this mark you described on your Dragonfly Brooch sounds like the JEWELRY trade mark for HAGERSTROM & CHAPMAN - Newark, N.J.
Love & Blessings Acaana
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14K gold dragonfly with blue enamel and 12 pearls by: Anonymous
I have a brooch made of enamel over 14K gold with real tiny pearls making up the body of the dragonfly. The hallmark is a fancy H with the "14" placed above the H cross bar and the "K" located below the H cross bar. This same hallmark appears on the wingtip of the dragonfly as well as the catch on the clasp. There is also a pat. No.that looks like 3086 but I am unsure. Does this sound like a Honora Jewelry piece and if so, from what year?
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H in Cursive by:
H in cursive was a trademark for Honora Jewelry Company - GOLD JEWELRY. It may come as a bit of a surprise to some people (it was to me) but Honora Jewelry Company didn't only make pearl type jewelry......
HONORA JEWELRY: Early 1950?s - Present
The Honora Jewelry Company was founded by Jerome Grossbardt with headquarters located at 48th Street, New York, NY in the early 1950?s with the name standing for quality, value, and beauty in the jewelry industry. The Honora Company has designed and produced a wide variety of styles and pearl types jewelry into bracelets, necklaces, rings, earrings and pendants using fine quality fresh water cultured pearls from top producer in Japan, China and various South Sea countries.
The jewelry pieces created and manufactured by Honora use 14k, 18k and platinum base metals and strung their products with the highest quality string available including some pearls hand-tied with silk thread or microcord, some with diamond spacers between each pearl, accents of leather, and clasps of sterling silver and woven stainless steel. Honora?s fact sheets indicates ?our trademarked ?PEARL GAME?, a 34? opera which breaks down into a variety of wearable lengths, is available with or without diamond rondels (spacers between each pearl) , and continues to be the industry standard for a fine basic cultured pearl strand?. Mark: Tag: ?HONORA in an oval circle?. (THIS WAS THEIR TAG FOR A FINE CULTURED PEARL STRAND). If purchased new or the sale of nearly new item, a stamped pouch is enclosed with the jewelry piece.
Honora pearls, prized for their beauty and value, are extremely fashionable and highly well-priced according to the materials used and designs created in a variety of styles and pearl types (necklaces, bracelets, earrings, pendants, and rings) using high quality fresh water cultured pearls, mostly purchased today from the Chinese growers (makers of upper quality range of production, increase in size, roundness and spectacular colors of pearls), and high quality carat gold and platinum metal.
Honora, through the years has and is also designing and manufacturing fine 14k and 18k gold, and sterling silver jewelry including some with genuine diamonds and gemstones.
Hi, without having any idea about the age of your necklace, or even a photo to help with a determination (I'm assuming the necklace is from the US as 14K is a U.S hallmark).
Does the necklace contain colored gemstones, diamonds, non-precious stones, amber, rhinestones? I'm assuming it's not rhinestone costume jewelry as most vintage rhinestone jewelry was made from white metal called pot metal to accentuate the clear rhinestones, unless they are colored rhinestones, which could also be a possibility.
You mention the hallmark is on the clasp, fittings and findings often can help circa date the piece. Is it a box clasp or a fold-over catch? the latter is often associated with less expensive jewelry.
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