Vintage Brooch 1940s art Deco 12 kt yellow Gold Plate Signed Barclays Nouveau

Vintage Brooch 1940s Heavy 12 kt yellow Gold Plate Barclays Designer. A beautifully abstract brooch with flowy soft lines in an art nouveau art deco style.hollow, gold plated, signed. Know for high quality heavily gold plated jewelry. Simply marked Barclay in a script font during the early years. Louis Marks eye for detail produced excellent jewelry.  Barclay designs during the 1940’s into the early 50’s were extremely high quality. Incorporating 12 karat gold to heavily gold fill their pieces as well as some sterling silver. In May of 1948 Barclay began using the trademark  on their jewelry  to protect their brand. Early in 1950 Barclay received one of the first copyrights for a jewelry design. They received a copyright labeled “Barclay; fresh as a breath of spring in the distinctive Barclay finish.” on February 27th, 1950. they did stop signing their designs the last few years before closing in 1957.