THE REVIVAL OF THE YO-YO
New York
If the current revival has anything to distinguish it, it is variety and style. The Gorham Company is selling a SIO sterling-silver yo-yo that has had a brisk reception. “We've sold plenty," said W. C. Dinkle of Gorham’s New York office. “We filled one order from somebody who wanted 25 of them for a board of directors meeting." Manhattan jeweler Arlene Altman is making golden yo-yo necklaces ($75 to $250) at her firm called Golden Nonsense.
Source: Sports Illustrated - 27th March 1972
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JEWELLER DUPED TWICE
Paris
A new way of victimizing jewelers is reported from Paris. A person of lordly mien entered a jewelry store in the Rue du Quatre Septembre the other day and said he had been commissioned by the king of England to choose a few choice trinkets as wedding presents. Tray after tray of diamonds were produced. Around $30,000 worth of stones were selected. Then the jeweler missed some stones and yelled for the police. They searched the stranger and found nothing. Nothing short of a $25,000 check would compensate the lordly visitor for the indignity suffered. And the jeweler paid up. Later, another visitor purchased a cheap ring — and took with him the missing stones that had been attached by wax to the underside of the counter.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 9th May 1923
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Paris
A new way of victimizing jewelers is reported from Paris. A person of lordly mien entered a jewelry store in the Rue du Quatre Septembre the other day and said he had been commissioned by the king of England to choose a few choice trinkets as wedding presents. Tray after tray of diamonds were produced. Around $30,000 worth of stones were selected. Then the jeweler missed some stones and yelled for the police. They searched the stranger and found nothing. Nothing short of a $25,000 check would compensate the lordly visitor for the indignity suffered. And the jeweler paid up. Later, another visitor purchased a cheap ring — and took with him the missing stones that had been attached by wax to the underside of the counter.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 9th May 1923
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ASSAY OFFICE DEMOLITION
New York
While curious crowds were gazing last Wednesday at an employe of the Albert A. Volk Co., which is just completing the demolition of the old Assay Office, on Wall St.. and removing from the side of the adjoining skyscraper the pipes that carried off the gases from the refining plant, the head of the wrecking company told how he had taken the contract at a low figure in the belief that he would be able to find enough gold in the wreckage to more than compensate him for the sacrifice. Mr. Volk explained that he has carefully preserved all the sweepings near the refinery and underneath it, as well as the soot in the old smokestack, in which he thought it was quite possible that some gold dust might be lodged. He has already discovered many old coins which he says are very valuable, and he feels that the gold sweepings contained in the collection he has made will net him a profit of over $5,000 on his job.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 2nd June 1915
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New York
While curious crowds were gazing last Wednesday at an employe of the Albert A. Volk Co., which is just completing the demolition of the old Assay Office, on Wall St.. and removing from the side of the adjoining skyscraper the pipes that carried off the gases from the refining plant, the head of the wrecking company told how he had taken the contract at a low figure in the belief that he would be able to find enough gold in the wreckage to more than compensate him for the sacrifice. Mr. Volk explained that he has carefully preserved all the sweepings near the refinery and underneath it, as well as the soot in the old smokestack, in which he thought it was quite possible that some gold dust might be lodged. He has already discovered many old coins which he says are very valuable, and he feels that the gold sweepings contained in the collection he has made will net him a profit of over $5,000 on his job.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 2nd June 1915
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GIANT CARVING KNIFE
St.Louis
The biggest carving-knife ever manufactured may be seen at the World's Fair. This monster blade is thirty feet In length and has an edge as sharp as a razor. It is made out of the finest steel, and the handle is a masterpiece of the cutler’s art, elaborately carved and beautifully polished. It would take a veritable giant to wield a knife like this. The blade is altogether of American manufacture, and it is expected to show for the first time that American cutlery has now reached a point of perfection where it fears no rivalry. The giant carving-knife cost several thousand dollars, and special machinery had to be made before its construction could begin, No such knife was ever before manufactured.
Source: The American Inventor - May 1904
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St.Louis
The biggest carving-knife ever manufactured may be seen at the World's Fair. This monster blade is thirty feet In length and has an edge as sharp as a razor. It is made out of the finest steel, and the handle is a masterpiece of the cutler’s art, elaborately carved and beautifully polished. It would take a veritable giant to wield a knife like this. The blade is altogether of American manufacture, and it is expected to show for the first time that American cutlery has now reached a point of perfection where it fears no rivalry. The giant carving-knife cost several thousand dollars, and special machinery had to be made before its construction could begin, No such knife was ever before manufactured.
Source: The American Inventor - May 1904
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USE OF NICKEL SILVER FOR CORONATION SOUVENIRS
United Kingdom
The Ministry of Supply and Board of Trade announce relaxations in licensing under the Nickel Prohibited Uses Orders for the use of nickel silver in Coronation souvenirs and for other articles for export.
The use of a limited amount of nickel silver containing not more than 10 per cent. nickel will be permitted in the manufacture of medals and other small coronation souvenirs, whether for the home market or for export. This will enable manufacturers to make use of material which accumulates from, and cannot be used in, essential production.
The regulations about manufacture of all nickel silver articles for export are also being relaxed. In future the conversion values taken into account will be based on the value of the nickel content only of the nickel silver and not on the value of the nickel silver as a whole. The effect will be to permit manufacture for export of a wider range of products.
Manufacturers wishing to take advantage of these changes are reminded that licences are required for the manufacture of articles prohibited under the Order and that they should apply in the usual way to their Regional Offices of the Board of Trade. No relaxation is yet possible for articles made of stainless steel or other nickel alloys.
Nore :—The existing conversion factors provide that the value of goods to be exported to dollar and sterling Commonwealth countries must be at least 15 times as great as the value of the nickel silver content and at least 50 times as great for exports to other countries. Thus if the value of the nickel silver content of a given article is £1 it cannot be exported unless the prices obtained are £15 and £50 respectively. The purpose of this is to secure that the best return is obtained from the limited amounts of nickel silver available. Under the new arrangements, however, the conversion factor will apply only to the value of the nickel in the nickel silver. (The change is made because the remaining constituents—copper and zinc—in the nickel silver are now less scarce). As the proportion of nickel in the £1 article may only be say 5s., articles of nickel silver to the value of £1 could in future be exported at prices of £3 15s. and £12 10s. respectively.
Source: Board of Trade Journal - 13th December 1952
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United Kingdom
The Ministry of Supply and Board of Trade announce relaxations in licensing under the Nickel Prohibited Uses Orders for the use of nickel silver in Coronation souvenirs and for other articles for export.
The use of a limited amount of nickel silver containing not more than 10 per cent. nickel will be permitted in the manufacture of medals and other small coronation souvenirs, whether for the home market or for export. This will enable manufacturers to make use of material which accumulates from, and cannot be used in, essential production.
The regulations about manufacture of all nickel silver articles for export are also being relaxed. In future the conversion values taken into account will be based on the value of the nickel content only of the nickel silver and not on the value of the nickel silver as a whole. The effect will be to permit manufacture for export of a wider range of products.
Manufacturers wishing to take advantage of these changes are reminded that licences are required for the manufacture of articles prohibited under the Order and that they should apply in the usual way to their Regional Offices of the Board of Trade. No relaxation is yet possible for articles made of stainless steel or other nickel alloys.
Nore :—The existing conversion factors provide that the value of goods to be exported to dollar and sterling Commonwealth countries must be at least 15 times as great as the value of the nickel silver content and at least 50 times as great for exports to other countries. Thus if the value of the nickel silver content of a given article is £1 it cannot be exported unless the prices obtained are £15 and £50 respectively. The purpose of this is to secure that the best return is obtained from the limited amounts of nickel silver available. Under the new arrangements, however, the conversion factor will apply only to the value of the nickel in the nickel silver. (The change is made because the remaining constituents—copper and zinc—in the nickel silver are now less scarce). As the proportion of nickel in the £1 article may only be say 5s., articles of nickel silver to the value of £1 could in future be exported at prices of £3 15s. and £12 10s. respectively.
Source: Board of Trade Journal - 13th December 1952
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GOLD FILLED MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION CELERBRATE 150 YEARS
United States
Eighty manufacturers of gold filled products will have samples on display at the RJA show August 6 through 10 in conjunction with the Gold Filled Manufacturers Association’s celebration of the 150th anniversary of the first gold filled material. A patent for this material was granted to English toymaker John Turner in Birmingham, England, in 1817.
Source: American Horologist and Jeweler - August 1967
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United States
Eighty manufacturers of gold filled products will have samples on display at the RJA show August 6 through 10 in conjunction with the Gold Filled Manufacturers Association’s celebration of the 150th anniversary of the first gold filled material. A patent for this material was granted to English toymaker John Turner in Birmingham, England, in 1817.
Source: American Horologist and Jeweler - August 1967
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MOTOR DESPERADOES
London
The London police are actively searching for two motor-car thieves who made a sensational snatch-and-run raid upon the jeweller shop of Mr. J. Brilliant, Queen's Road, Bayswater, W.. and escaped with nearly £2,000 worth of Jewellery. The robbery, which occupied only a seconds, took place in full view of hundreds of passers-by, who were so astounded by its audacity that they made no efforts to stop the men.
Source: The Malaya Tribune - 9th October 1925
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London
The London police are actively searching for two motor-car thieves who made a sensational snatch-and-run raid upon the jeweller shop of Mr. J. Brilliant, Queen's Road, Bayswater, W.. and escaped with nearly £2,000 worth of Jewellery. The robbery, which occupied only a seconds, took place in full view of hundreds of passers-by, who were so astounded by its audacity that they made no efforts to stop the men.
Source: The Malaya Tribune - 9th October 1925
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EXILED KEEPER OF RUSSIAN CROWN JEWELS MURDERED
Manchester
London, Sunday. — The keeper of the Russian Crown jewels until the Russian Revolution (Sergei O. Shtetinin) , who became a Manchester art dealer, was found shot dead outside his home yesterday.
A former friend of Marshal Zhukov, and the husband of a Russian admiral's daughter, Shtetinin, 70, had to flee from Russia in 1917 because of his association with the Czarist household. With his family, he escaped through Siberia to China, from where he sent his family to Britain. Later, after starving in China, he reached England, and by doing odd jobs saved enough money to open an arts and crafts business.
Cyril Swallow, 27, of Manchester, was remanded at Manchester Police Court yesterday on a charge of having murdered Shtetinin.
Source: The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) - 4th March 1946
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Manchester
London, Sunday. — The keeper of the Russian Crown jewels until the Russian Revolution (Sergei O. Shtetinin) , who became a Manchester art dealer, was found shot dead outside his home yesterday.
A former friend of Marshal Zhukov, and the husband of a Russian admiral's daughter, Shtetinin, 70, had to flee from Russia in 1917 because of his association with the Czarist household. With his family, he escaped through Siberia to China, from where he sent his family to Britain. Later, after starving in China, he reached England, and by doing odd jobs saved enough money to open an arts and crafts business.
Cyril Swallow, 27, of Manchester, was remanded at Manchester Police Court yesterday on a charge of having murdered Shtetinin.
Source: The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) - 4th March 1946
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ARTHUR PRICE REACH AGREEMENT WITH NEIMAN-MARCUS
United States
Wallingford, Conn. - Arthur Price of England, manufacturer of silver flatware and holloware, has reached an agreement with Neiman-Marcus stores. The new contract grants Neiman’s a five-month exclusive to carry Price products for the entire United States. Originally, the agreement gave the retailer exclusivity only in the cities where its 23 stores are located.
After Dec. 31, 1990, the Arthur Price collection will be available for delivery to other selected retailers in the United States, according to Burt Boardman, president of Boardman Silversmiths (headquartered here), the U.S. distributor of Price products.
Source: Gift & Stationary Business - August 1990
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United States
Wallingford, Conn. - Arthur Price of England, manufacturer of silver flatware and holloware, has reached an agreement with Neiman-Marcus stores. The new contract grants Neiman’s a five-month exclusive to carry Price products for the entire United States. Originally, the agreement gave the retailer exclusivity only in the cities where its 23 stores are located.
After Dec. 31, 1990, the Arthur Price collection will be available for delivery to other selected retailers in the United States, according to Burt Boardman, president of Boardman Silversmiths (headquartered here), the U.S. distributor of Price products.
Source: Gift & Stationary Business - August 1990
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THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG
United States
The Goose and the Auric Eggs
We heard two interesting anecdotes within the same week, both bearing on the subject of labor. One manufacturer is said to be flying his semi-finished parts to Haiti for rough finishing. Then the parts are flown back to the United States for precision finishing.
The second anecdote deals with a manufacturer of silver plated wear. A new process, called electro-silverpolishing, gives the final polish in the plating bath, the one department therefore doing both plating and polishing, eliminating the buffing department, which in former days had been a very important one.
We asked the silver manufacturer: “Hasn't electropolishing thrown many buffers out of employment?”
His reply: “Yes, but we could only get in recent years 60% of the necessary buffers, and what we did get were only 60% industrious by former standards.”
We do not wish to try to preach sermons to labor—too many, perhaps, have already done that. We should merely like to analyze cause and effect and probable future. The flight of manufactured parts to Haiti, of course, takes several man-hours of work outside of the country and lessens employment here.
Moreover, it may be argued that elimination of the buffers would have taken place just the same, had buffers been plentiful and efficient. However, we believe that such instances have been multiplied a thousand times over in one way or another—so many instances that it indicates an abnormal trend.
The fable of “killing the goose that laid the golden egg” comes home today, we believe, by the greedy attitude of labor, coupled with lack of restraining attitude at Washington. We believe that organized labor is young and inexperienced and should have had a more curbing hand placed upon it.
We are afraid that the golden egg goose is already sick. We hope that the owner of the goose, labor, and the veterinary surgeon, Harry S. Truman, et al, can cure the goose before it is too late.
Source: Materials & Methods - September 1946
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United States
The Goose and the Auric Eggs
We heard two interesting anecdotes within the same week, both bearing on the subject of labor. One manufacturer is said to be flying his semi-finished parts to Haiti for rough finishing. Then the parts are flown back to the United States for precision finishing.
The second anecdote deals with a manufacturer of silver plated wear. A new process, called electro-silverpolishing, gives the final polish in the plating bath, the one department therefore doing both plating and polishing, eliminating the buffing department, which in former days had been a very important one.
We asked the silver manufacturer: “Hasn't electropolishing thrown many buffers out of employment?”
His reply: “Yes, but we could only get in recent years 60% of the necessary buffers, and what we did get were only 60% industrious by former standards.”
We do not wish to try to preach sermons to labor—too many, perhaps, have already done that. We should merely like to analyze cause and effect and probable future. The flight of manufactured parts to Haiti, of course, takes several man-hours of work outside of the country and lessens employment here.
Moreover, it may be argued that elimination of the buffers would have taken place just the same, had buffers been plentiful and efficient. However, we believe that such instances have been multiplied a thousand times over in one way or another—so many instances that it indicates an abnormal trend.
The fable of “killing the goose that laid the golden egg” comes home today, we believe, by the greedy attitude of labor, coupled with lack of restraining attitude at Washington. We believe that organized labor is young and inexperienced and should have had a more curbing hand placed upon it.
We are afraid that the golden egg goose is already sick. We hope that the owner of the goose, labor, and the veterinary surgeon, Harry S. Truman, et al, can cure the goose before it is too late.
Source: Materials & Methods - September 1946
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CORO INC. REMAMED
United States
Coro, Inc. has been renamed Richton Jewelry Company and will continue to manufacture its diversified lines of fashion jewelry under six divisions, each restructured to meet demands of particular customers. This restructuring is all part of a new marketing strategy, said Stanley J. Leifer, president of the newly named company.
Jewelry markets have become highly segmented, according to Mr. Leifer and the Coro setup was too limiting. In this new organization, each brand will have a general manager and its own showroom.
Source: American Horologist and Jeweler - January 1977
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United States
Coro, Inc. has been renamed Richton Jewelry Company and will continue to manufacture its diversified lines of fashion jewelry under six divisions, each restructured to meet demands of particular customers. This restructuring is all part of a new marketing strategy, said Stanley J. Leifer, president of the newly named company.
Jewelry markets have become highly segmented, according to Mr. Leifer and the Coro setup was too limiting. In this new organization, each brand will have a general manager and its own showroom.
Source: American Horologist and Jeweler - January 1977
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HICKOK MATTHEWS COMPANY
Newark, New Jersey
Wolfgang K. Schroth Buys Hickok-Matthews Company
Wolfgang K. Schroth, manager of Hickok-Matthews Company, has purchased the company from its former president and owner, David M. Warren, Jr. Hickok-Matthews is a leading manufacturer of quality silverware and was incorporated in Newark, N. J., in 1907. It makes holloware and presentation pieces; and Mr. Schroth, who is one of the nation’s foremost silversmiths, has designed many of the world’s best-known cups and trophies.
Born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1926, Mr. Schroth attended the Academy of Fine Arts, in Hanau.
He came to the United States in 1955 and joined Tiffany & Company as their silversmith. In 1961 he became manager of Hickok-Matthews.
He spoke for the Jewelry Industry Council recently on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight” television show and also has lectured extensively on silversmithing.
Source: American Horologist and Jeweler - August 1965
(The Hickok Matthews Company was established by a merger of the Eleder-Hickok Company and the Matthews Company in 1933).
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Newark, New Jersey
Wolfgang K. Schroth Buys Hickok-Matthews Company
Wolfgang K. Schroth, manager of Hickok-Matthews Company, has purchased the company from its former president and owner, David M. Warren, Jr. Hickok-Matthews is a leading manufacturer of quality silverware and was incorporated in Newark, N. J., in 1907. It makes holloware and presentation pieces; and Mr. Schroth, who is one of the nation’s foremost silversmiths, has designed many of the world’s best-known cups and trophies.
Born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1926, Mr. Schroth attended the Academy of Fine Arts, in Hanau.
He came to the United States in 1955 and joined Tiffany & Company as their silversmith. In 1961 he became manager of Hickok-Matthews.
He spoke for the Jewelry Industry Council recently on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight” television show and also has lectured extensively on silversmithing.
Source: American Horologist and Jeweler - August 1965
(The Hickok Matthews Company was established by a merger of the Eleder-Hickok Company and the Matthews Company in 1933).
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WOMEN'S JUBILEE OFFERING TO QUEEN VICTORIA
United Kingdom
On the subject of the women's Jubilee offering to her Majesty, it will be remembered that a balance remained with the Committee after devoting the main portion of the sum subscribed for this offering to a statue of the Prince Consort and to the foundation of a nursing institution, and that it was determined to devote this balance to the purchase of some article of personal adornment for the Queen. It is stated that several leading firms of jewellers in London and Paris were asked to send in designs, and that the choice of the Committee has fallen upon a pendant in pearls and diamonds, designed by Messrs. Carrington, of Regent Street, London.
It may fairly enough be asked : Why were not our Dublin jewellers afforded an opportunity of competing with the designs sent in from London and Paris ? If our memory serve us correctly, the women's Jubilee offering to her Majesty was most warmly taken up in Ireland by high and low, and in the South noble service in this respect was rendered by the popular and estimable Lady Arnott and others who raised large contributions for this purpose. To say the least, the Committee had no right to overlook the many eminent jewellers whom we still have in the Irish capital, and the slight thus put upon them deserves to be sharply resented.
Source: Irish Society - 26th May 1888
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United Kingdom
On the subject of the women's Jubilee offering to her Majesty, it will be remembered that a balance remained with the Committee after devoting the main portion of the sum subscribed for this offering to a statue of the Prince Consort and to the foundation of a nursing institution, and that it was determined to devote this balance to the purchase of some article of personal adornment for the Queen. It is stated that several leading firms of jewellers in London and Paris were asked to send in designs, and that the choice of the Committee has fallen upon a pendant in pearls and diamonds, designed by Messrs. Carrington, of Regent Street, London.
It may fairly enough be asked : Why were not our Dublin jewellers afforded an opportunity of competing with the designs sent in from London and Paris ? If our memory serve us correctly, the women's Jubilee offering to her Majesty was most warmly taken up in Ireland by high and low, and in the South noble service in this respect was rendered by the popular and estimable Lady Arnott and others who raised large contributions for this purpose. To say the least, the Committee had no right to overlook the many eminent jewellers whom we still have in the Irish capital, and the slight thus put upon them deserves to be sharply resented.
Source: Irish Society - 26th May 1888
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SWISS STAMPING ACT
Geneva
Draft of New Bill Revising Present Regulations to Be Considered
GENEVA, Sept. 24.—The Swiss Parliament is about to open and among other matters that will occupy its attention is a draft of a new law, entirely revising existing enactments on the control of precious metals and on the guarantees that must be given as to their intrinsic value.
Action in this matter is being taken in consequence of requests coming from various groups and associations of jewelers and kindred trades. The Swiss association of goldsmith-jewelers, the Geneva Federation of Clockmakers, jewelers and goldsmith jewelers, the Swiss Association of Opticians, all request the revision of the present laws regulating the control of precious metals. They ask that objects of gold and silverware optical instruments and jewelry should be submitted to obligatory control, to put an end to irregularities that prevail in the trade.
Certain laws regulating the control of precious metals already exist such as the obligatory control of platinum-made jewelry, introduced on February 2, 1917, while there is also a law controlling articles in gold, silver and platinum imported into Switzerland, dated June 17, 1917, while still another law of March 13, 1916, regulates the commerce in gold, silver and platinum.
The important change effectuated by the new law, if it passes the House, will be the obligatory official control of gold and silver ware and of articles of jewelry, in precious metals, manufactured in Switzerland. They will be stamped with something corresponding to the “Hall mark” used in England, in the case of silver. The stamping by State officials, which will indicate the gold or silver contents, will be obligatory. The Swiss Federal Council recommends the passing of a law in “the interest of the good name of the Swiss industries of clock and watch making, and of jewelry, in the interests of honest commerce and to protect the purchasing public,” to quote an official document.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 7th October 1925
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Geneva
Draft of New Bill Revising Present Regulations to Be Considered
GENEVA, Sept. 24.—The Swiss Parliament is about to open and among other matters that will occupy its attention is a draft of a new law, entirely revising existing enactments on the control of precious metals and on the guarantees that must be given as to their intrinsic value.
Action in this matter is being taken in consequence of requests coming from various groups and associations of jewelers and kindred trades. The Swiss association of goldsmith-jewelers, the Geneva Federation of Clockmakers, jewelers and goldsmith jewelers, the Swiss Association of Opticians, all request the revision of the present laws regulating the control of precious metals. They ask that objects of gold and silverware optical instruments and jewelry should be submitted to obligatory control, to put an end to irregularities that prevail in the trade.
Certain laws regulating the control of precious metals already exist such as the obligatory control of platinum-made jewelry, introduced on February 2, 1917, while there is also a law controlling articles in gold, silver and platinum imported into Switzerland, dated June 17, 1917, while still another law of March 13, 1916, regulates the commerce in gold, silver and platinum.
The important change effectuated by the new law, if it passes the House, will be the obligatory official control of gold and silver ware and of articles of jewelry, in precious metals, manufactured in Switzerland. They will be stamped with something corresponding to the “Hall mark” used in England, in the case of silver. The stamping by State officials, which will indicate the gold or silver contents, will be obligatory. The Swiss Federal Council recommends the passing of a law in “the interest of the good name of the Swiss industries of clock and watch making, and of jewelry, in the interests of honest commerce and to protect the purchasing public,” to quote an official document.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 7th October 1925
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THE IRISH EXHIBITION - OLYMPIA - 1888
London
The potato rings which have already been noticed in 'Irish Society' as contributions from our old country families have attracted much attention at Olympia. There are about fifty specimens, and the silversmiths of the last century expended much time and artistic effect on their manufacture.
Source: Irish Society - 7th July 1888
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London
The potato rings which have already been noticed in 'Irish Society' as contributions from our old country families have attracted much attention at Olympia. There are about fifty specimens, and the silversmiths of the last century expended much time and artistic effect on their manufacture.
Source: Irish Society - 7th July 1888
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SIR JOHN BENNETT'S FURNITURE SOLD
London
By order of the sheriff, the contents of Glen Druid, Chislehurst, the residence of Sir John Bennett, were submitted to auction on the 22nd ult. With the exception of the books, the whole of which were claimed, the entire contents of the mansion were put under the hammer. The catalogue contained upwards of 450 lots, and they were all crowded into one day's sale, so that the proceedings were not concluded until between seven and eight. The attendance wasremarkable from the fact that it included most of the leading dealers of the metropolis, who secured all the chief articles. Among the lots was a very handsome chime and musical clock by the late George Bennett (a relative of Sir John's) whichfetched 38 guineas. A fine clock, by Bennett and Co., with modelled bronze figures, representing a palanquin with negro bearers, realised 28 guineas. Another clock, with bronze figures representing Paul and Virginia, fetched 21 guineas. The pictures went at very reasonable prices, " The Lost Boy," by Lewis, being secured by Mr. Macfarlane for £8 10s. The grand piano, by Erard, fetched 38 guineas ; a Sevres tea-set, £12 ; a brilliant silver-glass mirror. £10 ; and the silver averaged its full value, some of especially fine workmanship realising 14s. 6d. an ounce. A set of twelve chairs with Sir John's monogram on the backs were also sold.
Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 2nd September 1889
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London
By order of the sheriff, the contents of Glen Druid, Chislehurst, the residence of Sir John Bennett, were submitted to auction on the 22nd ult. With the exception of the books, the whole of which were claimed, the entire contents of the mansion were put under the hammer. The catalogue contained upwards of 450 lots, and they were all crowded into one day's sale, so that the proceedings were not concluded until between seven and eight. The attendance wasremarkable from the fact that it included most of the leading dealers of the metropolis, who secured all the chief articles. Among the lots was a very handsome chime and musical clock by the late George Bennett (a relative of Sir John's) whichfetched 38 guineas. A fine clock, by Bennett and Co., with modelled bronze figures, representing a palanquin with negro bearers, realised 28 guineas. Another clock, with bronze figures representing Paul and Virginia, fetched 21 guineas. The pictures went at very reasonable prices, " The Lost Boy," by Lewis, being secured by Mr. Macfarlane for £8 10s. The grand piano, by Erard, fetched 38 guineas ; a Sevres tea-set, £12 ; a brilliant silver-glass mirror. £10 ; and the silver averaged its full value, some of especially fine workmanship realising 14s. 6d. an ounce. A set of twelve chairs with Sir John's monogram on the backs were also sold.
Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 2nd September 1889
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THE IRISH EXHIBITION - OLYMPIA - 1888
London
The Loan Collection of ancient Irish silver will be a magnificent one when fully arranged, but some days must yet elapse before this will be possible. The labour in connexion with it has been incessant ; the greater portion if not the whole of the work falling on the very capable and willing shoulders of Mr. Edmond Johnson, of Grafton Street, who makes it a labour of love, and whose energy seems never to tire. Nothing like this unique and costly collection, amounting to over 200,000 ounces, has ever been got together in one country before, nor would it be possible to find in any other country of the world ancient workmanship in the silversmith's art so magnificently displayed as it is on many of the almost priceless articles in Mr. Johnson's wonderful collection. In matters unique may be classed the contribution of the Corporation of Dublin, who send forward the whole of their ancient records dating from the time of Henry the Second ; while the Corporation of Waterford do the best in their power in this way by sending all their ancient records dating back very far indeed.
Source: Irish Society - 9th June 1888
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London
The Loan Collection of ancient Irish silver will be a magnificent one when fully arranged, but some days must yet elapse before this will be possible. The labour in connexion with it has been incessant ; the greater portion if not the whole of the work falling on the very capable and willing shoulders of Mr. Edmond Johnson, of Grafton Street, who makes it a labour of love, and whose energy seems never to tire. Nothing like this unique and costly collection, amounting to over 200,000 ounces, has ever been got together in one country before, nor would it be possible to find in any other country of the world ancient workmanship in the silversmith's art so magnificently displayed as it is on many of the almost priceless articles in Mr. Johnson's wonderful collection. In matters unique may be classed the contribution of the Corporation of Dublin, who send forward the whole of their ancient records dating from the time of Henry the Second ; while the Corporation of Waterford do the best in their power in this way by sending all their ancient records dating back very far indeed.
Source: Irish Society - 9th June 1888
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Re: The Snippet - Past News of the Silver Trade
LUIGI LABLACHE
London
Lablache as Caliban. — A miniature of the above vocalist, exquisitely modelled in gold and silver, has just been produced by Messrs, Phillips, Brothers, the eminent jewellers of Cockspur Street.
Source: The Theatrical Journal - 25th July 1850
Luigi Lablache (1794-1858), Franco-Italian opera singer. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Lablache
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London
Lablache as Caliban. — A miniature of the above vocalist, exquisitely modelled in gold and silver, has just been produced by Messrs, Phillips, Brothers, the eminent jewellers of Cockspur Street.
Source: The Theatrical Journal - 25th July 1850
Luigi Lablache (1794-1858), Franco-Italian opera singer. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Lablache
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Re: The Snippet - Past News of the Silver Trade
FIRE DRIVES JEWELERS OUT
Detroit
Detroit Firms Move Stock Following an Explosion and Fire in the Kinsel Building
Detroit, Mich. Jan. 28.—Fire which broke out this morning in the Kinsel building, corner of Michigan Ave. and Griswold St., caused a loss of $100,000 to the building and tenants. The blaze started with an explosion of chemicals in the basement of the Kinsel drug store.
The following firms located in the building, momentarily expecting further explosions and collapse of the walls, were compelled to move a great part of their stock to adjacent buildings: Peter B. Smith, H. Staats & Co., Wm. J. Danz, engraver; R. C. Brinkoff, the J. D. Miner Co., Geo. W. White, manufacturers’ agents.
The J. H. Garlick jewelry store was used to house several of the injured.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 2nd February 1916
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Detroit
Detroit Firms Move Stock Following an Explosion and Fire in the Kinsel Building
Detroit, Mich. Jan. 28.—Fire which broke out this morning in the Kinsel building, corner of Michigan Ave. and Griswold St., caused a loss of $100,000 to the building and tenants. The blaze started with an explosion of chemicals in the basement of the Kinsel drug store.
The following firms located in the building, momentarily expecting further explosions and collapse of the walls, were compelled to move a great part of their stock to adjacent buildings: Peter B. Smith, H. Staats & Co., Wm. J. Danz, engraver; R. C. Brinkoff, the J. D. Miner Co., Geo. W. White, manufacturers’ agents.
The J. H. Garlick jewelry store was used to house several of the injured.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 2nd February 1916
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Re: The Snippet - Past News of the Silver Trade
NORMAN WEISS
London
LONDON JEWELLER ARRESTED
Budapest, Oct. 11. Mr. Norman Weis of the best known London jewellers was arrested here yesterday for violation of the regulations governing the traffic in foreign notes.
Mr. Weiss came to Budapest to get married and was about to leave Hungary with his bride, when he was arrested at the frontier by the authorities who found foreign notes and jewels in his luggage.
The couple were brought back to Budapest. Their passports were confiscated by the authorities as well as the jewels found on them.
Source: The North China Herald - 19th October 1932
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London
LONDON JEWELLER ARRESTED
Budapest, Oct. 11. Mr. Norman Weis of the best known London jewellers was arrested here yesterday for violation of the regulations governing the traffic in foreign notes.
Mr. Weiss came to Budapest to get married and was about to leave Hungary with his bride, when he was arrested at the frontier by the authorities who found foreign notes and jewels in his luggage.
The couple were brought back to Budapest. Their passports were confiscated by the authorities as well as the jewels found on them.
Source: The North China Herald - 19th October 1932
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