OFFERED ... a rare circa 1940's sterling vermeil fur clip by Napier.  The clip is a book piece shown on page 178 in Melinda Lewis's book entitled, "The Napier Co. ... Defining 20th Century American Costume Jewelry."  It is described as sterling, die-stamped, vermeil, and hand manipulated.  The gold finish was either rose gold or yellow gold; this one appears to be yellow gold.  Also, this clip being offered appears to be an earlier one, because the font used for the Napier and purity marks are two sizes; later pieces have a single font size.  The clip measures 2 1/4" in length; 1 1/4" in width.  It remains in very good pre-owned vintage condition.  Cleaning is left to the discretion of buyer.