Eisenberg, one of the biggest and most respected names in
costume jewelry, was started in 1914 and has a long history. Originally they made ladies clothing among other things,
attaching lovely pins to their creations. These pins began disappearing off the clothing. Thus, a full blown jewelry
company came into being sometime after 1937. Eisenberg contracted with Fallon & Kappel of N.Y. to manufacture
their jewelry. This relationship ended in the mid 1970's.
Due to metal shortages during WWII, sterling silver settings
were abandoned and eventually rhodium plating became the norm. Rodium maintains its beauty and is impervious to most tarnish
conditions. Thus, rhodium plating translates to almost perfectly preserved jewelry, even over years of use. Only the
finest Swarovski or Czech stones were used.
Eisenberg Ice came into being February, 1942, Chicago, Ill using block letters
in the signature. Later, the signature was in script (1970). There is the 'E' (1942-1945), 'Eisenberg Sterling' and 'Eisenberg
Original'.
There have been many types of signatures over the years; many over lapping
one another and some years no signatures at all. Eisenberg did not sign their pieces
from 1950 to 1975. Eisenberg is still making jewelry today.
Eisenberg jewelry is well preserved, impressive, usually big, bold and beautiful.
It is very hard to mistake a classic piece of Eisenberg jewelry.
You can expect to pay well for an elegant piece of Eisenberg or Eisenberg
Ice.
