Preliminary identification
Photo reference
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Overview
This is a vintage silver-tone costume brooch featuring a graceful double-plume feather design tied with a ribbon. It is accented with soft pastel baby-pink enamel over textured guilloché-style feather vanes and finished with polished high-shine silver-tone stems.
Story
In the 1960s, American costume jewelry transformed everyday accessories into playful wearable art. Pastel enameled florals and feathers became the defining chic accent for Sunday suits and tailored coats.
Maker / Origin
Major mid-century costume jewelry houses like Coro, Trifari, Lisner, and Sarah Coventry specialized in rhodium-plated or silver-tone base metal castings accented with colorful cold enamels. These firms employed top industrial designers to create affordable high-fashion looks for the burgeoning post-war middle class.
Condition & Value
The brooch appears to be in very good vintage condition with bright plating and intact pin mechanism. There is minor chipping or loss to the pink enamel near the lower ribbon wrap, which slightly tempers collector value.
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Comparable demand stays strongest where maker, originality, and venue confidence line up. Broader examples still trade, but the range tightens quickly when provenance, condition, or selling lane fit is missing.
Best Venue
Specialty auction or a focused dealer with buyers already in this lane.
Signed example with light edge wear and original frame.
Comparable format with stronger provenance and cleaner surface.
Smaller related piece with visible craquelure and trimmed margins.
Period match with softer condition and weaker subject matter.
Close market lane comp with similar material and presentation.