TIARA MISU, New York– contemporary company
Mark: Tecla first used for jewelry in 1906.TECLA & Co., NY, NY - assignor to the Tecla Corp. Mark: Taylord Sterling Courtesy Mary Walden-Till.Mark: TAYLORD with “Sterling” above and “1/20 18KT” below Courtesy Ann Robinson ID: 9am.Mark: Still another Tara mark, but in script Courtesy ID: Vactoria.Original box marked “Tara Craftsmen Jewelers, For Everlasting Finish”.Co., 52 Salem St., Providence, Rhode Island View a Tara Fifth Avenue catalog from a 1965 sales kit.Info courtesy Dottie Sheffield, ID: jim-n-dottie.Daniel O’Farrell was President and Fred Lebwohl was chief of design and development.Other companies besides D&E made some Tara jewelry, and Tara may have manufactured some of their own after the move to California.Was located in NYC, then moved to Garden Grove, CA, around 1965.Some jewelry in the Juliana style was manufactured by DeLizza & Elster for Tara.Frank DeLizza has confirmed that they weren’t made by DeLizz & Elster. Mark: Tara Fifth Avenue found on card, not on the earrings.Mark: Courtesy Dottie Sheffield, ID: jim-n-dottie.Mark: CourtesyDottie Sheffield, ID: jim-n-dottie.Mark: Paper hangtag Courtesy Dottie Sheffield, ID: jim-n-dottie.Mark: TARA Photo courtesy ID: justabunchawildflowers.Also worked for Coro, heading the Mylu division until 1970. Partners are sisters Lynne Gordon & Marge Borofsky, founders of Mylu Designs Co.in 1971 by Michael Tancer who had been with Coro until 1969. Some jewelry for Tammey’s Jewels was made by Hollycraft.Founded by Jean Barnes, who sold the company in 1986.Photo courtesy ID: justabunchawildflowers.TAMMEY JEWELS – Indianapolis, Indiana – 1961 until at least 1986 Made by Yoneguma and Kiyoka Takahashi beginning in the early 1940’s while they were confined in Poston Camp, AZ, after Pearl Harbor was bombed.Copies were made in 1970’s, but pins were attached with screws, rather than the push-pins used on the originals.marked K&Y and date after 1970 some only dated and some unmarked.
TAKAHASHI BIRDS - early 1940’s into 1980’s This finding was used to slide onto a zipper pull on a zip-up jacket or sweater.Mark: TABBY first used June, 1940, on jewelry and jewelry fasteners.