Here's N&N Vintage Costume Jewelry's latest, 19 items, this 20 Feb 2023 - a Monday update, on a Presidents' (or in Canada, Family) Day, long weekend...
   
rarest of the rare - Trifari Philippe, almost unknown Orchid from the 1941 flowers series, only here once before, not seen in books - rarest of the Marcel Boucher 1941 Garden of Eden fruits & vegetables series - the superb beans pin... 1951-52 Schreiner Korean sterling snowflake pin, with adverts and references, from Boise Idaho, to NY US Vogue... the 1946 Trifari Philippe Sterling Ruby Choker set (joining the aquamarine set on site), exactly as advertised in Vogue, and in the Philadelphia Inquirer, with prices - US$130 plus 20%, for the set...
   
Jelly Bellies... classic 1944, Trifari Sterling Horse Head, rare Chanticleer Rooster, rare Peony Flower earrings, all with patents - and all three with brand new adverts... smallest, cute Coro Jelly Belly fish, with red enamel lips as in Brunialti, patent, and a new page and date for their 'Sea Imps' 1948 advert...
   
magnificent floral displays - DeRosa sterling gold and pearl flower swirl, with Women's Wear Daily picture feature, Feb 1944... Trifari Philippe 1939 Regence series, gold and diamante spangles, wonderful double rose trembler... Trifari Philippe superbly made dress clip clipmate, pave bell flowers swirl from a series that spanned the 1937-38 KTF divide, pristine... rarely here 1948 patented Coro Katz stylish Japanese Lady with a Fan, in a garden growing fruit salads...
   
a couple of Trifari full page colour Vogue adverts, brought to life - 1948 Philippe 'Fragonard' earrings, blue moonstone fruit salads and pearls, clearer advert showing the girl in the swing... Trifari Philippe 'Captive Heart' pin and earrings, late 1952 patent, new and better print of the Feb 1953 Vogue advert... remarkable, unique Corocraft Sterling Adolph Katz 1945 patented Crocodile about to swallow a large pearl egg (which actually suggests it's probably an Alligator)... and a superb 30s deco scene pin, a 3D yacht in a tropical bay, a moonstone moon lighting the sapphire sky, and the aquamarine water...
...and there are more items in our 20 February Update - 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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