Boucher, Mazer, Jomaz, Pennino, Regency

Marcel Boucher worked for Cartier upon arriving in New York from Paris. He started his own costume jewelry firm in the 1930’s with a first line of brightly colored birds incorporating colourful stones and enamels. Marcel Boucher is a by-word for some of the highest quality costume jewelry and the style and form of the pieces were always at the cutting edge of fashion. The Mazer brothers opened a jewelry business in 1917 in Philadelphia and started producing costume jewelry in 1939 after moving to New York. One of their designers, Andre Fleurides, used to work for Van Cleef & Arpels, and designed for them from 1940. In 1946, the brothers split and Joseph Mazer set up on his own under the name of Jomaz. In the same vein as Boucher, their pieces were exemplified by the highest quality of design and manufacture. The Pennino brothers, of New York grew from a fine jewelry company started in 1926 in New York by Frank Pennino. They produced the most wonderful naturalistic designs in gold plated metal, commonly silver. Large bows and tassels ware much sought after favourites and are of superb quality. Regency jewels are well known for their brilliance of crystal stones and innovative use of colors. Eminently wearable, they are always in demand and very wearable.