Happy New Year to all from N&N! - here's our 8 January first update of 2023...
 
another incredibly rare piece from the remarkable Sandor figural Jelly Belly series of early 1942... a Jelly Belly Owl, newly identified, joining the Mermaid on site, and the 'Snowman' (actually Starfish Man) previously here... with references from Fun Jewelry and Women's Wear Daily
   
Spectacular classic KTF and late 30s early 40s Trifari Philippe... late 30s pastel fruit salad bracelet, as seen in Brunialti, in wonderful condition... superb 1937 patented blue and white moonstone fruit salad clipmate... never seen before 3 Flower floral spray pin clip, 1939-40 from the clip, with invisibly set emerald stems... the left hand swirl pin clip, again amazing condition, in emerald, patented and advertised in 1941, from the wonderful pave black enamel and coloured stones series...
   
...and 1940 Trifari Philippe patented Pansy with stem, among the rarest of the Rue de la Paix series. More stunning enamel colours, spectacular 1941 Reja Deep Sea Fish with pearl bubble... never here before, classic WW2 US Patriotic, the magnificent 1941 Staret 'Remember Pearl Harbor' pin... fascinating early 1942 consequence of that event, Coro British and US flags shaking hands on Victory, now formal allies (amending the 1941 patented version of the pin, now also identified as by Coro)
   
Superb sterling 1942-45 figurals - DeRosa Sterling, wonderfully delicate pearls and lilac enamel five flower spray pin, such intricate construction... Corocraft Sterling charming deep green Tree Frog... patented and advertised in 1944, fine pair of Coro Sterling Jelly Belly Twinkling Twins beetles... rare, unseen in books, Sterling Jelly Belly walking Duck...
   
...and here only once before, full-face, Reja Sterling Court Jester pin, with Brunialti's WWD reference and 1945 advert. MB Boucher 1953, for Elizabeth II's Coronation, courtier with the royal orb, part of a series... 1957 Boucher 'Loves Me, Loves Me Not' pin, but presenting in jewelry the fuller non-binary French version of the game (progressing through several degrees of infatuation)... and a magnificent 1980s or 1990s Trifari TM Bird of Paradise necklace, from a series that included a Tiger set...
and finally... in research news
- an update on the Hattie Carnegie Greek Chariot pin (thumbnail linked above); how it celebrated the successful Greek resistance to invasion by Italy after Oct 1940; and why the triumphant 'I will not be Conquered' motto in Greek script, on the Feb 1941 Carnegie pin, was changed to a more generally encouraging 'Victory is Marching On' (in English) in later versions of the design... after the Germans had conquered Greece in April 1941...
...and there's still more to see - take a look - in this first update of 2023
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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