SALE PENDING Coro Craft Sterling Carnegie Hall Violin Pin by A. Katz

Jewelry : Vintage : Coro Sterling

 

Presented for your consideration is a breathtakingly beautiful brooch designed by Adolph Katz and signed by the maker, CoroCraft, in gold-plated sterling silver.

Coro introduced the Carnegie Hall line in conjunction with the premiere of the film, "Carnegie Hall". Their March of 1947 ad in Mademoiselle Magazine reads, " Coro brilliantly, triumphantly interprets the musical mood with jewelry that's an overture to compliments" and called this line, "Masterpieces of Fashion Jewelry".

This brooch measures 3.25" long x 1" wide x .5" deep and is in near mint condition with no plating loss, the slightest surface wear on the back, and the loss of five tiny rhinestones. The weight is 30.5 grams.

The craftsmanship of this Adolph Katz pin is remarkable with the domed and slotted face of the violin, the 1/8" thick side walls and solid back, the long, delicate neck and the tiny gold-plated violin strings and even tinier tuning knobs! The face of the violin is embellished with raised scrolls which contain over fifty tiny clear stones, the neck holds a Marquis cut ruby colored rhinestone and a pear-shaped green stone. At the base of the violin is a large faceted oval cut blue rhinestone.

The patent was granted on August 12, 1947 and is numbered 147,274.

This is one of the most beautiful Coro pins- absolutely gorgeous!

Marks: Coro Craft Sterling with Pegasus symbol on cartouche on back of violin.

References: Brunialti, American Costume Jewelry, pg. 12; Mademoiselle Magazine, March 1947, ad for "Carnegie Hall" jewelry in promotion of the premiere of the film, "Carnegie Hall".

Item ID: RL-516