German Jewelry Designers Biography
Source (google.com.pk )Donna Brennan is a London-based jewellery artist, lecturer and curator, represented by C.A.A. Gallery in London, Galerie Marzee in The Netherlands, and Jewelers’ Werk Gallery in Washington D.C. Her numerous international solo exhibitions include the Museum of Decorative Art in Dresden, Germany, and Galerie Marzee. She has participated internationally in group exhibitions including The Norton Museum, Florida, USA, Museum of Decorative Art Cologne, Germany, and the Kunstmuseum im Ehrenhof, Duesseldorf, Germany. For the latter she also co-curated the exhibition, produced a catalogue and organised a symposium.
Her work sits in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art (SM’s) ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, Victoria & Albert Museum (RCA Collection), London, UK, and the prestigious Alice & Louis Koch Collection, Switzerland among others. She has also received an Australia Council Award for the Arts.
Whether you're an avid costume jewelry collector, a beginner, or are just drawn to beautiful things, we think you will be interested in the information presented here on costume jewelry designers and companies that produced costume jewelry for others. The information is in no way inclusive but a brief overview of each of the costume jewelry designers mentioned noting signatures used when the designer used multiple marks on their costume jewelry over the years. Credit is due in part to Marcelle Higginbotham for researching and compiling some of this data.
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Below is information on costume jewelry designers and the costume jewelry marks they used on their respective costume jewelry designs alphabetized A through H
Founded in 1862 the company specialized in mostly sterling silver and 14k gold novelties and jewelry. A block letter R, B with the horizontal sword (hilt on the left), and Co., each in an individual octagon represent R. Blackington & Co. The original trademark, the block B with sword only (not surrounded by R and Co.), was used until c. 1900. The company was bought by Wells, Inc. in 1967 and liquidated in 1978. ( 4 )
Bogoff - Jewels by Bogoff, Spear Novelty Co., Chicago, IL, 1940s and 1950s created beautiful, quality pieces that had the "real look" in heavy rhodium and hand-set stones. ( 1 ), p. 36.
Boucher - Marcel Boucher designed jewelry for Mazer Bros. in the early 1930s. He established his own company, Marcel Boucher and Cie Company, in 1937 to design and produce his costume jewelry. The company became a subsidiary of Dovorn Industries, a watch manufacterer, in 1972. Marcel Boucher died in 1965. Sandra Boucher, his wife, ran the company until 1972. Boucher jewelry is usually signed and carries an inventory number. Early marks are "Marboux" or "MB" in a cartouche. Later marks are "Marcel Boucher" and "Boucher". Marcel Boucher jewelry is "high-end" and can be tough to tell from the "real thing". For some examples of his work and the different signatures used on Boucher costume jewelry to help you in dating, click here . Numbers on Boucher pieces are inventory/style numbers. Though the numbers are a clue to age, the style may have been designed, numbered, and yet not actually produced until much later. Additionally, some styles had more than one production run. Overall construction should also be taken into account when dating pieces.
Chapin & Hollister Company, Providence, RI. Established in 1898 by William P. Chapin and Frederick R. Hollister and incorporated the same year. Manufacturers of fine rolled plate chains, gold, silver and gold-filled knives and jewelry. Last listing found was 1922. ( 4 )
Hattie Carnegie - Hattie Carnegie's early costume jewelry, designed to complement her clothing line, dates from around 1918. Her jewelry is usually marked "Hattie Carnegie" or "Carnegie". A less frequently used mark is "HC" within a diamond, inside a semi-oval. Hattie Carnegie's hair ornaments and cases are sometimes marked "Pooped Pussy Cat" or "Pooped Poodle".
Ciner - Ciner originally manufactured fine jewelry. The company began manufacturing costume jewelry in 1931 and is still in business. After WWII, Ciner jewelry is marked "CINER". It is unknown if all Ciner jewelry was marked.
Cini - Guglielmo Cini was trained as a young man in Florence, Italy before immigrating to the United States in 1922. He established a workshop in Boston until 1957 when he relocated to Laguna Beach, CA. His designs in sterling and gold-plated silver echo a rich European tradition and responded to the American market particularly. Design catalogs of 1941 and 1963 display many of his successful silver jewelry items. In the 1950's and 1960's Cini more frequently included faceted colored rhinestones in his compositions. He ceased production in 1970. ( 6 ), p. 83-87
Claudette - The trademark belongs to Premier Jewelry Co., Inc. It was first used in 1945. It is not clear how long this jewelry was manufactured but it is the author's opinion, that jewelry under this trademark was not sold for an extended period, perhaps not beyond the mid-1950's. Costume jewelry marked Claudette is extremely rare. Jewelry has received little attention. This may be its first exposure in a book on costume jewelry. ( 3 )
Coro - Coro/Corocraft: Early Coro jewelry, (as early as 1901), is marked "CR", (stands for Emanuel Cohn and Gerald Rosenberg.) Coro production ceased in 1979, except for Coro, Inc, in Canada, which was still operational in 1990. The "Coro" mark, which is most common, was in use since 1919. "Coro Craft" mark was used since 1937 and was originally used on higher quality pieces. "Corocraft (one word) was used after WWII. The Pegasus mark was used after the war. Coro used many additional marks. Matching sets were generally more popular in the late 40s and 50s and the WWII vermeil era was generally more about pins and brooches. Often they came in pin/brooch/duette + earring sets but rarely as full parures. Coro's most collectible items are: early jewelry, duettes, jelly belly figurals, Mexican sterling, some Corocrafts, most Vendome jewelry and sets from 1930 to 1950.
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German Jewelry Designers Jewelry Desgin Sketches Ideas 2014 Neclkace Ring Earringes Gallery Bangles Software Drawing Images Photos Wallpapers
German Jewelry Designers Jewelry Desgin Sketches Ideas 2014 Neclkace Ring Earringes Gallery Bangles Software Drawing Images Photos Wallpapers
German Jewelry Designers Jewelry Desgin Sketches Ideas 2014 Neclkace Ring Earringes Gallery Bangles Software Drawing Images Photos Wallpapers
German Jewelry Designers Jewelry Desgin Sketches Ideas 2014 Neclkace Ring Earringes Gallery Bangles Software Drawing Images Photos Wallpapers
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