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Baird
North
Company
1913 Catalogue
Providence, Rhode Island
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The COVER
illustration is an ornate jewelry box decorated with cherubs. |
The FACTORY- "In the first
place we do not consider a sale closed until you have had ample time to
state your dissatisfaction, should you find it necessary to do so." |
A check illustrated on the inside gives us the date
"April 1, 1913". |
EDWARDIAN lady
wearing a white full-bodice dress with a high necked lace collar and a
locket. Photo mounted on heavy cardboard with embossed frame design, 4-1/2"
by 8-1/2", marked "Loomis, 9 Main St., Galesburg, Ill.". |
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CLEVER- A
page of ring styles with holes along the edge of the page with which to
determine your ring size. |
EDWARDIAN ring with an
emerald, a sapphire and a diamond, circa 1910.
View
View #G22937 |
CAMEO shell and onyx
cameo pendants and brooches accented with seed pearls. |
CAMEO gold tone cameo
pin/pendant with artificial pearls, 2".
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View #Q26227 |
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"14K SOLID
gold pendants and la vallieres" accented with diamonds and pearls. |
LAVALIERE
ruby and pearl. #Q22924 |
"14K SOLID gold pendants and la
vallieres" accented with diamonds and pearls. |
Edwardian lavalieres. |
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EDWARDIAN lady dressed
for a ball. She wears a dress with an intricately beaded and embroidered
bodice and hem, a gold bangle on her arm, and even her satin
slippers are beautifully decorated. |
EDWARDIAN lady wearing a
brooch and a Czech style necklace. Photo in floral embossed folder marked
"Brooks Photo Studio, Denver, Colo." and in hand written pencil, "Ada B.
Lipscomb, 1906." |
LADY in white wearing a cross
pendant and a golden bangle. View
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EDWARDIAN ladies at the lake. |
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"14K SOLID gold
pendants and la vallieres" accented with diamonds and pearls. |
LAVALIERE
14k, diamond and seed pearl. |
"14K SOLID gold pendants and la
vallieres" accented with diamonds and pearls. |
LAVALIERE 14k, diamond and seed pearl. #Q12473 |
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14K SOLID GOLD
pendants and lavalieres. |
EDWARDIAN 10K and seed pearl delicate Edwardian 16" necklace. This has
been treasured for many years and is in magnificent condition, and is so
flattering to wear.
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View #Q20325 |
EDWARDIAN pendants,
lavalieres and bar pins all in filigree and diamonds. |
LAVALIERE of 14k white
gold, diamond and seed pearls. #Q9861 |
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SIGNET men's 10k
signet rings which "have been popular since the earliest times... practical
as well as ornamental... used as seals".
Baird North Company Catalogue
1913 |
14 K yellow gold heavy signet ring engraved
"D/C/G ?", size 9, measures 11/16" across the face.
View #G23362 |
SIGNET rings. |
SIGNET ring
with the initials "JHC", circa 1900.
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View #G22936 |
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SIGNET ring with hidden photo locket compartment. |
Salesmen's sample signet rings marked
W&W for Warren & Williams, 36 Garnet
St., Providence, Rhode Island. Rainwater page 249 says they were
ring manufacturers circa 1904-1912, but they are also on page 89 of
"Trademarks" published by the Jewelers Circular Publishing Company in
1915. View
View #Q28758 |
GOLD FILLED pendant
watches, monogramming was $1.00 extra in this 1913 vintage catalogue. |
ELGIN 14k
yellow gold case watch marked with the number 138261159, circa 1908, 1-1/4",
newly cleaned and working.
View #w26047 |
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LADIES
sterling silver early bracelet watch, "the very latest importation direct from
Paris... shaped to fit the arm." |
LADY in white wearing a
simple WRIST WATCH. |
WATCHES "Ladies
bracelet and chatelaine watches- Guaranteed accurate timepieces." |
EDWARDIAN lady in a white
dress with pendant watch, bracelets and ring. Photo is mounted on heavy
cardboard with embossed linen texture, 6" by 9".
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