Once in a great while I come across one of the Mystery Jewelry Maker’s findings that another manufacturer has either adapted or resurrected decades later. The best example is their large bow which was picked up by the Forstner Jewelry Company and made into a sterling silver brooch. Some alternate versions of the smaller MJM…
Although I’ve discovered only two brooch versions of my 1930s Mystery Jewelry Maker’s bows (the Large Bow and the Nouveau Small Bow), I did notice several other bow brooches with two alternate stampings from the same ‘blank.’ Many thanks to Lauren Campbell-Reichert of Lucy Isaacs Jewelry who tipped me off that the Guyot Brothers findings…
Eight of these newfound colorways are on necklaces having the unusual decorative front clasp. The first of two new colorways for the Rococo Pyramid clasp features pink, green, and black triangles on their brass 5/8″ wide flat mesh. Like most of the mesh necklaces it is just about 16″ long. Notice that the clasp…
The animals, birds, and flowers aren’t the only ones finally emerging from winter hibernation: Why not a springtime update on new Mystery Jewelry Maker finds as well? The “least new” is probably this large bow paired with their brass watchband-style pointed-ends mesh chain, because its silvertone counterpart was catalogued waaaay back in post #2 of…
Launching into 2017 with an update on my 1930s mystery jewelry maker, including four newfound designs and several new colorways. All examples are necklaces; there seems to be a dearth of MJM bracelets lately! Although the mesh is their familiar ‘watchband style’, the color – pure white – and the central-station tassel is…
Despite my several years (and still ongoing) research of the 1930s ‘mystery jewelry maker’, I am super-picky about the examples that I actually purchase. A big part of the reason is financial but it’s also a matter of personal style preference: I’ve always had an affinity for their fully enamel-painted pieces and so those have…
How the time flies – is it really months since I last posted any new 1930s “mystery jewelry maker” discoveries?? Apparantly so…. and an omission that will be remedied forthwith! Back in an April 2015 post I showed an unusual chocolate-brown bracelet and theorized that there must have been a necklace to match.…
The first major 1930s Mystery Jewelry Maker (known here as the MJM) “update” for 2016 begins with some newfound examples of their bow-motif necklaces and bracelets; recent posts examined their small bow brooch and large bow brooch. Because their chevron is actually a half-bow (or vice versa!) I am including these first two pieces…
The Chatsworth Lady 