We are N&N Vintage Costume Jewelry. Trifari'Alfred Philippe' Moonstone and Sapphire Fruit Salads Giant Flower Pin Description : rhodium plated base metal, rhinestones, baguettes, fruit salads. This has been converted from a pin clip Marked : Des Pat No 125157, 44 Reference : Brunialti, American Costume Jewelry - Art and Industry (2008) Vol 2 p 95. Patent is reproduced below (scroll down); designer A Philippe, dated 1941.
The pin clip would have borne the Trifari mark Condition : Excellent - expert pin conversion, a spot of solder visible where the pin clip prong has been removed Size : 4.25" x 1.85". 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. The item "Trifari'Alfred Philippe' Moonstone and Sapphire Fruit Salads Giant Flower Pin" is in sale since Friday, March 20, 2020. This item is in the category "Jewelry & Watches\Vintage & Antique Jewelry\Costume\Designer, Signed\Pins, Brooches". The seller is "n_and_n_jewelry" and is located in Toronto, Ontario. This item can be shipped worldwide.