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…
This is the second of two brooches by my elusive 1930s Mystery Jewelry Maker discovered to date. Like the other brooch, this is also a bow but an entirely different design and was also used by them in necklaces as well. This bow stamping is the one I call their “nouveau” pattern because the…
The apparent lack of any brooches made by my anonymous 1930s jewelry maker has puzzled me for a long time, but I recently discovered that they did indeed produce at least two. Both are bow motifs which also appeared on some of their necklaces as well, and both were later reproduced by other manufacturers. This…
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