N&N Vintage Costume Jewelry presents a 24 item update this 7 February...
   
never before seen adverts - Mazer 1937 Fruit Salad Flower Basket, from a series in Vogue that year... amazing all pave Trifari Philippe Big Bird (of Paradise), $40 at Christmas 1941 (don't miss the "Santa, you darling" advert)... Philippe patented Jelly Belly Sparrow, new 1944 advert, alongside other rare pieces... KJL gigantic Maltese Cross necklace, now firmly located in - June 1972...
   
...1940 Trifari Philippe set, impossible to assemble - pin clips, necklace and bracelet - from a superb and little known moonstone ruby and enamel series... wonderful winged helmet Hermes, Athennic Arts 1941 bracelet, with patent and WWD articles... Trifari Sterling Philippe Flying Bird, dated by advert, Christmas in Iowa, 1943... beautifully made, Castlecliff Sterling Bow Swirl, featured in the (Sept 1942) New York Times...
   
...important pieces - 1946 Anthony Sterling Jelly Belly Cat and Fishbowl, from the Brunialti books... never seen, late 30s Dujay, metallic enamel and invisibly set rubies floral spray, superb workmanship... rarest of the late 40s post-sterling Philippe Jelly Bellies, the 1949 patented Butterfly... the wonderful Carnegie Ram's Head Earrings, from a 1968 series, dated here first with multiple adverts....
   
...more to fascinate... Trifari Moghul turtle pin, produced in late 1956, but different to examples with pearls and patent numbers - Coro hand and flower pin, in the colours and construction of patented 1939 pieces - Trifari Philippe June 1953 Coronation Gems Crown, approaching (in 2023) its (and Her Majesty's) 70th anniversary - wonderful 50s important and ultra cool Alice Caviness cravat necklace...
...and with 24 new items - lots more to look at - on N&N's update tonight
N&N's Research Discoveries page has a useful archive of these illustrated update emails, going back to January 2020 - catch up on missed emails there.
All our best...
Neil & Natasha Cuddy (N&N)
N&N Vintage Costume Jewelry
https://www.trifari.com/index.html
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