George Lederman vintage animal brooches

George Lederman vintage animal brooches
Koala brooch. Textured 18 K gold, ruby eye, diamond. George Lederman vintage animal brooches

George Lederman vintage animal brooches
The history of George Lederman Inc. began in 1945, founded by Michel Barmache and George E. Lederman in New York. However, even before founding their family business in NY, Michel and George had a jewelry workshop in Paris and sold their products in the best boutiques.
Innovative jewelers, they constantly applied for jewelry patents. Among them, in particular, were clasps for bracelets in 1934, a flexible bracelet in 1941, a bracelet in 1945 and others.
High quality workmanship, the use of gold, platinum, precious stones, exquisite design and attention to detail have brought fame to the company. Notably, GL has designed jewelry for such iconic brands as Harry Winston, Van Cleef & Arpels, Tiffany & Co. and Cartier.
Renewed in 1963, George Lederman, Inc. (located on Madison Avenue, New York, NY) introduced the new “GL” logo. It is this logo that marks all the jewelry of the company, along with an indication of the carat of gold.
The company is currently run by the third generation jeweler Janine Lederman.
Marked GL animalistic brooch collection, created in the 1990s, became a real hit. The anatomically accurate animal figurines are handcrafted from 18k textured gold, rubies, emeralds and diamonds. Noteworthy, the collection includes more than 400 wild and even prehistoric animals. In fact, this is the world’s largest collection of handmade gold animal jewelry.

Bear brooch. Textured 18 K gold, ruby eye
Bear brooch. Textured 18 K gold, ruby eye
Maker's mark 1
Maker’s mark

George Lederman vintage animal brooches

Cheetah family brooch. Textured 18 K gold, ruby eye, diamond
Cheetah family brooch. Textured 18 K gold, ruby eye, diamond
Dolphin brooch. Textured 18 K gold, ruby eye, diamond
Dolphin brooch. Textured 18 K gold, ruby eye, diamond
Gecko brooch. 18 K gold, emerald eye
Gecko brooch. 18 K gold, emerald eye
Hippo brooch. Textured 18 K gold, ruby eye, diamond
Hippo brooch. Textured 18 K gold, ruby eye, diamond
Lion cub brooch. 18 K gold, ruby eye
Lion cub brooch. 18 K gold, ruby eye
Owl brooch. 18 K gold, sapphire eye
Owl brooch. 18 K gold, sapphire eyes
Penguin brooch. 18 K gold, ruby eye
Penguin brooch. 18 K gold, ruby eye, diamond
Pheasant brooch. Textured 18 K gold, ruby eye, diamonds
Pheasant brooch. Textured 18 K gold, ruby eye, diamonds
Rhinoceros brooch. 18 K gold, ruby eye
Rhinoceros brooch. 18 K gold, ruby eye
Seal brooch. 18 K gold, ruby
Seal brooch. 18 K gold, ruby
Stegosaurus brooch. 18 K Gold, emerald
Stegosaurus brooch. 18 K Gold, emerald
Tiger brooch. Textured 18 K gold, ruby eye, diamond
Tiger brooch. Textured 18 K gold, ruby eye, diamond
Walrus brooch. Textured 18 K gold, ruby eye, diamond. Georges Lederman for Tiffany
Walrus brooch. Textured 18 K gold, ruby eye, diamond. Georges Lederman for Tiffany
Whale brooch. 18 K gold, ruby
Whale brooch. 18 K gold, ruby
Maker's mark
GL mark
Registered in 1945 patent for brace
Registered in 1945 patent for bracelet
Trademark image
Trademark since 1963

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