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2. Costume jewelry - Wikipedia

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   Modern costume jewelry incorporates a wide range of materials. High-end crystals, cubic zirconia simulated diamonds, and some semi-precious stones are used in place of precious stones. Metals include gold- or silver-plated brass, and sometimes vermeil or sterling silver. Lower-priced jewelry may still use gold plating over pewter, nickel, or ...

3. Gorham Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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   In 1865, the Rhode Island legislature granted a charter in the name of Gorham Manufacturing Company and in 1890, the company relocated to a factory on Adelaide Avenue in Providence. During the heyday of American silver manufacturing, approximately 1850–1940, Gorham was highly influential. William Christmas Codman, one of Gorham's most noted ...

4. Napier Company (jewellery) - Wikipedia

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   Napier Company (jewellery) The Napier Company (1922-present). Flask, 1925-1930. Sterling silver and cork, 9 5/8 x 4 1/2 x 1 3/16in. (24.4 x 11.4 x 3cm). Brooklyn Museum, Modernism Benefit Fund. Napier necklace with tag. The Napier Company is an American jewelry manufacturing company, and was one of the first modern corporations in the United ...

5. Sterling silver - Wikipedia

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   Sterling silver. Sterling silver is an alloy composed by weight of 92.5% silver and 7.5% other metals, usually copper. The sterling silver standard has a minimum millesimal fineness of 925. Fine silver, which is 99.9% pure silver, is relatively soft, so silver is usually alloyed with copper to increase its hardness and strength.

6. Sterling Jewelers - Wikipedia

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   Website. www.SterlingJewelers.com. Sterling Jewelers, Inc. is an American specialty jewelry company headquartered in Akron, Ohio. The company was founded in 1910 by Henry Shaw (the father of Jerry Shaw, the chairman emeritus of Sterling today), from LeRoy's Jewelers in Lorain, Ohio. Sterling Jewelers is a wholly owned subsidiary of UK-based ...

7. Towle Silversmiths - Wikipedia

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   Towle Silversmiths. Punch bowl by Towle Silversmiths, c. 1912. Towle Silversmiths is an American silver manufacturer. [ 1] Towle Silversmiths was founded in 1690 by William Moulton II, the first silversmith in Newbury, Mass. [ 2][ 3] Moulton's family continued to operate the shop, and in 1857 apprentices Anthony Francis Towle and William P ...