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Jewelry
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1850- trombone safety catch patented |
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1849- safety pin invented |
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1875- celluloid jewelry produced |
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1893- cultured pearls first developed in Japan |
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1894- screwback earring findings patented |
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1901- lever safety catch for brooches patented |
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1909- Bakelite patented |
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1927- Cartier patented spring system for double clip brooch |
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1931- Coro patented mechanism for double clip brooches |
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1934- clipback earring finding patented |
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"C" CATCH pin back fastener, 1800s. |
"C" CATCH pin back fastener, 1800s. |
Victorian brooch
BACK with tube hinged pin
and c-catch fastener. |
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"C" CATCH pin back fastener, 1800s. |
Victorian brooch with
TUBE HINGE back fastener, 1800s. |
Victorian brooch with
TUBE HINGE back fastener, 1800s. |
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Victorian brooch with a
TUBE CATCH, European late 1800's. |
TROMBONE catch patented circa
1850. |
RIVETED HINGE pin back circa 1900. |
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ENAMELED
14k violet pin with seed pearl, 2/3". This pin has a
LEVER CATCH on the back.
View #Q10025.
The LEVER CATCH was patented in about
1901. |
SAFETY CATCH invented in about 1910 |
RIVETED BACK brooch. |
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F.E. FARNHAM , 1937
No. 2,066,969
Safety catch for pins and the method of making the same. |
One piece pin mechanism with safety catch, similar to that shown in the
patent at right. |
E. Morehouse, 1945
No. 2,383,012
safety catch
Eugene Morehouse |
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Benj. Allen & Co. Exclusively Wholesale,
1950 Edition |
Vintage jewelry findings of the 50s, including safety catches, pin stems and
joints, ear wires and nuts. Pin stems, screw-back earrings findings, safety
and plain catches.
Benj. Allen & Co. Exclusively Wholesale,
1950 |
Vintage jewelry findings including keyless padlocks, sister hooks,
clutches and necklace clasps. Hexagon clutches, hide-knot bead tips.
Benj. Allen & Co. Exclusively Wholesale,
1950 |
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Tongue and groove catch,
also called v-spring and box, circa 1800s. |
Tongue and groove catch
circa 1800s. |
Tongue and groove catch
circa 1960 |
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SPRING HOOK bracelet catch on a circa
1930s bracelet |
HASKELL blue and pink glass
bead and faux pearl double hinged bracelet, 1-1/4" wide.
View #H23638 |
G.K. LOWE, 1935
No. 1,994,826
Bracelet
George K. Lowe |
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SPRING RING first
used
1840s, also called a BOLT RING. |
JEWELER'S findings, split rings, spring rings, jump rings.
Becken's Catalogue 1902 |
VICTORIAN silver beaded
edge chain with an etched design on each link, 17-3/4" by 3/4" chain. At the
bottom is a round link called a SPRING RING that opens so that a locket can be
attached. Also called a BOLT RING.
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VICTORIAN View #29476 |
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SPRING RING first
used circa
1840, also called a BOLT RING. |
SPRING RING first
used circa
1840s. |
SPRING RING, early 1900s. |
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Victorian PIN & BARREL catch. |
Necklace clasp findings: note tube catch and hook and eye fastener.
SF Myers & Co. Catalogue, 1893 |
HOOK AND BOX catch for a
necklace circa 1920-30. |
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KIDNEY WIRES
on silver and malachite earrings, circa 1880. |
HINGED EAR WIRE
earrings for pierced ears, usually associated with European jewelry, circa
1880. |
VICTORIAN 14k yellow gold
and woven hair earrings with a HINGED EAR WIRE findings, circa early 1800s. #V32067 |
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VICTORIAN hair
earrings with kidney wire findings, circa 1880.
View
#V27335 |
The SCREW BACK shown here was patented in
about 1894, though these earrings originally had a different style back for
pierced ears. The ends of the original ear wires can be seen at the top of
each earring. |
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Vintage jewelry findings of the 50s, including safety catches, pin stems and
joints, ear wires, earrings findings and nuts. |
Vintage jewelry findings including keyless padlocks, sister hooks, clutches
and necklace clasps.
Benj. Allen & Co. Exclusively Wholesale,
1950 Edition |
Vintage jewelry findings including snap catches for neck
clasps and bracelets. |
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THREADED
POST post for a pierced earring circa 1880. |
POST & CLUTCH circa
1920-present. |
The CLIP BACK mechanism for earrings was
patented circa 1934. |
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EARRING ,
"pat 1649187", circa 1928.
View
View #Y23443 |
Safety back device for ear ornaments, 1927
No. 1649187
P. REITER |
EARRING ,
"pat 1649187", circa 1928.
View
View #Y23443 |
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M. JELLINEK, 1946
No. 2,400,513
clip jewelry
Markus Jellinek |
Screw back
and clip earring clip
In the 1950's, as a result of complaints that the other style was too
uncomfortable, Haskell changed to the use of the "screw back-clip"
earrings. |
French earring clip In the 1940's the switch was made to the "French clip", the
thinner wire clip back we see on many older Haskell earrings. |
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TWO-pronged FUR CLIP
circa 1940. |
BACK of a
DRESS CLIP circa 1930-40. |
COROCRAFT
DUETTE bow brooch that converts to two
dress clips. "Duette" is a Coro trademark, and describes two fur clips that
can be worn separately or attached to a pin backing. |
View |
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CORO Duette large blue faux star
sapphire and clear rhinestones marked with patn. 1798867, 3-5/8".
View #Y21861 |
G. CANDAS, 1930
No. 1,798,867
brooch
Gaston Candas |
CORO Duette clear rhinestones and
green baguettes marked "patn 1852188" and "1798867",
3". View #C21860 |
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Cartier patented a mechanism for double brooches in about 1927, and Coro
patented theirs in about 1931.
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E. PENNINO, 1937
No. 2,119,178
combination clip and brooch structure
Oreste Pennino |
A. PHILIPPE (TRIFARI), 1936
No. 2,050,804
Brooch (Duette style)
Alfred Philippe |
E.A. PHINNEY, 1931
No. 1,852,188
brooch or clasp
Elisha A. Phinney |
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R. DeROSA, 1935
No. 2,028,593
ornament (butterfly clip)
Ralph De Rosa |
BUTTERFLY pin...
when the wings are squeezed, the pins open to be fastened. Marked on
the back with the letters "EB?" in a bell.
View
View #Y1546 |
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BRITISH 9 carat gold mark |
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