Vintage 50s rhinestone maple leaf pin and earrings set

Vintage from the 1950s Dispatches from a small business in Canada Materials: BMCo, Breadner Manufacturing Co, Maple Leaf, Screw Back Earrings, Brooch, Rhodium Plated, Rhinestones, Crystals, 1950s, Made In Canada This magnificent jewelry set by BMCo made in Canada. The Maple leaf design features charming and detailed rhodium-plated settings with striking rhinestones. The earrings have screw-back closure. In good vintage condition. BMCo - Breadner Manufacturing Co., founded ca. 1900. Mr. Breadner moved to Ottawa and formed Breadner Manufacturing Co., and built a factory in about 1900. The firm specialized in souvenir jewellery for the tourist trade, also on their production program were souvenir spoons (several dies acquired from a Montreal Company which went bankrupt). In 1930 the business was reorganized as the Breadner Company Limited. It continued to manufacture souvenir jewellery along with badges and emblems. In WWII the firm made insignias for the Armed Forces but resumed to make jewellery at the end of the war. A lot of new spoons were added, since the company had developed their own die making facilities. After Samuel Breadner's death his son Jack Breadner took over the business, 1956 the firm moved to Hull, Quebec, it is the largest Canadian firm specializing in souvenir jewellery and souvenir spoons.