Researching Costume Jewelry   © 1997--2009

Jewelry History - Jewelry Research - Jewelry Marks - Jewelry Signatures

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Researching costume jewelry history is facinating!   Fashion jewelry styles reflected the societies and eras in which they were worn, and often depicted events that were newsworthy during that time.   "RCJ" attempts to bring some of that jewelry history to you with pictures of jewelry signatures, jewelry marks designers used and trademarks companies used on their jewelry and in their advertising.   On RCJ you'll find galleries of special jewelry collections, jewelry patents, original articles and vintage jewelry ads.  

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Articles, Designers     Vintage Catalogs, Brochures     Ads, Galleries, Patents     


Articles, Designers


Adele Simpson Jewelry
by Julia C. Carroll
from Costume Jewelry 101

Jewels by Bogoff
by Stephen Bogoff

HAR Jewelry
by Dotty Stringfield


Les Bernard Jewelry
by Ann Mitchell Pitman
from Inside The Jewelry Box

Lisner Jewelry
by Susan Klein
from Mid-Century Plastic Jewelry

For The Love Of Lisner
by Susan Klein
fromAntiques & Collecting Magazine

Louis Rousselet Jewelry History
by Ginger Moro
from European Designer Jewelry


Miriam Haskell Jewelry History
by Cathy Gordon & Sheila Pamfiloff
from Miriam Haskell Jewelry

The Many Faces of Selro
by Kathie Davis


Vintage Lapel Watches
Article & Gallery

"Decorated Like A Christmas Tree"
1952 Life Magazine Jewelry Article

Vintage Ads, Galleries, Patents


Vintage Catalogs, Brochures



In early 1998, I published on my website a list of costume jewelry designers and companies, including the jewelry marks and jewelry signatures they used.    Pat Seal and I combined our research efforts in January of 1999, and    "Researching Costume Jewelry"   is the result.      RCJ has been garnered from many books on jewelry history (see bibliography) ,   information shared by fellow costume jewelry enthusiasts,   from untold hours of research Pat has done in periodical libraries,   many hours of online research I have done in following leads on companies, dialogs with people in the jewelry industry and their families.

This costume jewelry research is not comprehensive, and new jewelry information is added when discovered and confirmed.   As jewelry historians, we try to publish accurate information on jewelry history to the best of our knowledge; however, inaccuracies will occur due to possibly faulty memories of the people in this industry, lack of historical records from the jewelry companies and our own honest mistakes.   Dates given are for when a mark was first used, or when it was first seen in ads or articles.

If you have verifiable jewelry information or pictures of jewelry marks that you would like to see included, please   contact Dotty Stringfield.   Credit will be given to all contributors.



OTHER GREAT RESOURCE SITES   Articles, Names, Patent dates, Cleaning, Repair, Newsletters


Illusion Jewels Vintage Costume Jewelry, Dotty Stringfield or Pat Seal is mentioned, or our jewelry shown in the following:

"Inside The Jewelry Box" by Ann Mitchell Pitman 
"Cameos, Classic to Costume" by Monica Clements & Patricia Clements
"Warman's Jewelry -- 2rd Ed." by Christie Romero
"Warman's Jewelry -- 3rd Ed." by Christie Romero
"Costume Jewelry 101" -- by Julia C. Carroll
"Costume Jewelry 202" -- by Julia C. Carroll
"Coro Jewelry: A Collector's Guide" -- by Marcia Sparkles Brown
"Mid-Century Plastic Jewelry" -- by Susan Klein
Pat has written articles for VFCJ and SilverForum
Dotty has written articles for VFCJ

BIBLIOGRAPHY

PAT SEAL: research files
DOTTY STRINGFIELD: research files
LUCILLE TEMPESTA: owner-publisher of the Vintage Fashion & Costume Jewelry Magazine and club
BOBYE SYVERSON: research files.
A TRIBUTE TO AMERICA by Carla and Roberto Brunialti
AMERICAN COSTUME JEWELRY by Carla and Roberto Brunialti
AMERICAN COSTUME JEWELRY Art & Industry, 1935-1950 A-M by Carla & Roberto Brunialti
AMERICAN COSTUME JEWELRY Art & Industry, 1935-1950 N-Zby Carla & Roberto Brunialti
AMERICAN JEWELRY MANUFACTURERS by Dorothy T. Rainwater
CLASSIC AMERICAN COSTUME JEWELRY by Jacqueline Rehmann
COLLECTIBLE COSTUME JEWELRY by Cherri Simonds
COLLECTING COSTUME JEWELRY 101 By Julia Carroll
COLLECTING COSTUME JEWELRY 202 By Julia Carroll
COLLECTING RHINESTONE COLORED JEWELRY by Maryanne Dolan
COPPER ART JEWELRY by Burkholz and Kaplan
COSTUME JEWELRY A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK AND GUIDE by Fred Rezazadeh
COSTUME JEWELRY (2nd Ed.) by Harrice Simons Miller
EUROPEAN DESIGNER JEWELRY by Ginger Moro
INSIDE THE JEWELRY BOX By Ann Pitman
MASTERPIECES OF COSTUME JEWELRY by Ball and Torem
MID-CENTURY PLASTIC JEWELRY By Susan Klein
MIRIAM HASKELL JEWELRY by Cathy Gordon and Sheila Pamfiloff
OLD JEWELRY by Jeanenne Bell
WARMAN'S JEWELRY 2nd Ed. by Christie Romero
WARMAN'S JEWELRY 3rd Ed. by Christie Romero

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