01-27-2018
12:15 PM
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12-31-2022
06:30 AM
by
flipping_treasu
The family of Schreiner Jewelry are still alive and kicking. Mom, Terry, is 89, and can't believe how my parents, and grandfathers creations have become so collectable. My dad's , Ambros, famous ruffle pin retailed for $7.50 in the mid 1950ss. It now often sells for over $750.00. She is also very unhappy of crooked dealers claiming they have unsigned Schreiner, when it's not even close to anything we produced. I have written a dealer in Cal. several times to remove things that are clearly not Schreiner. She accused me of being another dealer trying to make her look bad... really! Buyers beware of anything unsigned unless you have experience identifing Schreiner pieces, and don't believe them if they claimed it's verrified. Sometimes I will post on a piece if it is clearly a Schreiner piece, and allow the seller to use my post. Many books have poor information about my family's business. One dealer claimed Sphinx is a hallmark of Schreiner, and listed some book from the 70ss, that stated it. Schreiner Jewelry was only made in NYC, not in Europe, or any place else. We did design for many of the best ready-to-wear, designers of the 30ss- 70ss, that was sold to them unsigned, but only made by us in NYC. These pieces were sold with the garment. Hope this helps new collectors, and best of luck to you!
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04-20-2024 07:41 PM
We cut the prongs off a filigree to use. One of. the jobs us kids had, to earn our allowance. My dad, and grandfather were always buying up old, odd, lots of stones. My grandfather would buy other jewelry house's inventory if someone went out of business. My dad would get his from our stone dealers when they stumbled on something. Since we were such a small house we could come up with uses that didn't interest other jewelry houses. Can't help you much with the ages, but my dad wasn't doing much with handmade settings by the late 60s, anymore
04-21-2024 10:19 AM
Thank you for the response- it's very appreciated!
04-21-2024 10:51 AM
Hi again...thank you! Do you know Nancy Henkel? She has a brooch like this marked Pauline Trigere. They look very much alike. I would imagine Pauline did alot of business with Schreiner but did she source jewelry exclusively from Schreiner?
04-23-2024 04:01 PM
No, I don't know Nancy Henkel. We were never exclusive to any dress house designer, including Trigere. Mom did keep in touch with Pauline, until she passed away. She died several years before my mom. My grandfather was asked several times to design exclusively for one designer; he refused, stating the reason he was where is was, was from input from all the designers he worked with, and money wasn't everything, but your reputation was. My parents continued that belief . However, my grandfather's business was 95% selling to the dress-houses when he died. By the early 60s my parent's business was 75% stores, 25% designers. By the 60s the dress-houses stopped attaching jewelry to the garments, to be sold together. Times change!
04-23-2024 06:29 PM
Thank you so much!
04-24-2024 05:25 PM
Thank you! Appreciate you taking time to share your family's story.
🙂
04-30-2024 06:10 AM
Hello ~
I have messaged before discussing the paste buttons. The history that you put into each answer in your messages are such wonderful little nuggets of a family that worked together.
The buttons I am going to try to put in this message has the twisted loop, but a completely different style. May i ask if these are true Schreiner Family buttons. I am grateful for your answer.
Kind Regards,
Jenny⚜️
05-01-2024 01:17 AM
No these don't look like ours, sorry
05-05-2024 07:05 AM - edited 05-05-2024 07:06 AM
Good morning, Stephen.
Any chance this (sold item) is one of yours? It`s fascinating the way the green stones are 'attached'
Thank you!
05-09-2024 02:12 PM
You have a good eye for Schreiner! When my grandfather bought out other jewelers stone inventories, some included some real oddball stones. Some came drilled with either just a hole, some had wires inserted, others (Like on your example) had screws in them. I have no idea what their original function was, but my dad, Ambros, came up with some pretty creative ways to utilize as many as he could. Many of the stone he bought were already very old when he started buying them up starting in the 30s until he died. This stone was also used in one of our 'bees" brooch. This brooch would need to be soldered, cleaned, then plated, and then stones set, before the green stones could be hooked and soft soldered into place. I only saw a rough sample pin in our box of old samples, and never one in this condition, before. "Cross" shaped pins were a big seller for us through the years, in many different styles.
05-09-2024 02:23 PM
Thank you so much for that info, Stephen.
I just had a feeling when I saw it it might be...mostly because how unique it was!
I think I`ll contact the seller & let her know..& also steer her here to this board.
05-10-2024 12:04 PM
I already let them know