- melinda@napierbook.com
Some of you may know that I co-founded with Pamela Siegel Costume Jewelry Collectors Int’l. If you have ever researched information on vintage costume jewelry, you’ve probably visited our website. We are donation-driven (not tax-deductible), and our website, after ten years, needs an overhaul. Please read below.
These four pendants came to us by way of The Napier Archive. We do not know much about this collection, or whether it went into production. The pendant necklaces predate 1999 when the company was sold to Victoria & Co. Perhaps some of our Napier friends can shed light about this collection.
February 16, 2022We love the early artwork from The E. A. Bliss Co. that were were so fortunate to have for our research. This is an rendering featuring an Art Nouveau July birthstone pendant. The rendering dates somewhere between 1910 and 1913.
February 17, 2022Some of you may know that I co-founded with Pamela Siegel Costume Jewelry Collectors Int’l. If you have ever researched information on vintage costume jewelry, you’ve probably visited our website. We are donation-driven (not tax-deductible), and our website, after ten years, needs an overhaul. Please read below.from The Napier Book https://ift.tt/W1aDTNy
Melinda Lewis
Jewelry historian, Melinda Lewis is co-founder of Costume Jewelry Collectors Int’l (CJCI) and author of The Napier Co.: Defining 20th Century American Costume Jewelry.