ID help

[becker]

Some people who looked at this said Gem Craft. A vintage costume jewerly co. I can't see any gem craft signature that looks close!
Any help here? Thanks, Merry
https://picasaweb.google.com/1073003732 ... 399/IdHELP

[silverly]

Just from snippet views on google, I'd say this is a company out of Barcelona, Spain. If you have access to a library that has past issues of Vanity from 1924, you might be able to confirm this.

[dragonflywink]

I've seen that mark before, if I recall correctly, on sterling rings that appeared to be of 1960s-70s vintage. Seems most likely that it's American, might be costume jewelry manufacturer Gem-Craft of Cranston, RI, but don't know that they ever used a mark like that and doesn't really seem typical of their production - believe they're still in business...

~Cheryl

[silverly]

I agree. As soon as I made my previous post, I began to have second thoughts. The script and the word sterling didn't quite fit. It was the mention of pearls in the snippet that caught my attention.

Gem Craft Inc was in Providence in directories from the fifties, and the business apparently started up after the end of World War II.