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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lauragarnet, post: 268995, member: 105&quot;]Sorry these are so grungy. I didn&#039;t give them a bath for glamor shots and the close-up lens magnifies all the crud to scary proportions.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]84792[/ATTACH]I can find all kinds of info about the company that made the findings, because the clips are marked and the patent info was easy to find.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]84793[/ATTACH]</p><p>STER. PAT 1967965</p><p>Inventors: EUGENE MOREHOUSE. MELVIN W. MOORE.</p><p>Original Assignee: Ballou &amp; Co B A</p><p>Publication date Jul 24, 1934</p><p>Filing date Mar 30, 1934</p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/patents/US1967965" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/patents/US1967965" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/patents/US1967965</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As far as I can tell, the STER. means sterling, not a maker&#039;s name/mark.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]84794[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]84795[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]84796[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]84797[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]84798[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]84802[/ATTACH] I would <i>guess</i> that this style would have been popular 1930&#039;s thru early 1960&#039;s maybe. Want to find out what the joolies know and think.</p><p>Is it possible to ID a designer or company that made these and pin down the time frame? </p><p>Are they gold washed/vermeil?</p><p>Thankyou![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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