Here's the latest N&N Vintage Costume Jewelry update - all new tonight - take a look! this Sunday 3 September 2023...
   
among the most magnificent of the 60s Trifari Philippe Invisibly Set pieces, the Tulip in red and green, with new print of the Oct 1961 Harper's Bazaar feature, which gives the date... incredible rarity, 1942 Trifari Philippe Ming Four Dragons Bracelet, as in the patent, never here before in red and jade... rarest Trifari Sterling Philippe Dragonfly, with patent - and brand new advert from Indiana, Dec 1945 ... never seen nor suspected DuJay metallic enamel 'Remember Pearl Harbor' pin, first months of 1942 - one of only two Dujay Patriotic designs we know of (here's the other)...
   
stunning figurals... rare bird, the Trifari Philippe Sterling Jelly Belly Kiwi, advertised for sale in Oklahoma 3 days before the Jan 1944 patent was filed (explaining why pieces made before the filing - like this update's, and one on site previously - have neither Pat Pend nor patent number stamps)... Trifari Philippe Sterling green leaf pin, giant (over 5") fully enamelled version, of the 1942 patented gold and pave design... the famous and important Hattie Carnegie Crab, very rarely signed, with the 1940s HC in a lozenge... wonderful 40s-50s Progress of NY, fine jewelry 14K Gold and real diamonds, lovely ladybugs on real quartz carved maple leaves pin and earrings set...
   
totally spectacular, rarest French Deco sterling 1920s Fruit Salads Giant Doorknocker pin, stunning statement, still sparkling after a century... Dior by Henkel Diamante Doorknocker pendant earrings, early 1970s, still superb, half a century old... lovely Trifari Philippe Sapphire Fruit Salad Flowers & aurora spangled leaves choker necklace, late 50s... superb Dujay Sterling Gold spangled Rose earrings, identified & dated from the unique earring clips, on a 1945 advertised and identified set previously here... with the pin still available...
   
stunning ruby Eisenberg Original Star pin, in silver, referring to the set previously here in gold, 4 different sizes, all similarly signed (with a single letter)... Trifari Philippe 'Pom Pom' "good luck charm" rag doll, in sapphire, very rarely here, with patent, and new & excellent print of the Harper's Bazaar April 1949 advert... never seen before, Trifari Philippe 1938-42 pave scimitar pin, anticipating the larger gold pave and pearls design patented in 1940... and the elusive Trifari Philippe sitting Pussy Cat - part of the patented and advertised 1952 animal scatter pins series...
...and there's still more to see, in our complete, 20 item, September 3 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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