Castlecliff Grasshopper Playing the Violin Pin Clip
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Castlecliff Grasshopper Playing the Violin Pin Clip
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Description: gold plated base metal, rhinestones, enamelling; the violin rembles, and so (independently) does each pave back leg
Marked: unmarked
Reference: Brunialti, Tribute to America, pp. 221, 222, with information of it being advertised in Town and Country in 1940, and of Catlecliff successfully suing for patent infringement - 'after this episode, Catlecliff started to mark its own jewelry' Patent is reproduced below (scroll down); designer Willard Markle, dated 1941
Condition: Excellent
Size: 2.5" x 1.45" x 0.75" proud
Price: US$285 ' (insured shipping included)
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