AboutBill and Sally Jarrett Expertise We are collectors, hobbyists and dealers in memorabilia and antiques - especially antique vintage and costume jewelry items. For 10 years we owned an antique shop here in Central Florida but retired and reopened a site on the internet that specializes mostly in antique jewelry and accessories such as perfume bottles, etc. Bill is informed on general antiques specializing in china and silver or sterling tablewares while Sally tends to jewelry and paper/advertising ephemera. We receive a lot of general questions from our site and would be glad to try and answer or give direction not considered for official appraisal purposes, i.e. estate or insurance.
Experience 10 years as antique shop owners
8 years as a jewelry designer supplying designs
to Walt Disney World, Universal Studios and MGM as well
well as other limited outlets.
Hi I have a expansion bracelet patent sept 8 1908 no makers name but had one looks excactly the same but came in a original box it was df briggs company how will i know if it is the same maker
Answer Hello Karen and thank you for your inquiry. These bracelets were very popular and had several different manufacturers. It would be difficult to tell the maker of your bracelet unless you have the patent number in which case you may be able to do a patent search which would tell you the name of the applicant. Briggs and Company was only one of the manufacturers. The only want to tell would be if it was signed by them. Below is a site you might find interesting and even find your bracelet listed. Just copy and paste it into your browser address field and hit enter !Hope this helps and enjoy your bracelet !
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