Coro Gold Pave and Enamel 'Queen Bees' Pair of Pins and Screwback Earrings Set
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Coro Gold Pave and Enamel 'Queen Bees' Pair of Pins and Screwback Earrings Set
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Description: gold plated base metal, rhinestones, enamelling
Marked: unsigned
Reference: The construction and enamelling make the attribution certain; non-use of sterling dates this to early-mid 1942. Brunialti, American Costume Jewelry - Art and Industry (2008) Vol 1 p 128, a sterling duette and non-sterling earrings; and see COR1606, base metal duette and sterling earrings - the mixed use of sterling and base metal, as Brunialti suggests, reflecting the mid 1942 date, at the change over to Sterling. Patent is reproduced below (scroll down); designer Adolph Katz, dated 1942. Advertised in Sears catalogue, Summer 1944; click thumbnail above to view advertisement ••Reference Links - cor1606
Condition: Excellent
Size: Pins 1.75" x 1"; earrings 1.125" x 0.75"
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