Opulent Style - Schreiner


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Henry Schreiner came to the United States in 1923 from Bavaria, Germany, where he had been a blacksmith. In 1926 or 1927, Schreiner went to work for the Better shoe buckle company. Business was booming because, with dresses being worn shorter, decorative shoe buckles had become very popular. He was quite adept at soldering and very artistic. His first love was doing work for the couture designers. In 1951, Terry (his daughter) and her husband, Ambros Albert, joined the business. The designing of Schreiner jewelry was a family affair. When Schreiner died in 1954, Terry and Ambros continued the business until 1975.
... The Schreiner company was known for its imaginative and unusual color combinations, for quality of the stones, and trademark of Schreiner jewelry - the reverse setting of rhinestones -point up instead of point down, and the hook and eye back construction. They often set the stones upside down, with the point at the top, in order to pick up the color of the material better.
The Schreiner company never produced a commercial type of jewelry; it did only fine hand work and never mass-produced pieces. It never paid for advertising, but always got wonderful editorial coverage in the magazines because the jewelry was right.
Today, the large, colorful and eye-catching Schreiner pieces are favorite of most collectors of the Vintage costume jewelry.

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SCHREINER Vintage Faux Turquoise Brooch.

Vintage Schreiner Red Glass Stone Brooch