It turns out that my unknown/mystery jewelry maker had a presence (either in their own booth or through on-site vendors) at the 1934 World’s Fair in Chicago. This further establishes the heyday of their manufacturing as having been the mid-1930s. Chicago had previously hosted a precursor to what would later be called a World’s Fair;…
I was gobsmacked when I realized that it has been almost two years since I last accumulated enough ‘newfound’ Mystery Jewelry Maker examples to warrant an update post! That is, if one doesn’t count the March 2020 ‘Maybes and Wannabes’ overview. But there are now enough ‘new’ items (17) and one of them was rather…
In the course of my ongoing research into the Mystery Jewelry Maker, I sometimes come across items that fall into the category of “it could be, but I’m not sure.” Those photos and accompanying information get shunted into my ‘MJM maybe’ folder, there to await the possible later discovery of other examples that may either…
Not many ‘new’ Mystery Jewelry Maker examples have surfaced in recent months, but there have been a few; they include two newfound colorways of the dainty “lotus flower” necklace. Two shades of the MJM’s favorite blue, on silvertone. Length is 16.25” as are all of this necklace’s colorways. This russet red version is…
It’s been a while since my last MJM update, so this instalment contains two ‘new faces’ as well as newfound colorways of previously-discovered designs. Let’s check out the newcomers first. The circle-with-balls center station on this crossover design is new; I expect that it was probably produced in a silvertone finish as well. It’s 16”…
Occasionally during my research into the Mystery Jewelry Maker I’ve had to revise my original opinion of whether a certain piece or design was or wasn’t theirs. In most cases something unexpected turns up that displays evidence for or against. A recent email conversation with a blog reader provided exactly that resolution to an “MJM…
Several years ago when I first began idly poking around the internet to see if there might be another necklace by whoever had made my mom’s, it never occurred to me that I’d end up finding 200 different examples! (Or that I’d reach that point but still not know who the heck they were, lol)…
As promised, here’s a selection of newfound designs and colorways added to my 1930s MJM (mystery jewelry maker) database. I’ll start off with a new colorway of the dome-on-box-chain necklace previously seen in green/black (in Part Two) and in blue/black (in Midsummer 2015 Roundup). This version uses black only, making it a match for their…
The Chatsworth Lady 