Signature CC brooch

[PatD]

First time poster here. I'm trying to identify the signature on my brooch. There are two interlinked Cs and I think I see a faint outline of the eagle mark which is why I've put it up here. I've tried the net and this site but no joy so wondered if someone here knew. Many thanks.

[Traintime]

That second mark blows up to look like multiple images..shield with partial Sterling mark, shield with upside down P, etc. Have you tried a light pencil rubbing on tissue paper to recover the image? The first mark was double struck and that is problematic as we don't know if it is one C struck twice or two struck once. Assuming you searched Mexican and Native American possibilities already.

[auaustin]

Hi.

The interlocking C's is the mark of Carence Crafters of Chicago.
According to the site, ............... Carence Crafters was established in 1908 and was only in business for "a couple of years."
RCJ mentions names of principles and shows photos of the mark contributed by http://www.chicagosilver.com.

Both sites may be useful to further research you may care to undertake.

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[dognose]

Some detail of Charlotte Pearl Conkright, Studio Designer at Carence Crafters 1908-1909:

KINNEY, Charlotte Pearl Conkright (Mrs. Charles Arthur Kinney), Des Moines, Ia. Jan. 7, 1886; dau. George W. and Emma (Childs) Conkright; ed. Ionia public school; Art Inst. of Chicago (academic); Art Inst. Normal Course; m. July 21, 1913, Charles Arthur Kinney. Prof. of drawing and painting, Art School of Drake Univ., 1909-10; director of art, 1910-12; lecturer on art; won several competitions for book and magazine illustrations. Interested in various societies for the preservation of Am. birds, humane societies, etc. At present preparing the manuscript for Outlines for the Teaching of Art in the Public Schools; author of several articles on different phases of art teaching and art education. Mem. Art Students' League, Alumni of Chicago Art Inst., Professional Woman's League, League for Medical Freedom. Recreations: Sketching, boating, hunting with a camera, studying birds and animals in their natural haunts. Christian Scientist. Against woman suffrage.

Source: Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915 - John W. Leonard - 1914

Charlotte Pearl Conkright studied under Alphonse Mucha (1906-1908) and Oliver Dennett Grover (1908-1909).

Trev.