Vintage Natty Creations Art Deco Figural Animal Bar Brooch

There is a real thrill in finding a costume jewelry piece that turns out to be genuinely signed and datable, not just a style guess but an actual traceable name and a patent number stamped right into the metal, connecting a small brooch to a real, documented New York City jewelry business from the 1930s.

This is a vintage bar brooch by Natty Creations, three textured rectangular panels with a hammered floral and starburst pattern, joined end to end by pairs of round jump rings, each ring-pair flanking a small cast figural animal in a slender, leaping pose. Stamped clearly on the reverse is "...TY CREATIONS" alongside "PAT. NO. 2,065,903," a patent number that ties directly to a documented Natty Creations design. Natty Creations was the trademark of Nathan "Nat" Levy's company at 302 Fifth Avenue in New York City, registered in the mid-1930s, known for dress clips, Art Deco scarf holders, and figural costume pieces in textured gold and silver-tone brass. The patent number confirmed here dates this specific piece confidently to the mid-to-late 1930s, real, documented Art Deco history rather than a style guess.

We want to be honest about one detail: the exact animal depicted in the figural elements is genuinely uncertain from the casting alone, a slender four-legged creature that could read as a fox, a whippet, or a gazelle, and we did not find an exact match for this specific motif in our research, so we're describing it honestly as an unidentified running animal rather than guessing at a specific species.

We want to walk through condition completely. There is real, undisguised tarnish throughout the recessed texture and around the jump rings, consistent with a genuine eighty-plus-year-old piece. The gold-tone plating has worn through at raised high points and edges, revealing the brassy base metal beneath, confirming this is base-metal costume jewelry rather than solid or filled gold. Light greenish verdigris spotting appears near the hinge and catch area, typical brass aging rather than active, spreading corrosion. There are no stones or enamel on this piece to worry about losing. The pin stem, hinge, and rollover clasp all appear intact and functional, and we found no cracks or structural breaks anywhere. This is genuine, wearable vintage condition with honest tarnish and plating wear, not a pristine, mint example, and we want you to know that clearly.

Signed Natty Creations pieces hold real, specific appeal for Art Deco costume jewelry collectors precisely because so much of this category is unsigned guesswork; here, you have both a confirmed maker's name and a documented patent number anchoring the piece to an exact era. The multi-panel, figural-animal design is also more elaborate and visually interesting than the simpler scarf clips this maker is sometimes better known for, giving it real standalone presence.

We priced this brooch by comparing it against other confirmed Natty Creations pieces recently sold and offered, a real and researchable signed-maker category, weighing the genuine documented provenance against the honest tarnish and plating wear, and leaned toward the higher end of what comparable figural and decorative pieces from this maker support, reflecting the real, confirmed history behind this specific piece.

Please look closely at every photograph before deciding, since they show precisely the brooch you will receive, tarnish included. If you have any questions about the maker, the patent, or the animal motif, we are glad to answer honestly rather than have you guess. It will be packaged carefully and shipped promptly. Thank you for taking a moment to consider this genuinely documented piece of 1930s American Art Deco jewelry history, and we hope it finds its way into a collection where its real, traceable story continues to be told.

 _gsrx_vers_1736 (GS 9.9.5 (1736))

Item specifics

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