The "TH" Cufflink Maker RevealedBy Arthur Anderson |
Several years ago I wrote an article, The Mystery of the TH Maker Revisited, about the affinity between the cufflinks of an unidentified maker who signed pieces "TH" and those of the Irving Heidelscheimer company. Since that time additional facts have come to light and the identity of the "TH" maker has been revealed. Earlier this year while reviewing early issues of the Jewelers Circular (a jewelry trade journal founded in 1869) I came across an intriguing notice in a 1919 issue reporting that the Irving Manufacturing Co. (formerly Irving Heidelscheimer) had incorporated and changed its name to Heidell & Trow Co. The new firm was to maintain the workshop and operations of the predecessor and was to be managed by Irving Heidell and George Swift Trow. Heidell & Trow seemed a likely suspect for the mysterious "TH" maker.
Further research confirmed that in 1922 Heidell & Trow registered the "T over H" trademark for use with jewelry. A copy of the trademark registration notice is shown below and several further examples of Heidell & Trow cufflinks follow.
Additional examples of vintage
cufflinks by Heidell & Trow and
other makers can be found in
the Antique
Cufflink Gallery.
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