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The MuseLetter: July 2019
A walk through the early days: Featuring our VOGUE covers, Shashi Inc, The Museum of Jewelry Catalog.
Antiques: new selection of Chinese rings and tian-tsui available.
Designs: 100 New Designs this month including necklaces and earrings, and 100 pictures updated on existing products.
Memory Lane - Shashi Inc.
1964 The Museum of Jewelry was born in 1964. Shashi Singapuri was an employee of Eastern Airlines with $700 and an idea. He bought antiques in five central American Countries, brought them back to America, and promptly sold them.Our antiques and artifacts such as mummy beads, Chinese silver rings, and tian-tsui were mostly acquired in these early days. Our import business expanded to include South America, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Egypt, and China. Throughout the 1960's Shashi repeated and scaled the process. By 1966 he had a sizable collection of inventory and by 1968 he had largely transitioned from import to manufacturing....
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