1940s Trifari Choker Necklace, Alfred Philippe Design, Baguette Rhinestones

This beautiful Rhodium plated choker is stamped Trifari, Pat Pending,   1940s TRIFARI NECKLACE, CHANNEL SET BAGUETTE  Vintage 1940's TRIFARI Necklace with clear channel set Crystal baguette rhinestones. Silver Tone. Choker Style. It was designed by Alfred Philipps. Measures 15 long. Signed on rear of clasp: Trifari, Pat. Pend  It is 15 long and has beautiful Baguette Crystals, all crystals are present. Excellent shape.  Trifari: Luigi Trifari was a top goldsmith in the mid-1800s in his native Naples, Italy where he had a small but successful workshop. Gustavo Trifari, Luigi's grandson, was born in Naples in 1883 and learned the goldsmith's craft from his grandfather. In 1904, Gustavo emigrated to America and found work as jewelry designer in New York City. In 1910, he partnered with his uncle and founded his first firm Trifari & Trifari to produce high quality costume jewelry. Two year later Gustavo went on his own and formed Trifari which he operated as owner and designer until 1917 when Leo Krussman joined the company as sales manager. The company Trifari and Krussman was incorporated in 1918, and after top salesman Carl Fishel joins the company in 1923 the name is changed to Trifari, Krussman, and Fishel.   The 1930s were a period of outstanding production for Trifari with Alfred Phillipe as their lead designer, formerly of Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels. Under his imaginative leadership and with runaway successes such as the 1941 crown pin, Trifari grew to become the