Here's the latest N&N Vintage Costume Jewelry update, 20 items, 12 Feb - still just time for Fedex delivery in the US, on Valentine's Day (see below)...
   
superb and rarest figurals - huge Dujay Rose with mottled leaves, new advert confirming a 1941 date - MB Boucher 1941 Raspberries, with advert - 1945 MB Boucher Sterling Parakeets matched pair, also with advert, $58 plus tax back then - 1938 Joseff of Hollywood African Headhunter, the first production, as seen in Brunialti...
   
1930s KTF Jewels of India 10 pointed star pin, never seen - Trifari Philippe Black and Turquoise Daisy, based on a double flower patent from late 1941, joining that spectacular double pin clip (thumbnail linked above) and a pink and turquoise single flower on site... new advert giving a 1943 date to a stunning sterling and pave kite cut emerald giant orchid, perhaps by Mazer...
   
marvellous late 40s early 50s figurals - Corocraft 1948 patented Disney style Castle, the design a subset of the larger pin on site... classic Boucher 1950 dancing couple, jiving a storm - Corocraft 1950 patented Birdcage with opening door, revealing the bird on a swing - and as promised for Valentines, Coro's 1952 'Eros Love Angels', winged cherubs playing pan pipes, our own earlier site content revealing a 'fascinating story of jewelry with a historical background over 2000 years old, unearthed by [a] noted archaeologist'...
   
amazing 1942-45 pieces - Reja Sterling Phoenix, unpatented 1945 design from Brunialti - also seen there, 1942 just pre-sterling patented Coro Ubangi Lady, with superb enamelling - Mosell Sterling Fighting Rooster, dated from Women's Wear Daily's description of their Spring 1944 collection - and Norma Sterling running mother duck, another rare example of their fine Jelly Belly designs in 1944-45...
and for Valentines - there's still time for shipping if you're quick (and in North America) -
our collection of Hearts - all with page links from the thumbnails below...
   
   
   
   
...and there's more - our complete 12 February Update - is here
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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