American Jewelry Manufacturers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Jewelry Manufacturers write by Dorothy T. Rainwater. This book was released on 1988. American Jewelry Manufacturers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The identification and dating of American jewelry heretofore has been difficult because few pieces bear standard markings and the references have been diverse, hard to find, and incomplete. Using old trade journals and their related directories as her primary sources, the eminent silver historian Dorothy Rainwater has exhaustively compiled here for the first time a comprehensive reference of jewelry trademarks and manufacturers in alphabetical order. She has also written a history of jewelry making in the United States which explains the framework upon which this enormous industry was built. The large scale manufacturers which began in the 1840s form a major portion of this directory. it is surprising to learn that only in 1961, after years of effort by the Jeweler's Vigilance Committee and the backing of trade journals, did American law require makers' marks on new jewelry. Therefore, this reference should become an important sourcebook for every jeweler, collector, antique jewelry dealer and manufacturing historian for the foreseeable future.
American Jewelry Manufacturer
American Jewelry Manufacturer - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Jewelry Manufacturer write by . This book was released on 1960. American Jewelry Manufacturer available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
History of American Jewelry Designers and Manufacturers
History of American Jewelry Designers and Manufacturers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History of American Jewelry Designers and Manufacturers write by Cheryl M. Cassidy. This book was released on 2009-08. History of American Jewelry Designers and Manufacturers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During colonial times, early Dutch settlers, many of whom were experienced in pewter and silver, immigrated to New England. The actual birth of the U.S. costume jewelry industry is said to have occurred in 1794, when Nehemiah Dodge, a goldsmith and watch repairer in Providence, Rhode Island, developed a method for plating base metal with gold. He patented processes to make quality gold jewelry of less than 18K which was the standard at that time. It is he who is given credit for the commencement of costume jewelry production. By 1810, one hundred workers were employed by jewelry manufacturers in Rhode Island. Small businesses were developing throughout southern New England. As the turn of the century approached, skilled jewelry craftsmen were being replaced by machinery. Production and labor became more specialized. Instead of just "jewelers," there were toolmakers, die cutters, and machine operators. Production was broken down into electroplating, enameling, engraving, chasing, die sinking and lapidary work. Mass production of jewelry had begun in Rhode Island. To this day, American jewelry manufacturing has remained an industry comprised of small businesses, most of them in the northeastern portion of the United States with the costume jewelry manufacturing mostly concentrated in Rhode Island. There has, however, been some shift to California, Texas, Florida and South Dakota. In recent years the jewelry industry has been affected by substantial consolidation with the development of national chains. This is due in part to the development of enclosed shopping malls, competition from department stores, catalog showrooms and television shopping networks. In addition, suffering from high rent costs in shopping malls, jewelry retailers are reducing their overhead by skipping the middlemen and purchasing their inventory directly.
American Costume Jewelry
American Costume Jewelry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Costume Jewelry write by Roberto & Carla Ginelli Brunialti. This book was released on 2008. American Costume Jewelry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This encyclopedic study is the fruit of twenty years of collecting, research, and study of the most significant American costume jewelry from 1930-1950. It offers readers a meticulous, reliable instrument to knowing these gems, which are often true and proper little works of art. In the two volumes, over 966 photographs show hundreds of jewelry items in full color, with an additional 729 illustrations of patents, advertisements, and historic photos. Thirty-seven companies are included, with addtional chapters on jelly belly jewelry and patriotic jewelry in the second volume. In-depth research of the companies makes this the best source on the American costume jewelry industry. The first volume, A-M, covers the companies from Accessocraft to Mosell, and includes Boucher, Coro, Eisenberg, Miriam Haskell, Hobe and others. The second volume N-Z, continues with Norma Jewelry Corp., through Rebajes, Réja, Trifari, to Uncas Manufacturing, with chapters on jelly belly jewelry and American patriotic jewelry.
American Jewelry Manufacturer
American Jewelry Manufacturer - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Jewelry Manufacturer write by . This book was released on 1963. American Jewelry Manufacturer available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
