1981 -Like Sarah Coventry, this jewellery was sold at home parties. These parties had become very popular beginning in the 1950s. Acting as a distributor, Emmons soon became one of the...
Erwin Pearl made his name a brand for jewellery of lasting beauty. He has made and loved jewellery for over 50 years. Every single piece of Erwin Pearl jewellery is produced from a design he has has made, or held in his hands, tested for drape over his arm, held up to...
Florenza Jewellery was initially designed by Daniel Kasoff whose original name was Kosovsky. Kasoff was known for decorative desk accessories, necklaces, bracelets, charms, etc. First used the hallmark Feb 1956. Florenza designed specific lines for Capri and ART....
Hollycraft Jewellery was founded by Joseph Chorbajian and others as the Hollywood Jewellery Manufacturing Co. Inc. ~ New York, NY ~ 1938 to about 1971. Hollycraft jewellery has its own look. It is well made and very “rich” looking and ladylike. The stones are most...
Hobe Jewellery was founded by Jacques Hobé – Paris, France ~1887 * William Hobé – United States ~1927- 1995. William immigrated to the United States and found work selling theatrical costumes in the early 1920s. Soon he was producing costumes and costume jewellery for...
Jewelcraft was a logo and name used by Coro from 1920 – 1950′s, Jewelcraft was produced by a company in England. Please refer to CJC below for more in depth information. Coro were prolific manufacturers and you will often get the same designed pieces with different...
Joseph and his brother Louis, founded Mazer Brothers in New York in the 1920s – Jomaz/Mazer Brothers jewellery. The Jomaz/Mazer brothers produced elegant jewellery with high quality, and with special order stones. In 1946 Joseph left and formed Joseph J. Mazer...
Judy Lee is the trademark belonging to the Blanch-Ette Company, founded in the late 1950s. Sold through party plan. Popular in the 1950’s and 1970’s Judy Lee jewellery is usually marked ‘Judy-Lee’. The 1950’s jewellery is mostly of floral...
Juliana Jewellery was founded by William DeLizza and Harold Elster ~ 1947 New York – William’s son’s Frank and Anthony joined the company soon after its inception. In the 1960s the company began to produce the costume jewellery that so many have come to know and love...
Vintage Lisner Jewellery pieces have become collectible over the last 25 years. In the 1990s, collectors realized that the clever shapes and bright colours of the company’s cheaply made plastic leaves and baubles possessed a unique beauty. Currently, one of the most...
Louis Rousselet Jewellery developed through manufacturing glass and Galalith plain and carved beads as well as imitation pearls (glass beads coated on the outside with essence d’Orient, a fish scale compound). Louis Rousselet Jewellery became a major source of...
Roger Jean-Pierre Jean-Pierre was a French designer who began his career in 1934 working for Elsa Schiaparelli until he moved on in 1939. Many of his pieces produced for Schiaparelli are on display in the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at the Metropolitan Museum...
Marvella is the trademark initially used by Weinrich Brothers Company, founded about 1911 in Philadelphia. The Post WWII jewellery consists primarily of simulated pearls, and plain and faceted bead jewellery. In the mid-1950’s, the earrings sold for $10.00, single...
Neiger Brothers jewellery is characterized by beautiful Czech glass beads, and detailed metal bead caps & findings. Max and Norbert Neiger were two brothers living in Czechoslovakia who made wonderful jewellery with figural glass components in Gablonz,...
Miriam Haskell jewellery, 1924-present – is known for its elaborate and innovative design as well as the attention that is paid to detail in the construction of a piece. Miriam Haskell took many cues from the artists of the Art Nouveau period. You can see in her...
Sarah Coventry jewellery was named after the granddaughter of Lyman K. Stuart, the founder of the company. Established in 1949, it is recognized as the oldest direct selling jewellery company in the world. They did not design their own jewellery but used other...
Schiaparelli Jewellery included distinctive costume jewellery in a wide range of novelty designs. Elsa Schiaparelli was an Italian fashion designer. Along with Coco Chanel, her greatest rival, she is regarded as one of the most prominent figures in fashion between the...
Gustave Sherman was one of Canada’s finest costume jewellery designers. He began his company in Montreal, Canada, in 1941, producing high end, quality costume jewellery. He used only the best Swarovski stones, crystal beads and findings. He favoured aurora borealis...
The vintage designer Trifari is one of the most well-known and collectible designers. Trifari Jewellery designs are synonymous with quality. The designs are elegant and have a timeless quality about them that makes them perfect for today’s fashions. Even their brushed...
Vendome Jewellery was established as a subsidiary of Coro…however it was the SUPERIOR line of jewellery as you will see as you become familiar with their pieces. The mark was used as early as 1944 on charm bracelets and faux pearl jewellery, but the jewellery line...
Weiss Jewellery offered high quality costumer jewellery with excellent Austrian Rhinestones of exceptional quality and clarity. The Company was founded in New York City in 1942 by a former Coro employee, Albert Weiss. The company flourished during the 1950′s and...
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