check this out--its a jewelry label resource

[anna_newman]

Photos of Jewelry Marks

Maybe this is old news, but I had not stumbled upon this before.

anna

 

[borntoolatevintage]

Thank you so much! This will come in very handy!

 

[BagDiva]

useful..perhaps vfg cold ink to some of these resources...'bag university' and 'fashion-era' sites to name but two!!

 

[themerchantsofvintage]

Thanks for passing this on!

 

[cmpollack]

Yes, "Researching Costume Jewelry" is pretty much THE place to go when you are trying to research a jewelry maker. The site owners, Dotty Stringfield and Pat Seal, are always adding to it, often with interactive help from the members in the online community of vintage jewelry collectors/dealers (ie Jewel Collect). It's considered authoritative enough that it has been referenced in books!

Another great site is Morning Glory Collects, which also has a section on costume jewelry marks:

http://www.morninggloryantiques.com/JewelChatMarks.html

as well as a ton of other info--a pictorial timeline on jewelry history, vintage jewelry ads, old photos of Edwardian and Victorian ladies wearing jewelry--and, of course, fabulous examples of vintage and antique costume jewelry itself.

"The Three Graces" doesn't have info per se, but it's a great site to browse if you want to see some examples of older, fine jewelry (as far back as the Georgian period):

http://www.georgianjewelry.com/jewelry/

 

[vintageclothesline]

Thanks! Thought I had that one but didn't.

 

[anna_newman]

thanks, for the additional pointers, Carrie. I'm like a new baby with the jewelry thing.

anna

 

[cmpollack]

There's SO much to learn, Anna--I have tons of jewelry books/mag subscriptions, belong to online forums, go to jewelry conferences, you name it, and I still don't have more than a vague clue most of the time (but at least at this point I know where to go research it!)