Coppola and Toppa crystal necklace set

Jonathan

Jonathan

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I had never heard of this designer before and never thought this set was that much, but I ran across some listed in the upcoming Sotheby's jewellery sale and WOAH! So, this set will be going up on the mall soon...
Here is some info I found online as well:
COPPOLA e TOPPO were brother and sister designers in Milan that began creating fashion jewelry after WW II. They are most notable for their uniquely designed and innovatively strung multi strands of colored crystals, the most of which was produced in the 1950’s. The company was absorbed by an Italian firm in 1972 which continued to produced Coppola e Toppo jewelry until its demise in 1986.


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Somebody will be very broke too! I want REAL money for them! It is shocking what just a necklace sells for on the net and what its appraised at in the auction!
 
Oh yes - I have flushed my cookies many times.

But now I see a necklace!

That is pretty - I hope you do well with it.


Hollis
 
You know I have heard that term parure so many times but never really knew what it meant. I see it attached to Victorian sets of fresh water pearls most often. The sets often include a tiara, necklace, 2 bracelets, and sometimes a brooch. I have also seen 'demi-parure' used, which I assume is a smaller set of jewellery. Anyway, I looked it up and its not in the dictionary, so I guess its a French term to describe a set of jewellery. If anyone knows the definition of a parure and demi-parure I would LOVE to know.
 
If say originally, which was common with older pieces - esp up through the 50s and 60s...a maker made a matching necklace, clip or perhaps pierced earrings, a bracelet, and a brooch or a cocktail ring all to match exactly.

If you had at least two pieces (not all women bought all pieces...) then you would say it is a Demi-parure.

If you had three...it would be a Parure

If you had the royal flush ... it would be a Full Parure. Four or more pieces

People search that because having a Parure/Full Parure is not as common because things break, women didn't buy the whole set for not wanting to be that bedazzled, or gave one piece to one daughter and the rest to another. If the item has a specific name for the necklace the designer gave to it, people would search to try to match up their sets too
 
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