 Put this Jewelry Research banner on your homepage or links page for the convenience of you and your customers. Follow the link above for the html code. |
The information and images on these pages are original works we created. Written permission is necessary to use any information or pictures from this site in any other publications, written or electronic. |
"c." = within ten years before or after a date. Dates are for when that mark was first used, or when it was first seen in ads or articles. |
*DISCLAIMER: We try to publish accurate information; however, inaccuracies will occur. |
-- see New England Glass Works
*N* inside oval -- see NAPIER
Naco -- see NAPIER
N.E. -- see From
NADJA BUCKLEY -- see Buckley, Nadja
NANCY LEE - 1934 - see Providence Stock Company
NAPIER --The Napier-Bliss Co., Meridian, CN-- 1875 (Bliss)-- Oct. 15,1999 --
Mark: Bliss c. 1920
Mark: Napier inside a cartouche first used 1920
Mark: Napier -- block print first used June 1922 
Photo courtesy Erik Yang.
Mark: *A* inside triangle 1923 
Courtesy RCJ
Mark: *N* inside oval elongated side-to-side1923
Mark: Naco 1923
Mark: Napier ( c. 1920', 1930's) 
Photo courtesy Cathy Gordon.
Mark: Trianon -- first used 1924
Mark: Du Barry Bag
Mark: The Dolly Madison Bracelet - first used 1925, renewed 1986, now dead 
from US Trademark site
Mark: Palm Beach Vanity
Mark: by Napier in shield-shape 1942
Mark: Napier Quality--inside circle--first used 1946
Mark: Napier Sterling 
Photo courtesy Beth Rowlands.
Mark: Napier Pat. Pend. 
Courtesy RCJ
Mark: With copyright, after 1955 
RCJ
Mark: This Napier mark first used in 1965 (US Trademark records) 
Photos by RCJ
Mark: Mark on necklace with patent number from 1988 
Mark: Napier in script was used in the early 1990's WITHOUT the copyright symbol
Mark: Napier © - incised in the top of a pinstem of a brooch introduced in 1993 
Courtesy RCJ
Mark: This Napier mark first used in 1996 (US Trademark records) 
Courtesy RCJ
Napier marketed 14K gold jewelry on a limited scale in the 1960's and the early 1970's. Pieces were usually small: stud, hoop & dangle earrings; diaper pins; delicate brooches.
Some pieces had cultured pearls or small diamond accents. All 14K jewelry was manufactured by an outside source. Information from Melinda Abbott Lewis
Original company, Whitney And Rice was founded in 1875 in Attleboro, MA.
Became E.A. Bliss Co. by 1883 and moved to Meridian, CN, in 1890 -- see Bliss listing.
Bliss Co. became Bliss/Napier c. 1915.
Name changed to Napier Company in 1922
The company was closed 1/15/99 by it's parent company Victoria & Co.
Napier is still in business under Jones New York, but the jewelry is not the same quality as pre-1999.
Unmarked jewelry on Napier cards is still being sold in department stores.
Information from Rainwater, Dolan and Keystone Jewelry
NATASHA BROOKS -- see Brooks, Natasha
Natura -- see MARVELLA
Nautique -- see TRIFARI
NAVIGATOR - 1934 - see Providence Stock Company
Negrin, Michal -- contemporary designer -- Israel
Mark:
Photo courtesy Erik Yang.
NEMO -- see Brier Mfg. Co.
NEMO-- Milton A. Fischer, NY, NY
Nemo -- block print with closed "O" --April 1920 -- appears on scarf pin findings
Neptuna - see Royal Craftsmen
Neptune -- see MARVELLA
NETTIE ROSENSTEIN -- see Rosenstein, Nettie
New England Glass Works - 1911 - 1957/1958; Providence, RI
Mark: American Beauty - 1921 - used for imitation pearls (Dolan)
Mark: NE inside a chalice Courtesy Debbie Robinson
Mark: Outline of a chalice 
Courtesy Stefanie Brawner
In 1938 the New England Glass Works Co., became Rice-Weiner & Co., but the NEGW name continued to be used. (Brunialti)
A number of years ago Susan Felby in Australia purchased a very old cardboard box of jewelry. The box had a label of a goblet with an NE inside the outline, the words "New England Glass Works", a 2 or 3 digit phone number and "New York". Some of the jewelry had the goblet/NE mark, some pieces had the goblet without the NE. On the inside of the box was a handwritten note in lead pencil that read, "factory closed 1920's".
Thanks to Susan in Australia and to Sammie for helping pull this information together.
Nicky Butler -- see Butler, Nicky
Niels Erik -- see From
NIELSON, LAYNE -- c. Sept. 1967
Nife-slide -- see Anson
Night Owls -- see CORO
NINA RICCI -- see Ricci, Nina
NLH -- Hyman Companies, Inc. -- Allentown, PA
Opened first boutique in 1987.
Company owns and operates Landau Costume Jeweler, Landau, NLH Jewels and Boccelli
http://www.landaujewelry.com
Nordic Silver Co., New York--c.1945
Mark: Sterling by Nordic
Designer--Frederick Bieberbach
Info courtesy of Jeri Steenwerth & Linda Kripke.
NORMA -- Mark of Joseph H. Meyer Bros., Brooklyn, NY
Mark: Norma in script-- used since 1938
NORMA -- Norma Jewelry Corp., NY, NY -- c. 1950
Mark: NORMA 
Photo courtesy Beth Rowlands.
Norma Jean Designs -- Providence, RI 1984 -- still in business as of June 2003
Mark: Norma Jean 
Courtesy Carolyn Henry
Norma Jean Bassett, first show in 1984.
Norseland -- see CORO
The Nov-E-line Mfg. Co.-- 1650 Broadway, NYC, NY; c. 1934
Mark: Nov-E-Line
Nu Kay -- see KREMENTZ
NU-LOK -- see Swank, Inc.
Numum see FORSTNER--FORSTNER CHAIN CORP
NYE -- STUART NYE SILVER SHOP 1933 -- present
Mark: Shamrock with NYE in the 3 petals
Mark: NYE 
Photo courtesy Stefanie Brawner.
Founded by Stuart Nye in 1933 in Ashville, NC; he died in 1962
Products are all handmade
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 JEWELRY MANUFACTURERS by Dorothy T. Rainwater
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
