My Coro Fur Clip made it into a treasury, curated by Yummy Affair! It’s an alternate, which means it will come up if something in the current display sells.

Thank you, Yummy Affair, for a great birthday present :-) I will be sharing your mouth-watering shop tomorrow. Folks, be prepared to drool!

I posted about this fur clip recently: 1950 Coro Fur Clip

Here’s the treasury, Spins and Spirals:

And here’s the link to it (good til 3:05 AM, Friday, Feb. 5): Spins and Spirals

UPDATE: It made it to the treasury :-) The beautiful table topper sold :-)

You can find that clip here: Coro Fur Clip

Coro is my absolute favorite of the vintage makers. Of the jewelry pieces I’ve sold, the one that hurt the most to part with was a small Coro clock pin from the 1930s. I still sorta cringe when I think about it.

That’s why this Coro fur clip was one of the first pieces in the “purge” box. If I don’t do it now, it will be that much harder later, when I’m tempted to keep “oh, just this one… and maybe that one…”

This piece will is now available at JewelryObsessed on Etsy, in this listing: Coro Fur Clip. It’s missing some stones, but is well worth the repair.

I thought I had the proper baguettes for replacement. Imagine my surprise when I discovered they didn’t fit, because the missing stones are keystones. I wasn’t aware of Coro using keystones. Then again, it seems many makers used them at one time or another.

This fur clip is unsigned, but can be seen on JewelryPatents.com. It’s on the page in the link, in the 9th row down on the far right – Patent #159909

The stones appear to be baguettes in the drawing, but I’ve noticed that pieces often have subtle changes between the patent drawings and the finished product, since the patents were to secure the overall designs.

I had once thought about going into vintage jewelry repair and restoration. To me it’s fascinating, and somewhat goddess-like (heh) – resurrecting these old beauties to their former glory.

Some of the first repair pieces I acquired were a bit too challenging for my novice status, so they were passed on to others. I ended up with many more, which have either been repaired or will be sold as repair pieces.