Posted 11 months ago
nikki2zia
(12 items)
From a family collection. Important enough to them to have been saved… but I can’t find any information on it.
Gram’s Necklace | ||
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Gram’s Necklace | ||
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Posted 11 months ago
nikki2zia
(12 items)
From a family collection. Important enough to them to have been saved… but I can’t find any information on it.
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The time period should be around late c0's to early 70's when they used a lot of ancient coin replicas also to make these kind of necklaces. I bought a similar one at that time.
typo should be 60's to 70s.
nikki2zia, Google Lens turned up a cousin.
It's a brooch, but it has those same elliptically-framed silhouettes, and the whole piece is marked with the name of the maker (see photographs):
Rare Three Cameo B. Blumenthal & Co. Inc. Brooch Pin Vtg Art Deco Large Signed
https://www.ebay.com/itm/284217724698
About B. Blumenthal & Co. Inc.:
*snip*
BLUMENTHAL, B. — 1877
Mark: B. Blumenthal & Co., Inc.
A button manufacturer founded in 1877, who only made jewelry for a few years. Scarce and hard to find mark.
*snip*
https://www.costumejewelrycollectors.com/vintage-costume-jewelry-research/costume-jewelry-marks/researching-costume-jewelry-history-jewelry-signatures-b/
Indeed, B. Blumenthal & Company Inc. seems to have more than a couple button trademarks:
https://trademarks.justia.com/owners/b-blumenthal-company-inc-11215/
A bit more history about B. Blumenthal & Company Inc.:
https://nasvete.com/page/101/
Amazingly helpful! Thank you! I need to sit down and really do some more digging on this and a bunch of other inherited items.