Javascript must be enabled to use Listia. Please follow these instructions to enable javascript on your browser.

FREE: Vintage LITTLE NEMO Czech Look Large Brass Flower Brooch marked LN/25

A member of Listia gave this away for free!

Do you want FREE stuff like this?

Listia is 100% Free to use

Over 100,000 items are FREE on Listia

Declutter your home & save money

"Listia is like EBay, except everything is free" - Los Angeles Times

"An Awesome Way To Give And Get Free Stuff" - Michael Arrington, TechCrunch

This Stuff is Free Too:

FREE

Description

The listing, Vintage LITTLE NEMO Czech Look Large Brass Flower Brooch marked LN/25 has ended.

Little Nemo jewelry brand is most known for its "Czech look" type pieces. Unfortunately no one has been able to ascertain what the numbers that sometimes follow L/N mean. This old flower brooch is marked LN/25.
The jewelry was manufactured by Brier Manufacturing, located in Providence, RI, which was founded by Benjamin Brier and Sam Magid in 1913. The name "Little Nemo" came from a popular comic strip character of the time. The company became the 2nd largest jewelry manufacturer in the US, with only Coro being larger. While they manufactured their own lines under L/N and Little Nemo (and much of their production is unsigned, as most of it was simply carded/hang-tagged with their name), they also manufactured for other companies, such as Helena Rubenstein, Revlon, and Walt Disney. Brier filed for bankruptcy, 65 years after its start.
A very desirable collector piece for your collection. Most likely made of brass (a magnet does not stick to it) with two paste set rhinestones and two half pea faux pearls. The brooch is large measuring approximately 3 1/2 inches tall and 2 1/2 inches wide. Discoloration and changes from age to the finish. I have not tried to polish it.

Questions & Comments

Fanned and watching! I'm lovin' your auctions!

Mar 21st, 2014 at 4:21:14 PM PDT by

Thank you ! Fanned you back and PLEASE KEEP WATCHING - I'll be listing MORE quality pieces very soon.

Mar 21st, 2014 at 5:30:10 PM PDT by

Oh I will! Thanks!

Mar 21st, 2014 at 5:36:19 PM PDT by

thank you for watching

Mar 22nd, 2014 at 11:29:09 AM PDT by

Fanned n watching :-)

Mar 21st, 2014 at 8:18:29 PM PDT by

Thank you ! Fanned you back.

Mar 22nd, 2014 at 6:34:30 AM PDT by

I missed your other auction while at the antiques shop....wahhhh! I'm staying home tomorrow for this!!!

Mar 22nd, 2014 at 2:20:13 PM PDT by

lol....I hate it when that happens to me!

Mar 22nd, 2014 at 3:14:56 PM PDT by

Watching and fanned! Beautiful piece. I would love to own it but my master is making me get my collection down some. He says I can't keep everything I like...I say I can so what did he do...he took my mother's carnival glass fruit bowl that matched the candle stick holders and put it in a box with ALL of my vintage and antique bowls! I am so mad I could spit but so I can get them out of the garage I have to start letting some of my things go...dagnabbit and shuckydarn!

Mar 23rd, 2014 at 8:47:02 AM PDT by

Oh no ! I CAN relate though - I went from 4 curio cabinets down to 1 trying to downsize my glassware. It was hard parting with some of them. The nice thing about collecting jewelry is that it doesn't take up much room and you can "stash" it almost anywhere... Fanned you back!

Mar 23rd, 2014 at 9:24:26 AM PDT by

Being a retired jeweler I would just about guess that they numbered their pieces. It may be the number of the collection or the number in the collection it lies. Which or what ever it is absolutely gorgeous!

Mar 23rd, 2014 at 8:48:51 AM PDT by

You are probably correct....I thought that, but wasn't sure. I would have loved to have seen this piece when it was new.

Mar 23rd, 2014 at 9:20:12 AM PDT by

Vintage LITTLE NEMO Czech Look Large Brass Flower Brooch marked LN/25 is in the Antiques category