Jewelry, Gems, & Minerals/Binder Brooch?

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Expert: Bill and Sally Jarrett - 9/21/2009


Question

BB Brooch
Hi Sally, is this a Binder brooch? I have a Binder bracelet but the B's are in circles, this is on a plaque? It also has a Pat.# would this be the date made, or just product #?  Thanks, Meridith

Answer
Hello Meridith and thank you for your inquiry. Most of the Binder Bros I have seen are the double circle marks. There are several companies using the BB logo - the below site can give you some information. Just copy and paste it into your browser address field and hit enter:

http://www.illusionjewels.com/costumejewelrymarksb.html

You might also try the below resource where there are several alphabetical listings for manufacturers:

http://www.tace.com/vendors/bjarrett/OJBMAIN.htm

If you input the patent # into your google (see below url) or browser search you should be able to pull it up and possibly get some information on the manufacturer. The date would be the date the patent was filed.

http://www.google.com/patents

Hope this helps and good luck !  

Bill 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.

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JewelCollect Jewelry Ring Collectors Jewelry International

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Education/Credentials
10 years as antique shop owners 8 years in jewelry design jewelry collector member various forums, clubs, educational organizations

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