Jewelry Foolery: The Art of Whimsies or Frolic Pins
June 6, 2023
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Coro Magnetic Earrings
Magnetic earrings were popular from at least 1957 (possibly earlier) into the 1960s and later in the late 1970s. Coro was not the only manufacturer of these novelty earrings with a patent infringement case cited in 1957 by a gentleman named Henry B. Lederer against Rite Grade Corp.
Melinda Lewis
Jewelry historian, Melinda Lewis is co-founder of Costume Jewelry Collectors Int’l (CJCI) and author of The Napier Co.: Defining 20th Century American Costume Jewelry.
