Natty Creations vintage costume jewelry
Natty Creations vintage costume jewelry
The history of Nat Levy Co., a jewelry company located at 302 Fifth Avenue, spans no more than three decades. Its founder, Nathan Levy, registered his jewelry trademark Natty Creations in the mid-1930s. Traditionally, the designer created dress accessories such as floral dress clips and Art Deco scarf holders. In the manufacture of jewelry, the company’s craftsmen used brass, alloys of gold and silver tone, freshwater and faux pearls. The markings on the back of each item included “Natty Creations” and a patent number. Thanks to this number, connoisseurs of vintage jewelry and just lovers of vintage jewelry can determine the date of manufacture of the product.
Noteworthy, Nathan Levy registered another jewelry trademark “Natalie Originals” in New York, New York in 1943. According to Business Notes, published in the New York Times on June 11, 1937, Nat Levy Co. collaborated with jewelry designers Urie F. Mandle and Harry Heiferman. As a result, the company name was changed to Nat Levy – Urie Mandle Corporation.