Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks & Makers' Marks
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American Modernist Jewelers & Silversmiths
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American Modernist Jewelers & Silversmiths
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{If a maker's name is underlined, it will link to images of their work}


Allan Adler
(1916-2003)

Los Angeles, CA
active from c.1938

Franz Bergmann
(1898-1977)

San Francisco, CA
active from c.1940

Frances Holmes Boothby
Weston, Vermont
active c.1950s/1960s

m n boyer sterling Merle N. Boyer
Honolulu, Hawaii
active from 1950s

Jules Brenner
(1917-1991)

New York, NY & Provincetown, RI
active 1950s/60s

John Bryan
(1897-1982)

Asheville, NC
active 1950s/60s

Irvin Burkee
(1918-2007)

Blackhawk, CO ~ c1951-1957
Aspen, CO ~ c1957-1978
Verde Valley, AZ ~ 1978-1994
Lake Montezuma, AZ ~ 1994-2007
Sculptor & Jeweler, many of his jewelry pieces were collaborative works made with his wife, Bonnie Burkee

Shirley Lege Carpenter
(1939-2001)

Dallas, Texas
active c1960-1980s

Maxwell Chayat
(1909-1982)

New Jersey
Jeweler, Silversmith & Sculptor



Betty Cooke
(b.1904)

Baltimore, Maryland
active 1950s-present

William DeHart
probably Massachusetts
active 1950s
Jeweler & Silversmith

Margaret DePatta Margaret De Patta
(1903-1964)

San Francisco, CA
active from c.1930

Jose de Rivera
(1904-1985)

New York, NY
active from1930s
Abstract Expressionist Sculptor & Jeweler, worked primarily in stainless steel.

Georges Delrue
(b.1920)

Montreal, Canada
active c1950-present

Karl Drerup
(1904-2000)

New Hampshire
active after 1940
Enamelist

Laurence Foss
(b.1920)

Massachusetts
active from c.1945
Produced for Jensen USA in the late 40s

Lillian R. Foster
(1898-1976)

Philadelphia, PA
Weston, CT
Master Craftsman - Society of Arts & Crafts Boston



Elsa Freund

(1912-2001)

Eureka Springs, AK & Deland, FL
active from c.1950

American Studio Jewelers Mary Gage
(1898-1993)

New York, NY 1920s/30s
Westport CT & Hartland VT, 1940s
Waldoboro & Portland, ME 1950s-1993

American Studio Jewelry Hans Gehrig
(1929-1989)

Montreal, Canada
Active from c1960

Studio Jewelers Marks Ray Graves
Scottsdale, Arizona
active c.1960s/70s
Silversmith & Jeweler

Studio Jewelers Marks Hurst & Kingsbury
New York, NY
active c.1940s/50s
Joan Hurst (1923-2000) and Jill Kingsbury (1909-2004), exhibited in "Modern Jewelry Design" (1946), Museum of Modern Art, NY.

American Studio Jeweler's Marks Ada Husted-Andersen
(1898-1990)

New York, NY

Phyllis W. Jacobs Phyllis Jacobs
Palo Alto, CA
active 1950s-1960s

jeweler & sculptor

Miye Matsukada
(1922-1981)

Boston, Massachusetts
active c.1950-1981
Janiye was the name of Matsukada's shop on Newbury St. It continued on after her death and continued the use of the mark.

American Studio Jeweler's Marks Joan Polsdorfer
(1904-1982)

Marin County, CA
active c1940-c1960
Produced for Jensen USA in the late 40s, independently after

American Studio Jeweler's Marks

Arthur King
(1921-1986)

New York, NY
active from c.1950

American Studio Jeweler's Marks Sam Kramer
(1913-1964)

New York, NY
active late 1930s-1964

Hilda Kraus
New York, NY ~ 1940s/early 50s
Westport, CT ~ 1950s







Alphonse La Paglia
(d.1953)

New Jersey ~ 1930s/40s
Connecticut ~ 1950's
Silversmith & Jeweler, produced for Jensen USA in the late 1940s and for International Silver in the early 1950s.

Robert Larin
Montreal, Canada
active c.1968-1972
Worked in cast pewter, often plated.

American Studio Jewelry Marks

Ed Levin
(b.1921)

New York, NY c1950-1964
Bennington, VT 1964-Present

John Lewis
East Gloucester, MA 1955-c1958
Ogunquit, Maine c1958-c1972
Boston, Massachusetts c1972-present

Esther Lewittes
(1904-1990)

Los Angeles, CA
active late 1930s-1960s

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Georg Jensen Marks
David-Andersen Marks
Norwegian Makers
Finnish Hallmarks
Swedish Hallmarks
German Hallmarks pre-1886
French Hallmarks
Dutch Hallmarks
British Hallmarks Explained
World Hallmarks

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