Weiss
WEISS is the mark of Albert Weiss & Co. of New York, a costume jewelry firm that ran from 1942 to 1971. The name is said “wice”, rhyming with rice.
How to read it
Albert Weiss was a designer at Coro in the 1930s and founded his own company in 1942, on Fifth Avenue. Untapped New York describes its specialty as rhinestone pieces with smoky stones called black diamonds; Weiss handed the firm to his son Michael in 1969, and it closed in 1971. Weiss did not make its own jewelry: Costume Jewelry Collectors Int’l says it designed only some of it and manufactured none, and that Hollycraft made some pieces for it, Christmas trees among them. ALBERT WEISS CO. is now registered for costume jewelry to Rhinestone Jewelry Corporation, claiming use from July 2000.
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The marks on Weiss pieces
Costume Jewelry Collectors Int’l lists Albert Weiss New York, Weiss N.Y., Weiss (first used in 1951) and ©Weiss among the marks, with A.W.Co. on tags. WEISSCO, first used in 1947, is also a Weiss mark.
Weiss and Eisenberg
Karl Eisenberg, whose family ran Eisenberg, called Albert Weiss its biggest competitor, one that copied Eisenberg designs. He placed Weiss a level below Eisenberg in price.
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- Next in Jewelry marksEisenbergEISENBERG ORIGINAL, EISENBERG ICE, or a single E are marks of Eisenberg, the jewelry line of a Chicago dressmaker, Eisenberg & Sons, founded in 1914. Eisenberg Original is the earliest jewelry mark, from about 1935.
- The same shape in Country of origin marks and label numbersMade in West GermanyThe item was made in West Germany, the Federal Republic of Germany, which was a separate state from 1949 until German reunification in 1990.
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Sources
- Researching Costume Jewelry Marks: W (Costume Jewelry Collectors Int’l), Researching Costume Jewelry History, Companies and Signatures, “W”: WEISS, Costume Jewelry Collectors Int’l (Researching Costume Jewelry, after Illusion Jewels), WEISS
- Weiss Costume Jewelry (Collectors Weekly), Collectors Weekly, costume jewelry category: Weiss, Collectors Weekly
- Puzzling Ghost Signs of NYC: Albert Weiss Jewelers, 15 West 37th Street (Untapped New York), Untapped New York, 4 April 2023, Untapped New York, no. 8
- Rhinestone Dynasty: Karl Eisenberg Talks About His Family’s Costume Jewelry (Collectors Weekly), Collectors Weekly, interview with Karl Eisenberg, Collectors Weekly
- ALBERT WEISS CO., US Serial No. 75625805 (USPTO TSDR), US Serial No. 75625805, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR), Goods and services; current owner
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