Jacob Hookaylo was a Russian-born jeweller working in Newark, New Jersey, the primary manufacturing centre for American jewellery during the first half of the twenieth century. He was established at 15 Mechanic Street in the 1920s, and though little is known about him, he patented at least one of his intricate designs for a diamond ring.
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