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KJL -- see Lane, Kenneth J.
KL -- Karl Lagerfeld
Mark: KL in script
Photo courtesy Erik Yang.
K.T. see Takahashi
KAFIN -- New York -- c.1950-1960'S
Mark: Kafin New York 
Photo courtesy Cindy Amirkhan. 
Photo courtesy Lilly Vittetow
.
Mark: Kafin in script
Kai-Yin Lo
Mark: KYLO 925 
Photo courtesy Erik Yang.
Contemporary Hong Kong/Manhattan jewelry designer.
KALMOUR
Have ad from 1941
Kandell & Marcus
Mark: Kandell & Marcus N.Y. 
Photo courtesy Rosie Dyer.
Kaplan, Morris and Sons, Co. -- NY
Mark: Marquette Creations first used 1926, reg. 1947. 
Registration reads: " (Diamonds and precious and semi-precious stones; finger rings,
earrings, pendants, bracelets and chokers, all made of or designed to simulate precious or semi-precious metal). Courtesy Plenty O'Jewels@Rubylane.
Karan, Donna -- NY -- contemporary designer
Mark: 
Photo courtesy justabunchofwildflowers.
Karst -- German -- early 1900's
Mark: Karst 800 
Courtesy Cathy Gordon
KARU -- Kaufman & Ruderman, Inc. NY, NY c. 1940s--to 1970's??
Mark: Karu first used in 1940
Mark: On necklace "Karu Arke, made in W. Germany" foil tag; hook marked "W. Germany"; paper tag "The Anderson Newcomb Co."
Courtesy Pauline Lytle ID: spwalker10.
Mark: Karu Arke 
Mark: Karu Arke Inc. 
Courtesy Dad's Pottery
Mark: Karu Fifth Avenue 
Photo courtesy Laura Libio.
Mark: Karu Sterling 
Courtesy Carolyn Newhouse
Kaye Denning -- see Denning
Kaywin Novelty Co. -- c. 1933
Mark: 
Photo courtesy Pam Wiggins.
Founded by Daniel Kasoff and Weiner before Kasoff started Florenza on his own. -- Info courtesy Jan Gaughan.
Kenneth J. Lane -- see Lane, Kenneth
Kerr, Richard -- Dallas, TX; c. 1980
Mark: Richard Kerr 
Ketcham & McDougall, Inc. -- New Jersey; c. 1875 to at least 2003
Mark: Ketcham McDougall East Orange, NJ 
Photo courtesy Joan Sween.
Original company founded in 1832 by John Roshore. It became Ketcham & McDougall around 1875.
Known for thimbles, eyeglasses holders and fine jewelry.
KEYES -- 1962-- to at least 1999
Mark: Keyes
Photo courtesy Lee Caplan.
Canadian company.
Keynote of Fashion -- see UNCAS
KIDD, DAVID c. July 1965
Kiddie Kraft -- see MARATHON
KIM - 1956
Mark: Kim -- first used 1956, registered 1979 
(RCJ)
Owner of mark: Kim Craftsmen, Ltd., NY, NY
Kirk, Alexis c. 1970's
Mark: Alexis Jewels hangtag 
Courtesy Julie Levine
Contemporary designer who started in the 1970's (per Frank DeLizza).
KIRK'S FOLLY 1979--present
Mark: Kirk's Folly 
Photo courtesy Debbie Robinson.
KIRSCHMAN, LEWIS CO., INC. -- c. 1947
Mark: Old Crest Sterling
Ad from 1947 says that the jewelry is bench made
Kistner, F. N. -- Chicago; ? -- present
Mark: 
Maker of fraternal jewelry.
KJAG -- Kollmar & Jourdan -- Pforzheim, Germany
Founded in 1885; Factory destroyed during WWII; rebuilt & in business until 1977.
Mark: KJAG 
Photo courtesy Laura Libio.
K. J. L. -- see Lane, Kenneth J.
KLEIN, ANNE
Mark: Anne Klein 
Photo courtesy of Gail Gupton
Mark: Tagged Accessocraft and Klein, as they did a line together. 
Photo courtesy LillyVittetow.
Mark: Anne Klein Photo courtesy of Gail Gupton
Mark: AK 
Courtesy RCJ
Mark: Anne Klein for Carnegie -- 1978
Klik Promotions, Inc. -- NY c.1950
Mark: Double-Ette -- used on box containing purse/glove holder. 
Mark: Klik - EtteS -- first used 1952.
Klitzner Industries, Inc. - Providence, RI - c.1910 to present (4/07)
Mark: Cloisart - 1973, renewed 1995, now dead 
Courtesy RCJ
Mark: Cloisart 
Courtesy Raefielddesigns
Mark: HPM - 1982, live - used mainly on non-jewelry items 
Courtesy RCJ
Mark: Celebrating The Millennium 2000 Two Thousand Years - 1997, cancelled 2006 
Courtesy RCJ
Founded by Harry Klitzner.
KORDA
Mark: Thief of Bagdad Korda 
This jewelry was mfg. by the Rice-Weiner Co. (see Rice-Weiner).
The story about Korda giving these pieces of jewelry to the cast of "The Thief of Bagdad" after the movie was made is just a lovely myth, and not fact.
KRAMER -- Kramer Jewerly Creations, NY, Ny 1943--c.1980
Mark: Kramer first used 1943 
Photo courtesy Simply Sharon.
Mark: The Diamond Look (script) 1948
Mark: Kramer Pat. Pend. 
Photo courtesy Jennifer from Jennifer Lynn's Timeless Jewelry.
With copyright mark, after 1955 
Photo courtesy Bonnie Lynn Kirby.
Mark: Kramer Sterling 
Photo courtesy Sheila Winters.
Mark: Kramer, Made In Austria 
Two marks found on same brooch by Pat Seal.
Mark: "K" inside a teardrop-shaped metal hangtag. - seen in a 1961 ad.
Mark: The Diamond Look (block print) 
Photo courtesy Carol Ann O'Leary.
Mark: Kramer of New York 
Photo courtesy Jenny Wren.
Mark: Kramer New York 
Photo courtesy Plenty O'Jewels@Rubylane.
Mark: Kramer of NY (found on pearls)
Photo courtesy eclecticgramma.
Mark: Christian Dior by Kramer 
Photo courtesy Jennifer from Jennifer Lynn's Timeless Jewelry.
Mark: The Golden Look (script) 1954 
Courtesy Plenty O'Jewels.
Mark: Perles de Lune -- used on Kramer Pearl Jewelry from Sept. 1962
Mark: Amourelle -- by Frank Hess for Kramer -- since 1963 -- heart shaped plaque. 
Photo courtesy Cathy Gordon .
Mark: Amourelle - by Frank Hess for Kramer 
Photo & info courtesy Cathy Gordon.
Founded by Louis Kramer in 1943
Thanks to Plenty O'Jewels for some of the above information.
KREISLER MFG. CORP. 1913 -- at least 1977
Mark: Kreisler 
Mark: Gold-Klad -- 1921
The Stern-Kreisler Jewelry Company founded in 1914 in NYC by Jacques Kreisler & Marcus Stern made fine jewelry.
1928 Tobias Stern (son of founder) and Jacques Kreisler form Kreisler Manufacturing Coporation.
1932 the Jacques Kreisler Manufacturing Corp. closes its doors.
1933 Tobias Stern and Jacques Kreisler restart the business of manufacturing watchbands.
1948 Kreisler expands its product line to include men's and women's jewelry
1952 The men's and ladies jewelry line is discontinued.
Not sure when they again started making jewelry.
1975 The jewelry division moves to St. Petersburg, FL.
1979 Kreisler closes its jewelry division .
1980 company moves into its current corporate offices in St. Petersburg, FL.
Have ads from 1946 & 1947.
Kremaloy -- see Krementz
KREMENTZ 1866 -- 1997
Mark: Heraldic (on a shield) 1930
Mark: Krementz 1884
Mark: Krementz 
Photo courtesy Jo-Ann Sturko.
Mark: Krementz USA 
Mark: Bottom looks like a man's handle-bar mustache and top looks a little like an umbrella or like an anchor 
Photo courtesy Sam & Yvonne Mitchell.
Mark: Nu-Kay 1907
Mark: Snap-Bar 1940
Mark: Diana 
Photo courtesy Sam & Yvonne Mitchell.
Mark: Kremaloy
Mark: Krementz Plate 
Mark: Krementz Plate (on early 1900's MOP cufflinks) 
Photo courtesy Plenty O'Jewels
Mark: Krementz (script)--now being used
In 2000, Richard Krementz said the firm had also sold under the names: Shiman, McTeigue, and Jones & Woodland.
Until 1878 the firm's sales were confined to the jobbing trade.
In 1997 they sold "Krementz" to Colibri and some of their other lines were sold to other companies.
Today, the Krementz family still manufactures 18k and platinum jewelry with exotic colored gemstones in Newark under the name Richard Krementz Gemstones.
KTF -- see TRIFARI
Kultaseppa Salovaara Ky -- Finland
Mark: Polar bear mark & "Sterling"
Photo courtesy justabunchofwildflowers.
KUM-A-PART -- see Swank, Inc.
KUM-A-PART Kuff Button -- see Swank, Inc.
KUM-A-PART The Buckle That Snaps -- see Swank, Inc.
Kunio Matsumoto-- see Trifari
PAT SEAL: research files
DOTTY STRINGFIELD: research files
LUCILLE TEMPESTA: owner-publisher of the Vintage Fashion & Costume Jewelry Magazine and club
BOBYE SYVERSON: research files.
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