When is a Trifari brooch, not a Trifari brooch?
Here is a perfect example... A friend gave me this brooch, it's huge, 4" long with molded glass stones, in pristine condition, but was missing all the baguettes and marked Trifari. I sent the photos to our Robin, boy I thought I had something fantastic, I did, a fake. I had checked Jim Katz patent site and ebay, but didn't see anything quite like it. Robin's expert opinion got me into searching every source I get my hands on, yep, a fake. Well, to make a long story, short, I decided to keep it and put in all the baguettes (last plug for a JR member, all the rhinestones were special ordered from Stefanie of Pretty Snazzy) and now I have a gorgeous fake, but what an attention getter!  Whoever created the brooch had the stems curved. I didn't ask Stefanie, but I'm pretty sure there are no curved baguettes. Not the best design element.