Here's N&N Vintage Costume Jewelry's 26 November update... selected thumbs below...
the rarest, most desirable, most fascinating Trifari Philippe designs, 1939-1957
   
- Heidi (not Helen), 1939 patented and advertised Swiss Miss; the 1944 patented election year Jelly Belly Elephant; never seen Trifari Sterling Dragonfly with amazing wings; superb Sterling 1945 Harper's advertised Sunburst pin clip, with link to a contemporary advert, over the counter retail back then, US$60 including tax...
   
1949 Moghul Wasp's Nest: patented Jelly Belly Crown with new 1949 advert and price; never seen 1949 Moonshell series gold pendant screwback earrings (matching the patented necklace); never seen 1950 Clair de Lune teardrop pendant earrings...
 
splendid 1956 Moghul Jewels Peacock, part of a general revisitation of the 1949 Moghul jewels design patents (stamped with the still valid numbers); silky 1957 Spring Frost Fruit Salad bracelet, with Life Magazine advert...
   
magnificent Mazer pre-sterling, emerald and baguettes wide bracelet; superb Mazer flower spray, with unmistakeable fruit salads; 1942-44 remarkable Mazer sterling stylized bird; another wonderful Katz figural, Corocraft Sterling Bee and Hive chatelaine, unpatented, but from 1946-47, like the patented Comedy and Tragedy and Pirate chatelaines...
  
magnificent 1920s 925 sterling marcasites and inset onyx necklace, two mirrored love birds, drinking together from a fountain... Charel necklace and earrings from 1955, iridescent blue aurora fruit salad shells - from the company Trifari successfully sued in 1955 for copying their Bolero line, inaugurating the era of copyrighted costume jewelry (these Charel pieces marked C in a circle by the way)...
...and there's more - in N&N's latest 26 November 2023 update
N&N's Research Discoveries page has a useful archive of these illustrated update emails, going back to when they began, in pre-Covid days, December 2019 onwards - and you can catch up there on any emails you may have missed...
All our best...
Neil & Natasha Cuddy (N&N)
N&N Vintage Costume Jewelry
https://www.trifari.com/index.html
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