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<p>[QUOTE="cxgirl, post: 385287, member: 63"]Wow, thank-you AJ<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />! I would never have figured this one out! </p><p>Was reading the history on the company, a very sad end to the lives of the Neiger Brothers and their families.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks Lucille<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> Yes, interesting about the comma stone not fitting exactly, but have a look at the one in the first link, the stones/enamel don't fit either. I believe it is enamel rather than a stone but maybe stone is a correct term to use? Pieces were not marked so I imagine you would need to be an expert to say if it is a true Neiger piece.</p><p>So if I use Neiger Bros style I should be okay?</p><p>Some information I found on-line </p><p><i>Not only did they not stamp their jewelry, but</i></p><p><i>with their success other local jewelry makers began to emulate their work -- the parts were available to all from the same local manufacturers from whom the Neigers bought. Though their competitors' jewelry does not equal theirs in workmanship or style, these practices are why today pieces are often described as being "attributed" to the Neigers instead of being given full recognition -- certainty is often difficult. (copied from this site</i></p><p><a href="http://vintagevogueteam.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-neiger-brothers-jewelry.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://vintagevogueteam.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-neiger-brothers-jewelry.html" rel="nofollow">http://vintagevogueteam.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-neiger-brothers-jewelry.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cxgirl, post: 385287, member: 63"]Wow, thank-you AJ:)! I would never have figured this one out! Was reading the history on the company, a very sad end to the lives of the Neiger Brothers and their families. Thanks Lucille:) Yes, interesting about the comma stone not fitting exactly, but have a look at the one in the first link, the stones/enamel don't fit either. I believe it is enamel rather than a stone but maybe stone is a correct term to use? Pieces were not marked so I imagine you would need to be an expert to say if it is a true Neiger piece. So if I use Neiger Bros style I should be okay? Some information I found on-line [I]Not only did they not stamp their jewelry, but with their success other local jewelry makers began to emulate their work -- the parts were available to all from the same local manufacturers from whom the Neigers bought. Though their competitors' jewelry does not equal theirs in workmanship or style, these practices are why today pieces are often described as being "attributed" to the Neigers instead of being given full recognition -- certainty is often difficult. (copied from this site[/I] [URL]http://vintagevogueteam.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-neiger-brothers-jewelry.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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