April 16, 2024
Trifari KTF Alfred Philippe Fruit Salad CLIPMATES duette 1930's Clips Brooch
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This Alfred Philippe design with ruby, sapphire and emerald fruit salads (molded glass) and diamanté accents is one example of Trifari's Clip-Mates, their answer to Coro's Duette. This piece can be worn as a brooch or as separate dress clips.The influence of Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels on Philippe is evident in the fruit salad lines he designed for Trifari in the mid-1930s and early 1940s. The setting of this special piece is rhodium-plated metal, and the brooch has a roll-over safety clasp.MakerTrifariSize2 7/8 x 1 1/8"CONDITION:Very good EXCEPT PLEASE NOTE: one clip needs a repair/soldering at the hinge as shown in LAST PHOTODate1936-1937 (based on use of "KTF" as maker's mark, 1925-1937, and issue of first fruit salad series, 1936-1937, according to Brunialti)Marks"CLIP-MATES" and "KTF"ReferenceUtility patent # 2,050,804 (for clip mechanism) issued to Alfred Philippe in 1936
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