Coro Cockatoos on a Flowering Branch Duette

NWS 6-1241

~ These sweet cockatoos will bring a smile to everyone who sees you, and will add a touch of lightness to your step. How can they not lift your spirits!

~ Coro invented the "Duette" in the 1930's. An ingenious invention, the design involves two pin clips that fit together, joined by a mechanism at the back, so they can be worn as a single brooch. Or, you can take them apart, and wear them as two separate pin clips. Or, clip one cockatoo over a necklace and wear it as a pendant (for more ideas on how to wear/use clips, see link below).

~ These cockatoos have been hand painted with enamel in colors of yellow, white, peach, tangerine and rose. The birds are perched on a brown enameled branch that is bursting with leaves and flowers of dark and pale pink, dark and pale blue, dark and pale green, and dark and pale lilac. The birds' beaks are enameled black. Just imagine the painstaking amount of hand work that went into creating this Duette!

~ At the center of each flower is a faceted, faux diamond.

~ The birds' eyes are depicted with tiny rhinestones, while their breasts are covered with more  pavé-set, faceted crystals.

~ As you can see by the patent above, this Duette was designed by Gene Verricchia, a famous designer for Trifari, and was filed on April 8, 1941. The reverse of this Duette is signed "Coro Duette" and bears the patent number "1798867" (which is the patent for the clip mechanism).

~ Measures 2.75" high and 1.75" wide.

c. 1941, in near mint condition

Research: Fun Jewelry, by Nancy Schiffer, p. 142; American Costume Jewelry, by Brunialti & Brunialti, p. 57-58

Price = $285.00

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