Signed WMCA vintage costume jewelry
White Metal Casters Association Jewelry
Incorporated in 1928, White Metal Casters Association was a renowned manufacturer of white metal and rhinestone novelties consisting of brooches, buckles, buttons, slides, pins, clips, and other ornaments. Located in Manhattan, City of New York, White Metal Casters Association was founded by a talented businessman, innovative jeweler Morris Belloch (1902-1967) of Brooklyn.
According to the earliest records of 1928, Morris Belloch, the president of the White Metal Casters Association applied for a patent registration for his invention related to buckles.
The company primarily made fur clips, brooches and belt buckles for use on ladies’ wearing apparel and accessories by a process commonly known as casting and assembling. The traditional materials used to create jewelry were gun metal and rhinestones. The manufacturer’s mark includes four capital letters WMCA, and without a copyright symbol, which appeared only in 1955, when the company ceased to exist.
Classified as antiques, WMCA jewelry, which is almost a hundred years old, is highly collectible.
Signed WMCA vintage costume jewelry (1928-1940s)
