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THE 1952 BRITISH CORONATION COMMEMORATIVE MARK
HALLMARK FOR CORONATION
Queen's Approval
The Queen has approved a special hallmark to commemorate her coronation, it was announced yesterday.
The Home Office have informed Mr G.R. Hughes, clerk of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, that the Queen's head crowned may be struck by any assay office, from today to December 31, 1953, upon any gold or silver ware bearing one of the date letters in currant use during some part of that period.
Wares bearing the coronation mark may not be sold in this country before January 1, 1953, although specimens may be distributed for publicity purposes. There will be no objection to sending supplies abroad bearing the coronation mark before that date.
DATE ANNOUNCED SOON
This gives manufacturers several weeks in which to make and dispatch goods bearing the additional mark "For sale abroad" early in coronation year. The actual date on which Assay Offices can accept wares for marking with the special mark will be announced as soon as possible.
A committee representing the Assay Offices and the trade associations have chosen as the most suitable design for the coronation mark a model of the Queen's head by Mr G. Paulin of Woronzow Road, London. His design has been selected from 10 plaster models considered by the committee and has been approved by the Royal Mint Advisory Committee and the Coronation Medal Panel
Source: The Glasgow Herald - 1st October 1952
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E. AUGUST NERESHEIMER
20, Maiden Lane, New York
Retirement of E. Aug. Neresheimer from the Diamond Business
E. Aug. Neresheimer, the senior partner and founder of the firm of E. Aug. Nereeheiiner & Co., importers of diamonds, 20 Maiden Lane, New York, will retire from the firm and from the diamond business on Jun. 1, 1898. The business will be continued by the remaining partners, David C. Townsend and Louis Neresheimer.
Mr. Neresheimer is one of the largest and most prominent importers in the diamond trade, with which he has been identified for about 25 years. In speaking of his withdrawal from the diamond business to a Circular reporter, Mr. Neresheimer said his action is due principally to the illegitimate practices that have been prevalent under the high tariff on diamonds, which have made it impossible for an honest importer to realize sufficient profit in the diamond business. After leaving the diamond business Mr. Neresheimer will devote his entire time and efforts to the manufacture of calcic carbide.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 28th July 1897
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FRÉDÉRIC BOUCHERON
Rue de la Paix, Paris
M. Boucheron, Parisian Jeweller
M. Boucheron, the well-known jeweller of the Rue de la Paix, Paris, died there Tuesday in his seventy-second year. Few jewelry establishments in Paris were better known than Boucheron's. Many of the finest sets of stones which have become noted in America, in England and elsewhere received their setting in the hands of his craftsmen, while he himself was an authority.
Source: Boston Evening Transcript - 21st August 1902
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GEORGE H. SACKETT
Sackett, Davis & Potter, later, Sackett, Davis & Co.
Providence, R. I.
Death of George H. Sackett
George H. Sackett, the former head of the firm of Sackett, Davis & Co., manufacturing jewelers, Providence, R. I., died on Sunday at his home, 237 Clermont Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. in his 82d year.
Mr. Sackett was at one time the New York representative as well as the head of the firm of Sackett, Davis & Co., which had offices at 15 Maiden Lane in 1873.
The firm name was originally Sackett, Davis & Potter, and had offices at 170 and 199 Broadway, New York. The firm has been out of business over 20 years, but was at one time one of the largest manufacturing jewelry concerns m Providence, R. I.
Deceased was born in Providence, R. I., Aug. 24, 1826, and had lived in Brooklyn tor half a century. He was affiliated with the Second Unitarian Church.
Surviving him are a widow, Sarah Sheldon; two sons, George O., Providence, and Herbert S., Brooklyn, and three daughters, Mrs. Stanley M. Dewey, Rutherford, N. J., and the Misses Edith S. and Mary J.
The funeral services were held from the late home of the deceased last evening, at 8 o'clock, the Rev. Dr. Caleb S. S. Dutton, of the Second Unitarian Church, officiating. The interment will be at Providence, R. I.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 13th May 1908
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D. & L. SPIERS
Birmingham
"Pure as a Lily" is the trade mark adopted by Messrs. D. & L. Spiers, of Victoria Street, for their silver jewellery. I wonder how many goods are made in the town that are not "pure as a lily." At the more respectable houses you can always rely on getting pure goods, but at many places I could mention, even now, it is a libel to call the metal that is used in the manufacture silver.
Source: The Jeweller and Metalworker - 1st May 1885
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THE WARNER SILVER Mfg.Co.
Chicago
The Warner Silver Mfg. Co. Seriously Afftected by Fire
Chicago, Ill., Feb. 13.–An early morning fire at 170 Madison St., Friday, spread to adjoining buildings on the west and did $115,000 damage before placed under control. The Warner Silver Mfg. Co.. with factory on the third floor of 172-174-170 Madison St., were damaged to the extent of $4,000, principally to machinery. The stock carried by the company amounted to about $12,000, but this almost entirely escaped the flames, being located in the unburned section of the building. The plant of the company, occupying two rooms, one 30x180 and the other 25x90, was badly damaged. It was quite fully insured, the firm having policies for $3,000 on machinery and $9,000 on stock.
The fire originated in a printing establishment at No. 170. "We but recently leased quarters for our factory at Market and Washington Sts.," said Paul B. Warner, of the company. Friday, "and intended moving March 1. We'll have to get new machinery, but will move as soon as a settlement is effected with the adjusters. "Those dies?" in answer to a query as to a number lying on his desk. "We have these, and others are in preparation, for manufacturing sterling toilet ware and novelties, which we will soon enter upon. We do quite a business with the trade and there is a demand from our customers for sterling goods which we feel we should supply."
Work in the factory of H. B. Bolstad Plating Co.. 170 Madison St., was interrupted for a few days by the burning of electric wires shutting off light and power, but the work room was uninjured.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 17th February 1897
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COROCRAFT Ltd.
MAPPIN & WEBB
London
When My Fair Lady began her much-publicised London run, a glittering array of British-made costume jewellery simulated the sparkle of Edwardian diamonds across the footlights. It is the work of Corocraft Ltd., who recently have "jewellery dressed" no fewer than four London productions. They have made a whole collection specially to go with Cecil Beaton's fabulous dresses. On the tables during the Ascot scene are richly fluted tea and coffee sets, made by Mappin & Webb from designs chosen from one of their old catalogues. Mappin's have also supplied the wealth of cups and trophies, the desk equipment and the silverware that decorate Professor Higgins's study, and the Spode china used throughout the show.
Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - May 1958
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WILLIAM M. FISHER & Co.
Providence, R.I.
Death of William M. Fisher
Providence, R. I., Sept 21.–William M. Fisher, one of the best known manufacturing jewelers in Providence and New York, died at the Butler Asylum, this city, Sunday, at the age of sixty-three, after an illness of several months' duration, during which his mind was clouded.
The deceased had been in the jewelry business since 1854, and had been the senior partner of of William M. Fisher & Co. since 1874. The factory was in Providence and the office at No. 176 Broadway, New York.
Up to the time he was stricken with illness Mr. Fisher made regular trips to Chicago and the West, and was one of the oldest travelers in the business. He was prominent in all of Attleboro's financial institutions.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 23rd September 1891
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ARDE BULOVA
Bulova Watch Company
OBITUARY
Mr. Arde Bulova, chairman of the Bulova Watch Company and founder and trustee of the Joseph Bulova School of Watchmaking, at the age of 69. The son of a Czech watchmaker, he was born in New York, devoting his life to the American watch industry and to the training and rehabilitation of the disabled. He has been succeeded as chairman by General Omar Bradley.
Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - May 1958
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EDWARD W. SHANNON
Rogers & Brother
Death of E. W. Shannon, Superintendent of Rogers & Bro.
Waterbury, Conn., Dec. 28.–A telegram received this week from Upper Saranac Lake, Adirondacks, announced the death of Edward W. Shannon, superintendent of Rogers & Brother's factory.
Edward W. Shannon was born in Southington, in 1840. He came to Waterbury in 1854. Shortly afterwards he entered the employ of Rogers & Brother under his brother, William, then superintendent of the works. He soon rose to a foreman's position. He continued with Rogers & Brother until about eight years ago, when the Rogers & Hamilton Co. was formed, when he became superintendent of that concern. On Feb. 1, 1891, he returned to Rogers & Brother, in the capacity of superintendent.
In March last he retired from active employment and went under treatment for lung troubles. Mr. Shannon was held in universal esteem by the employes in his charge, being most considerate of their wants, and strict though just, in all his dealings with them. He was a thirty-second degree Mason. His widow alone survives him of his immediate family.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 3rd January 1894
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SILVERSMITHS' STRIKE - 1902
New York
Notice has been sent to the metal chasers of Meriden and Wallingford by the United Chasers' league, to keep away from New York on account of the silversmiths' strike. The notice says that there are out now 1,200 silversmiths, 900 polishers and 300 chasers.
Source: Meriden Morning Record - 13th November 1902
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C.D. PEACOCK
Chicago
OLD STORY REWARD
Chicago Newspapers Again Print Yarn About Girl Who Got Real Pearl Necklace for an Imitation
Chicago, Feb. 4.–A "cock and bull" story which goes the rounds once a year soon after the holiday season has once more made its appearance. The story reflects no credit on the jewelry trade, and by a strange chance, it is directed each year at a different firm. Always, however, the firm is well known and fashionable. This year the victim is C. D. Peacock, Inc., at State and Adams Sts. The story is to the effect that a working girl received for Christmas a string of imitation peals from her beau. She took them to C. D. Peacock, Inc., so the yarn unwinds, to have the clasp altered. The men at the counter looked at the pearls, and then at the girl, with a strange expression. The following conversation is then supposed to have taken place between the salesman and the girl.
"Have you a sales ticket for these pearls?"
"No, but I know the price. They were $25."
"You are slightly wrong, madam. This necklace is worth $100,000. It was bought for a wealthy lady, who received by a strange mix-up the $25 imitation necklace which your friend bought for you."
The story goes on to say that the jewelry company at once ga\e the girl a $100 necklace, and later sent her and inlaid watch, with a promise that she could order a Christmas present for herself once a year without charge thereafter.
Walter Peacock, of C. D. Peacock, Inc., calls the story malicious and says that there is no basis of fact. Such a mistake, according to him, would be impossible.
"We have all our genuine pearls on one side of the store," said Mr. Peacock, "and all the imitation pearls on the other side. We take stock on them four times a day. They could not get mixed. Our shipping system is absolutely fool-proof."
Mr. Peacock said the story was bad publicity for the store, because he did not believe the public would think well of a store which could get a real necklace mixed up with an imitation necklace. He said that for the past five or six years the story has been floating around, being hung first on one jeweler and then on another, first in New York and then in other cities.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 4th February 1920
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CHARLES HORNER Ltd.
Halifax
OBITUARY
Mrs. Emma Horner, widow of Mr. J.D. Horner, of Charles Horner Ltd., Halifax, who died in 1913. She was 88. Mrs. Horner was well known as a breeder of Italian greyhounds.
Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - November 1957
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SILVERSMITHS' COMPANY
New York
Hearing on the Bill of the Silversmiths' Company
ALBANY, N. Y., March 26.–There was a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Wednesday, on the Silversmiths' Company enabling act. Louis Marshall, who represented the directors of the company, was the only person who appeared.
Mr. Marshall explained that the company were organized in 1893, with a capital of $12,000,000, for the purpose of manufacturing articles of silver and gold. The company had this immense capital in order that they might acquire certain property in the shape of a number of silverware manufacturing concerns. The company paid for the right of incorporating ½ of 1 per cent, of the capital stock, or about $15,000. After paying this $15,000 the company were unable to acquire the property they desired and therefore never did a stroke of business. Later the capital stock was reduced to $100,000 the directors thinking that the company would be a success as sellers and not as manufacturers. But even in this State the company did not do any business.
Mr. Marshall said that he thought the State should give the company a chance to appear before the Board of Claims and press the claim for the return of the incorporation tax. Senator Krum did not scorn to agree with Mr. Marshall. He said that it was not the fault of the State that the company did not do business and therefore the company should not expect back the incorporation tax.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 31st March 1897
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MERIDEN SILVER PLATE Co.
BARBOUR SILVER PLATE Co.
Meriden, Connecticut
For the first time since last July the power at the factory of the old Meriden Silver Plate Co., Meriden, was turned on Jan. 10 for other departments beside the glass cutting room, which has been running during the fall. About twenty employees of the Barbour Silver Plate Co , Hartford, began work there that day, and the balance of the 180 or more employees will be sent to Meriden by March 1
Source: The Trader & Canadian Jeweller - February 1900
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FRED J. BURN
Gorham Mfg.Co. and Elkington & Co.Ltd.
Birmingham
Elkington & Co.Ltd. announce the retirement of Mr. Fred J. Burn, aged 72, after 26 years' service with the company. One of Elkington's senior representitives, Mr. Burn has long been a well-known figure in the jewellery trade. He was instrumental in opening up many new retail outlets in this country and overseas, including Canada, U.S.A., Holland and the north European continent.
After serving as a Captain in the Royal Field Artillery in the First World War, he purchased the Birmingham branch of the well-known American firm of Gorham Manufacturing Co., and operated it for 14 years.
Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - April 1961
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ARROWHEAD JEWELRY COMPANY
New York and San Rafael, California
Sudden Jewelry Plant Shutdown Leaves Tenderloin Workers Jobless
by Jeannie Look with Chanthanom Ounkeo and Sophath Pak
When a San Rafael jewelry manufacturer shut its doors and went bankrupt in early January, 250 employees–mostly South-east Asians and many from the Tenderloin – were left without jobs or even their final paychecks.
No prior notice was given to employees of Arrowhead Jewelry company, and workers were later told that in order to get their last checks, they would have to file forms with the bankruptcy court and wait.
"I will never forget the scene when they told us suddenly that today was our last day," says Chanthy Nhonlhachit, a Lao refugee who reckons she's owed $1800. "People cried at their desk or laughed out of embarrassment."
An Arrowhead employee for four years, Nhonthachit said she felt "a little bitter that we all lost so much money on our last paycheck. Somebody must have known earlier this was going to happen."
According to Arrowhead spokesperson Steve Ekstedt, the New York-based company "basically did not have enough sales to meet expenses."
The 10-year-old company manufactured 15k gold and silver jewelry at its San Rafael factory. At least 60 percent of its employees were South-east Asian refugees, according to Ekstedt. Many had little job experience and language skills and adapted easily to the assembly line work.
"Most of my department were Laotian, like me, so there was never any language problem," said Nhonthachit. "I think most refugees thought they were pretty lucky to be working there."
"The company always encouraged me to make a career at Arrowhead," added Nhonthachit, who became pearl department supervisor.
Eddy Street resident Cheng Kong Ching started work at Arrowhead seven years ago, a week after arriving in San Francisco from a Thai refugee camp.
Although Cheng was a merchant in his native country of Cambodia, he said he enjoyed the work at Arrowhead.
On the wall of his small Tenderloin apartment, he proudly displayed a certificate of appreciation presented by the company for his first five years of service.
Cheng said that the company began laying off workers a few months ago, but the closure was unexpected.
Nhonthachit was on vacation when the company closed. "I didn't know it was going to happen," she said.
Her manager drove her home when she tried to go to work after her vacation. He also helped her fill out a form to file with the bankruptcy court in New York where the company's main office is located.
Ekftedt admits that "at the very beginning (none of the employees) knew what was happening. " Company officials told workers the day of the closure not to come back to work, but it wasn't until a week later that the company sent letters officially informing employees that their medical and life insurance benefits would be terminated.
Ail employees were eventually sent forms to file with bankruptcy court for back wages and accrued vacation pay.
Bill Krider, manager of the Nathan apartments on Eddy Street, said several people came to him for help in figuring out what to do with the forms. Krider told the Times he was concerned that many refugees, not understanding they needed to fill out the forms in order to recover back pay, would ignore them. "It's kind of a burden for someone who doesn't speak English," Krider said.
Nhonthachit, a 37-year old mother of four, is worried what to do next. Arrowhead was her first employer and a good one, she said.
Nhonthachit is currently receiving unemployment payments, but said, "I don't know what to do. It's not easy getting a job."
Khamking Khoundavong, an Arrowhead employee for over five years, moved from the Tenderloin to Richmond to be nearer to work. He says things are hard for the refugees who lost their jobs.
"We are trying to find any work we can get. Some are working in restaurants again, like they did when they first arrived in America. It's very depressing, " he said. "We all thought Arrowhead would be good training –jewelry work suits most of us. Unfortunately, there's just no work around like that, and all the years we were there are lost time now."
Cheng also finds it hard to not go to work. "I worked a long time," he said. "I want to work, I don't want to slay home."
Source: The Tenderloin Times - March 1987
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FRANKLIN A. TAYLOR
Keystone Watch Case Co., Silversmiths Co., The Gorham Co., and The Gorham Mfg. Co.
F. A. TAYLOR MAKES A CHANGE
Resigns as President of the Keystone Watch Case Co. to Become Vice President and General Manager of the Gorham Mfg. Co.. the Silversmiths Co. and the Gorham Co.
Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 27.–It was with considerable regret that members of the watch and jewelry trade of this city learned that it was about to lose one of its most popular representatives, Franklin A. Taylor, for some time president of the Keystone Watch Case Co., and of the Riverside Metal Co., Mr. Taylor having transferred his activities to the silverware business, which will keep him in Providence and New York hereafter. Mr. Taylor has accepted the position of vice-president and general manager of the Silversmiths Co., The Gorham Co., and The Gorham Mfg. Co., and was chosen at a meeting of the directors of those three concerns, held in Providence today, at which time he joined this directorate. He had sent his resignation as president of the Keystone Watch Case Co. and the Riverside Metal Co. to take effect Nov. 1.
Mr. Taylor has been one of the most popular members of the watch and watchcase trade for many years. He became connected with this industry a number of years ago when he became receiver of the New England Watch Co. In 1914, he became connected with the Keystone Watch Case Co., at which time he was also president of the Riverside Metal Co. In 1915, he was elected to the presidency of the Keystone concern, succeeding E. T. Stotesbury in that capacity, and has been the directing force in the progress of the Keystone and its affiliated watch and movement companies since that time. He was also a director of the American Watch Case Co. at Toronto.
Mr. Taylor's activities in Philadelphia have been very large, being a director of the Philadelphia Manufacturers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co., a member of the Manufacturers' Club, the Racquet Club and the Philadelphia Jewelers' Club, and, therefore, his many friends in this city who are wishing him all success in his new field of work deeply regret that it will cause him no longer to make the Quaker City his home and headquarters.
Providence, R. I., Oct. 30.–At meetings of the directors of the Gorham Mfg. Co., the Gorham Co., and of The Silversmiths Co., held at the executive offices of these corporations at Elmwood on Wednesday afternoon, there was a general discussion of trade conditions and prospects and considerable business of importance was transacted.
Franklin A. Taylor, of Philadelphia, president of the Keystone Watch Case Co. of that city, was elected an additional vicepresident, and also becomes general manager of all three corporations, but no other changes were made in the personnel of the officers. Mr. Taylor will assume the duties of his new offices on Nov. 15.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 3rd November 1920
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SWISS WATCHCASES
Neuchatel
Neuchatel.–A Swiss watch manufacturer some time ago was sued for fraud, having sold a 7-karat gold watch case for 14-karat. Six watch case manufacturers from Locle were present as witnesses, and acknowledged freely and openly that this species of fraud had existed for years, and they could not understand why suits should be instituted for such a trifle. The manufacturer was sentenced to one month's imprisonment.
Source: The Trader & Canadian Jeweller - June 1882
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DEITSCH BROTHERS
New York
Silver Mounted Reptile Skins
THE latest craze in leather goods is for articles made of reptile skins. No handsomer or more striking goods in this line have yet been shown than the natural snake skin and lizard skin eases, books, photoframes, calendars, purses, pads, etc., introduced by Deitsch Bros., 7 E. 17th St., New York. The beautiful markings of the boa constrictor's skin, with its large black and white scales, combined with the artistic sterling silver corners, make one of the most strikingly handsome leather combinations ever put on the market. A feature which will cause these articles to be particularly popular this Fall is that the natural color of the skin is in harmony with the prevailing styles of black and white combinations in all articles of dress. Both lizard and snake skins are famous for their toughness and durability, which are other reasons why these articles are bound to attain great popularity. Besides being shown in the natural colors of the snake and lizard skin, which are retained by a special process in tanning, the goods are shown in all the fashionable tints of green, brown and tan.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 27th September 1893
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