CORO CRAFT COROCRAFT Sterling Studded Jelly Belly Turtles Clips/Pins/Duette

Name: CORO CRAFT COROCRAFT Sterling Studded Jelly Belly Turtles Clips/Pins/Duette
Brand: Corocraft
SKU: 204786254749
Price: 925.00 USD
Availability: InStock

USD 925.00

Condition: Pre-owned - Good

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View CORO CRAFT COROCRAFT Sterling Studded Jelly Belly Turtles Clips/Pins/Duette with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. Each turtle is marked STERLING, twice. The thick Lucite 'jelly belly' is studded with clear rhinestone insets. Sapphire blue rhinestone eyes. Most duette patents date to the mid to late 1920's and duettes themselves were sold well into the 1950's. SHELL WE?... Adolph Katz for COROCRAFT 1945 Sterling collectible jelly belly 'turtles' duette/clips/pins. The thick Lucite 'jelly belly' is studded with clear rhinestone insets. Sapphire blue rhinestone eyes. Gold vermeil over Sterling base metal. Duettes were combinations of a pair of dress or fur clips clipped into a metal frame with a brooch type finding (pinstem) so that you could wear the clips separately or combine them into a large piece and use it as a brooch. Most duette patents date to the mid to late 1920's and duettes themselves were sold well into the 1950's. Coro was the largest producer of duettes. Pin measures 2" by 2" at widest as a duette. Each clip/pin measures 1 1/4" by 1 1/4". Each turtle is marked STERLING, twice. Duette mechanism/frame is marked CORO DUETTE, STERLING and Pat No 1798867. Very good vintage condition with minor wear to the vermeil and superficial surface scratches to the reverse of the Lucite (only mentioned for complete accuracy). Book references here can be found on page 207 of Brunialti's 'American Costume Jewelry - Art and Industry (2008) Vol 2' p 207 and page of 108 of Judith Miller's 'Costume Jewelry'. Advertised in 'Harpers Bazaar', Feb 1945. CORO, INC., was one of the largest and most prolific costume jewelry manufacturing and wholesale companies in the United States and the world. Coro was begun in 1901 by Emanuel Cohn and Carl Rosenberger who opened a small accessories store on Broadway in New York City. Not until 1943, did the company name Coro, a contraction of the first two letters of each partner's last name, change to Coro, Inc. Cohn and Rosenberger were not designers of jewelry; they found professional jewelry designers for this work. Adolph Katz, a name well known to Coro collectors, was not a jewelry designer either (contrary to popular belief). He signed his name on the patent applications. From 1924 on, he was the man in charge of selecting the designs from a large pool of designers that Coro would manufacture, commission to be manufactured, and sell. Francois was one such designer who joined Coro with his floral brooch designs in 1938. A special introductory advertisement featured his first line for Coro. Francois later marketed his jewelry under his own name, Francois. Other notable Coro designers included Gene Verecchio, probably most famous for his design of the Quivering Camellia Duette . Several other designers are mentioned in the design patent applications by Coro, notably, Oscar Placco, Robert Geissmann, Massa Raimond. It was, however, not a custom at Coro to mark individual jewelry with a designer's name except in rare instances. Adolph Katz, as the design director for Coro, was probably the single largest influence in creating the look for which Coro became known and popular with the jewelry buying public. .aucCounter a { text-decoration:none; }.aucCounter span:hover { text-decoration:underline; }.aucHiddenCounter { display:none; }.aucCounterOrangeText { color:#FB6D05; font-family:Arial; Font-size:13px; Font-weight:bold; }.aucCounterBlueText { color:#0068ac; Font-family:Arial; Font-size:11px; } Condition: Pre-owned - Good. Category: Jewelry & Watches › Vintage & Antique Jewelry › Brooches & Pins. Brand: Corocraft.