Description: We are N&N Vintage Costume Jewelry Online and on eBay since 1999 Trifari Sterling 'Alfred Philippe' Gold Pave and Baguettes Jelly Belly Spider Pin Clip Description: gold plated sterling, rhinestones, baguettes, lucite Marked: Trifari with Crown, Sterling, Des Pat No 135190 Reference: Brunialti, American Costume Jewelry - Art and Industry (2008) Vol 2 p 184. Patent is reproduced below (scroll down); designer A Philippe, filed Feb, granted March 1943. Advertised for sale at Dewees, price $19.95, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, 23 June 1944, p 5, with another Philippe bug, patented March 1944 (see TKF6893) - referring to the current Vogue; scroll down to view advertisement. Scroll down to view the page referred to, in Vogue, June 1944, p 97, also showing the large Philippe 'fly' pin patented in 1943-44 (advertised in Vogue full page, March 1945 - see TKF7190). Condition: Excellent - testing scratches on the back of the lucite, not visible from the front Size: 2" x 1.85" See the Vintage Advert for this item below 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.
Price: 1275 USD
Location: Toronto, Ontario
End Time: 2025-01-30T00:12:01.000Z
Shipping Cost: 16 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Signed: Yes
Material: Lucite
Year Manufactured: 1940-1949
Main Stone Color: White
Metal: Sterling Silver
Jewelry Department: Fashion
Vintage: Yes
Brand: Trifari
Setting Style: Pavé
Type: Pin
Original/Reproduction: Original
Base Metal: Sterling Silver
Theme: Animals & Insects, Spiders
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Country of Origin: United States