Materials and Features:

• Stamped Tombac Brass Construction: Machine-stamped from a highly malleable, thin-gauge high-copper tombac brass alloy sheet. The metal blank allows for crisp architectural details while remaining lightweight for comfortable wear.

• Diamond-Point Granulated Background: The top-facing leaf surfaces feature a tight, microscopic diamond-point granulated texture embossed into the metal body via high-pressure factory dies, contrasting against high-relief smooth vein lines.

• Rolled Safety Rim Perimeters: The exterior edges of the leaf shells are mechanically turned inward to form a smooth, rounded safety border, reinforcing the thin metal structural forms against bending.

• Elevated Cup Clip Components: The reverse face is equipped with a distinct, raised circular dome hinge bracket that lifts the paddle clips away from the leaf canopy to stabilize mechanical pressure against the lobe.

Type: Hinged paddle-back clip-on mechanism soldered to an integrated flat reverse mounting pad.

Age/Origin: Circa 1955 / New York City, New York, USA

Marks: Unmarked (Definitively attributed to Marvella based on the registered Naturelle catalog shape pattern, proprietary raised cup clip brackets, and signature thin-gauge rolled-edge tombac brass metallurgy).

Other: This exceptional pair represents a fully authenticated, un-stamped production run of the highly sought-after Naturelle collection by Marvella. While many pieces from the New York design room carried a stamped signature hallmark, a documented percentage of items intended for distribution on velvet-lined retail display cards or inside branded presentation boxes left the foundry intentionally unsigned. Stamping a heavy metal hallmark die onto the reverse of these deeply rolled shells would create localized structural deformation, flattening the crisp exterior vein lines and ruining the fine diamond-point granulation texture on the front face. The presence of the proprietary circular dome clip housing, combined with the solid-backed central rhinestone cup and precision rolled edge profiles, serves as an unalterable factory fingerprint that provides the undeniable engineering evidence proving its true designer pedigree.

Measurements:

• Weight: 4.6g (combined pair weight)

• Dimensions: Approx. 1.0” in length by 0.75” in width

Condition: Excellent Vintage Condition. The 24k gold industrial electroplating remains incredibly bright and smooth across the front and reverse surfaces with zero localized wear, peeling, or base metal exposure. The clear chaton rhinestones retain sharp facet lines with no chips or gray clouding, and the paddle clips provide strong mechanical tension and snap.