Rare find - Trifari black and gold collar necklace

Trifari was established by Italian Gustavo Trifari, Leo Krussman and Carl Fishel in 1925. The company began by creating jewelry for actors in Hollywood.

When renowned French jewelry designer Alfred Philippe (formerly at Van Cleef and Arpels) brought his expertise to the table, Trifari was transformed. Philippe remained at Trifari until his retirement in 1968 and it’s largely due to his ideas and vision that Trifari became a household name with pieces that are still collectible today.

Trifari began to use a base metal which they called Trifarium.

Trifari jewelry hallmarks stamps
Examples of Trifari Jewelry stamps and hallmarks
Mid 1920s to mid-1930s – KTF (for Krussman, Trifari and Fishel)
1930s – 1955 – TRIFARI PAT PEND / TRIFARI PAT NUMBER
1955 – 1969 – TRIFARI CROWN / TRIFARI (with crown symbol and copyright mark)
1970-1980s – TRIFARI (no copyright symbol or crown but sometimes encased in an oval)
1980s – 1999 – TRIFARI TM (sometimes with date)