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Description: gold and rhodium plated base metal, rhinestones, faux jade.
Marked: Trifari with Crown, Pat Pend
Reference: Patent (for four dragons) is reproduced below (scroll down); designer A Philippe, filed Jan, granted Feb 1942. Brunialti, American Costume Jewelry - Art and Industry (2008) Vol 2 p 119, this two dragon variant. Luxe et fantaisie: Bijoux de la collection Barbara Berger (Paris, 2003), pp. 152-3 (4 dragons), and Gioielli Fantasia - Costume Jewelry: Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo's Collection (Milan, 2010) p 83 (2 dragons) for the black enamel and pearl version - which was advertised (probably with 4 dragons) at Woodward & Lothrop, $20 plus tax, in the [Washington DC] Times Herald, 26 Mar 1942, p 5; click thumbnail above to view advertisement
Condition: Excellent, apart from some age wear to plating on the back
Size: 7.125" x 0.75"
Price: US$8750 ' - see our Sales Policies (link below) for any extra shipping charges - & why (Sept 2025) these items will still ship tariff-free, to and through the USA
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