(4) Brown Jewelry Co. Sterling Card Holders - 0.725 ozt. Lot comprised of four sterling silver place card holders with heart-shaped weighted base. Marked on side. In box.

Box Size: 5 x 5 x 3/4 in.

Weight: 0.725 ozt.

Brown Jewelry Co. was one of those early 20th-century American firms that thrived during the golden age of small-scale jewelers, producing finely made but accessible pieces that balanced handcraft and machine precision. Based in Buffalo, New York, the company operated from the late 1800s into the early decades of the 1900s, specializing in gold-filled and sterling silver items—rings, lockets, watch chains, and stickpins that carried the quiet elegance of everyday adornment rather than high luxury. Their maker’s mark, typically a “BROWN” stamp, shows up on many Victorian-to-Art-Deco transition pieces, where floral motifs soften into geometric designs. They’re not widely known outside collector circles, but Brown Jewelry Co. represents that distinctly American blend of craftsmanship and pragmatism: fine detail made wearable and affordable for a rising middle class.

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