Trifari ' Alfred Philippe Empress Eugenie ' Gold And Pearls Hand Pin Clip
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Trifari 'Alfred Philippe' 'Empress Eugenie' Gold and Pearls Hand Pin Clip
Description: gold and rhodium plated base metal, rhinestones, enamelling, faux pearls
Marked: Trifari with Crown (on clip), Des Pat No 138203
Reference: Brunialti, American Costume Jewelry - Art and Industry (2008) Vol 2 p 135. Patent is reproduced below (scroll down); designer A Philippe, dated 1944; this clip ...is a variant on the patent design, after use of sterling, in enamel and pearls to match the Empress Eugenie series
Condition: Excellent, apart from some bubbling to plating on the back
Size: 2.4" x 1.4"
Scroll down for the original Design Patent(s) for this vintage item N&N specializes in the classic period from the 1920s to the 1970s, when great designers - some trained in the fine jewelry houses of Paris - created the most magnificent costume jewelry ever seen - when jewels of glass and base metal rivalled artistically those made with precious stones.
With thousands of items for sale, you can always find gorgeous additions to your collection.
Online and on eBay since 1999, you can buy from N&N in confidence that we guarantee your items to be authentic, as dated, and as photographed and described.
Online and on eBay since 1999
Trifari 'Alfred Philippe' 'Empress Eugenie' Gold and Pearls Hand Pin Clip
Description: gold and rhodium plated base metal, rhinestones, enamelling, faux pearls
Marked: Trifari with Crown (on clip), Des Pat No 138203
Reference: Brunialti, American Costume Jewelry - Art and Industry (2008) Vol 2 p 135. Patent is reproduced below (scroll down); designer A Philippe, dated 1944; this clip ...is a variant on the patent design, after use of sterling, in enamel and pearls to match the Empress Eugenie series
Condition: Excellent, apart from some bubbling to plating on the back
Size: 2.4" x 1.4"
Scroll down for the original Design Patent(s) for this vintage item N&N specializes in the classic period from the 1920s to the 1970s, when great designers - some trained in the fine jewelry houses of Paris - created the most magnificent costume jewelry ever seen - when jewels of glass and base metal rivalled artistically those made with precious stones.
With thousands of items for sale, you can always find gorgeous additions to your collection.
Online and on eBay since 1999, you can buy from N&N in confidence that we guarantee your items to be authentic, as dated, and as photographed and described.
