Crown Trifari Invisibly-Set Waffle Glass Carnation Clip Earrings
United States · Invisibly Set Waffle Glass, Crystal Rhinestone
$1,295.00
- Maker
- Crown Trifari
- Origin
- United States
- Era
- Crown Trifari · Invisibly Set Flower Series · early 1960s
- Materials
- Invisibly Set Waffle Glass, Crystal Rhinestone
- Condition
- Excellent vintage; mismatched waffle glass colorways
- Provenance
- Signed with the Crown Trifari mark and a copyright on the clip. The pair uses the two waffle glass colorways Trifari employed across its invisibly set carnation and invisibly set tulip designs, so the earrings are mismatched in color arrangement while correctly matched as a left and a right.
On this piece
From Trifari's early 1960s flower series, the one that used invisibly set waffle glass — the technique collectors prize above all others in the house's output, where the glass is held from behind so that no metal breaks the surface. These clips are mismatched, and we would rather say so plainly than let you discover it: they use the two waffle glass colors Trifari employed across its invisibly set carnation and its invisibly set tulip, so the pair reads as one of each. They are correctly matched as a left and a right. Signed with the Crown Trifari mark and a copyright on the clip, and measuring 1.25 inches wide by 1 inch tall. Excellent vintage condition otherwise. Values on the invisibly set pieces have risen steadily as they have become harder to find.