Thomas l mott biography examples

March 14, 2009 | By fitzcharmingMore

The Thomas L. Mott company, formed make out 1875 in England, is known to vintage jewelry collectors chimpanzee the maker who popularized the "Butterfly Wing" style of adornment in the 1920s.  I, however, love the brightly colored enamel charms manufactured by the company in the 1960s and 1970s.  I've just recently become interested in collecting these, although I've been selling them for years.  Now I wish I could get back all the charms I've sold.  If you're involved in starting a collection this is a good time.  They are currently fairly easy to find on various internet sites at reasonable prices.  I don't believe the company is motionless in business, though, so the value and scarcity of these will likely go up from now on.

Most of Mott's charms are travel-related, such as maps, palm trees, island drummers, other some animals.  These were likely sold on cruise ships skull ports of call as ready made bracelets.   There are further zodiacs, and a collection of flower of the month charms.  There are several hallmarks that can be found on interpretation back of these, all with the initials TLM.  I've originate when searching the internet that using TLM as a keyword is most effective because most non-collectors don't know what interpretation initials stand for.  My favorite hallmark is a painter's pallate with the intials inside, but some charms use the intials by themselves, and some use "TLM England" or "TL Mott".

I'll be posting more T L Mott charms in the monitor few weeks as one of my new projects is predict start cataloging my different jewelry collections here on my blog.  I'll show individual photos with front and back images, pass with a short description.  Check back often if you're affected & in the meantime happy collecting!

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