Histories of Jewelry Designer’s
The Van Craynest legacy began in 1920 when Roger J. Van Craynest went to work for Shreve & Co., in San Francisco. While he worked for Shreve & Co., he honed his skills to become a master die cutter, designer and engraver. In 1926 Roger ventured out on his own opening his own company, Van […]
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FABULOUS FABERGE: In honor of the Easter Holiday Watson and Son will be featuring two Faberge Eggs. Friday’s featured Egg is for sale, contact us for price and availability. Tzar Alexander III played a major part in legacy of the Faberge name when he commissioned the House of Faberge to make an Easter gift for
BOUCHERON: Founded in 1858 by Frederic Boucheron in France, The House of Boucheron is a world renewed jeweler. Frederic founded the dynasty with the opening of his first store during the heyday of the Second French Empire in the Galerie de Valois at Palais-Royal. Creating his atelier in 1866, he would win the Gold Medal
OSCAR HEYMAN JEWELERS: Nathan, Oscar left home in Latvia in 1901 at 13 and 16 to apprentice with their Uncle at the famed Faberge jeweler’s in Russia. After 5 year’s of rigorous training at the workshops of Faberge the brother’s along with their three sister’s moved to New York in 1906. Younger brother Harry would
G T Marsh was born in the Melbourne Australia suburb of Richmond in 1857. His father was a composer and Music Teacher originally from England. His large family’s decision to move to the United States via Japan when George was 15 changed the boy’s life. Fascinated by Japanese culture, art and life style, young George
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S & G Gump was founded as a mirror and frame shop in 1861 by Solomon Gump and his brother, Gustav. They would later sell moldings, gilded cornices and European artwork to those recently made wealthy from the California Gold Rush. The business flourished, eventually passed the first of Solomons sons Alfred Livingston Gump. In
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