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Description: gold plated base metal, rhinestones, enamelling
Marked: Pat 1801128 on dress clips
Reference: Patent is for dress clip mechanism, A E Waller of Providence RI, dated 1931. Quality of design and construction suggest the attribution. The bangle was pictured in Life Magazine, Jan 1938, in an article about the booming costume jewelry market and the high prices items like this were selling for - some at $100 in 1938. Click thumbnail above to view 1938 article illustration. See also V. Becker, Fabulous Costume Jewelry, p. 141.
Condition: Excellent
Size: Bangle inner diameters 2.4" x 2.2", 1.9" wide; clips 1.45" x 1.25" x 0.45" proud
Price: US$2450 ' (insured shipping included)
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