Anyone familiar with this Butterfly makers mark

[hoss640]

I have had no luck?

[old.crows.nest]

Weekenders? Hard to see on my iPod but that is a Mark of an outline of a Butterfly.

[hoss640]

Thanks!

[hoss640]

Can't seem to find anything about weekenders

[old.crows.nest]

Sorry, I don't know, except that was an ID that someone shared on this board a while back. Maybe someone else will remember too.

[old.crows.nest]

Did you search ebay for WEEKENDERS?

[hoss640]

Sorry, I try not to do research on ebay, but I just did.....I found a logo pin that says WEEKENDERS and has the lil butterfly logo and some bracelets or sleeve holders that have a butterfly on them.....Many thanks for all your help

[old.crows.nest]

Pin is from a Boardie who hasn't posted here in a while, so could be the one who made the ID in the past.

I did some research on google and found a few results for Weekenders Clothing that uses the Butterfly Logo, same as Pin. I might have found the google results because I was Canadian and they were Canadian.

[hoss640]

Ok, I just googled WEEKENDERS Clothing and was able to find a Scarf Clip on ebay in womens clothing same logo......I was searching WEEKENDERS JEWELRY........

[clearsphere]

I had forgotten the name but remembered that it was a clothing store with its own line of jewelry.

[pinchpennyjewelry]

It is Ernst Bek

[flipping_treasures]

Marie, may I ask where you got the information about the connection of Weekenders being by Ernst Bek.  Because there really is so little information out there about Weekender Jewelry I went looking for information on Ernst Bek.  But the timeline I found for his company does not match the current Weekender butterfly mark.  If you are talking about the Ernst Gideon Bek, who manufactured jewelrey and who lived in Pforzheim, Germany.  This is his mark

Which is nothing like the Weekender mark, except they are butterflies.  Also my understand is that his business closed during WWII.  

Weekender jewelry is not that old.  It is new costume jewelry.

[lil_this_n_that]

This is not the butterfly mark of Ernst Bek, I have a demi of his and the mark is quite different... just a response.

[lil_this_n_that]

This is an Ernst Bek piece ...

Ernst Bek very rare signature butterfly mark

 Ernst Bek who was a German Designer
He was best known for his metal mesh purses but he did hold a few patents for earring designs

Ernst Bek's jewelry prior to World War 1 was marked with a butterfly as a signature. After World War I, Binder regained ownership and reproduction rights and the jewelry was then produced with the Binder Brothers mark of BB.

His jewelry was sold only in the USA by Binder Bros up until World War 1 at which time all of Bek's stock was confiscated.

Hope this helps as now you can just research the name ... I have a demi of his, brooch & earrings and it took me a long time to find out but through constant research and just not giving up I did find it with identical markings on the backside.

[lil_this_n_that]

Again, this post is referring to the bottom photo on the page ..