Postwar Italian fashion jewelry company Coppola e Toppo created flamboyant, larger-than-life accessories that earned the brand legions of admirers in luxury houses and retail shops all over Europe. Working with unconventional materials such as gunmetal, crystal beads and Murano glass, Coppola e Toppo became known for its range of distinctive, vibrantly colored necklaces, earrings, bracelets and more.
Today, Coppola e Toppo is revered as an iconic producer of costume, or fashion, jewelry, which is designed to accessorize with current fashions and typically made with inexpensive materials. The Venice-born Lyda Coppola (1915–86) worked in postwar Milan at a tailor and learned jewelry design with Czech jewelry maker Ada Pollitzer. She launched her jewelry house in the late 1940s, and when she was married, she added her surname Toppo to the company name and was supported by her brother Bruno Coppola in her endeavor.
Although a feature in Vogue that ran shortly after Coppola e Toppo took shape proved to be a significant piece of publicity for the Italian brand — which would soon design lavish confections for the likes of Lanvin, Balmain, Valentino and others — the 1960s are said to have been a turning point for Coppola e Toppo, especially as the era’s fashion-conscious jewelry lovers increasingly became enamored with candy-colored gems. An embrace of free expression and fascination with cultures around the world took hold and resulted in vibrant jewelry with global influences.
Christian Dior and Balenciaga purchased numerous pieces from Coppola e Toppo that would adorn their models and be sold in their retail spaces, and many other clients and customers soon followed. Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli commissioned the jewelers to create a collection, which they titled Bijoux Voyagers.
In 2020, Italian businessman Pietro Paolo Longhitano and designer Rossella Jardini announced plans to relaunch the Coppola e Toppo brand, with a focus on the style and materials that made the brand famous in the first place.
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Important Coppola e Toppo Crystal Leaf Parure
By Coppola e Toppo
Located in New York, NY
Important Coppola e Toppo suite of varied shades of aqua blue ombre cascading crystal leaves . Necklace, bracelet and earclips. necklace 15.50" adjustable to 17.50", pendant 4"x 4"...
Gilt Metal
Coppola e Toppo Aqua Glass Demi Parure
By Coppola e Toppo
Located in New York, NY
Coppola e Toppo Aqua Glass Demi Parure. Composed of dark aqua glass bead earclips and a four strand dark aqua glass bead bracelet with decorated gilt clasp....
Gilt Metal
Coppola e Toppo for Schiaparelli Ombre Bow Knot Bracelet
By Coppola e Toppo
Located in New York, NY
Coppola e Toppo ombre pale peach to crystal bow knot five strand bracelet. Of faceted crystal beads and gilt signature multi crystal clasp. Italy 1950's. Width clasp 1.50" Length 6.75" The Coppola e Toppo company was formed in the late 1940′s by brother and sister designer duo, Bruno Coppola and Lyda Toppo in Milan, Italy. After small commissions for Dior and Balenciaga, Elsa Schiaparelli commissioned a line of faux coral bead jewelry...
Crystal, Gilt Metal
Coppola e Toppo for Emilio Pucci Bracelet
By Coppola e Toppo
Located in New York, NY
Coppola e Toppo wide woven Pop hued bracelet for Emilio Pucci, of bright red and crystal lucite crystals. Small wrist size. The Coppola e Toppo company was formed in the late 1940′s by brother and sister designer duo, Bruno Coppola and Lyda Toppo in Milan, Italy. After small commissions for Dior and Balenciaga, Elsa Schiaparelli commissioned a line of faux coral bead jewelry...
Memento Mori Skull Station Bracelet Sterling Silver with Red Onyx, 4mm
By David Yurman
Located in New York, NY
Brand David Yurman Material Sterling Silver925 Memento Mori Collection For Men Beads width 4mm Bracelet fits wrist up to 7 3/4'' Skull dimension 6.3mm X 7.6mm Push Clap Condition N...
Sterling Silver
Pearl Double Strand Bracelet w Decorative 14K Yellow Gold Filigree Clasp
Located in Mount Kisco, NY
Enhanced with a decorative 14 karat yellow gold filigree charm clasp, this classic double strand bracelet of creamy white pearls presents a fres...
Pearl, Yellow Gold
Baume Long Onyx Pearl Emerald Art Deco Style Necklace
By Baume
Located in Poitiers, FR
Baume creation - unique piece. White oriental cultured pearl necklace, diameters 5/5.5, 6.5/7 and 2/2.5 mm, separated intermittently with onyx pearls. At each extremity is a larger pearl holding a tassel of strings of tiny white pearls and facetted emeralds. This matinee necklace ties...
Cultured Pearl, Emerald, Onyx, Pearl
$35,200Sale Price|37% Off
W 0.6 in D 0.32 in L 1.42 in
Oscar Heyman Platinum 8.58tcw Diamond Door Knocker Earrings
By Oscar Heyman
Located in New York City, NY
Oscar Heyman platinum 'door knocker' style earrings contain 8.58tcw of round diamonds, F-G/VS quality. They are individually stamped with the makers mark, IRID PLAT, and serial numbe...
Diamond, Platinum
$14,998 / set
W 2.5 in D 1 in Dm 4.5 in L 16.5 in
Couture Elsa Schiaparelli Baretti GeorgianCannetille Beaded 4Piece Parure, c1950
By Elsa Schiaparelli
Located in Chicago, IL
Distinguished by the tightly coiled style of Georgian-period-inspired cannetille gold wire that decorates the four pieces of this parure, French costume-jewelry designer Lina Baretti...
Crystal, Gold, Yellow Gold, Gilt Metal
Iridescent Paua Shell Choker with Amethyst & Teal Apatite, 17.25\"
By Aria Jewelry Design
Located in Raleigh, NC
Discover the captivating beauty of this Paua Shell choker necklace, also known as Abalone, featuring stunning accents of tumbled Purple Amethyst and faceted Teal Apatite. The Paua Sh...
Amethyst, Other, Apatite, Mixed Metal
Seidengang Multistrand Gold and Gemstone Bracelet
By SeidenGang
Located in Darnestown, MD
Seidengang bracelet of five strands of gold beads of varying shapes and sizes. Interspersed with the beads are square; round; oval and rectangular stones that include tourmaline; cit...
Amethyst, Citrine, Tourmaline, 18k Gold
Mikimoto Pearl Necklace Pearl Bracelet Set Sterling Silver
By Mikimoto
Located in East Brunswick, NJ
Mikimoto Pearl Necklace Pearl Bracelet Set Sterling Silver You will treasure this outstanding authentic Vintage MIKIMOTO Sterling silver pearl...
Pearl, Sterling Silver
$2,600Sale Price|20% Off
L 6.5 in
Jade Bracelet with Dangle, 18K, Diamonds, Certified Untreated, Stretch
By Augusten Burroughs
Located in Northampton, MA
This 6.5" beaded stretch bracelet features 36 natural and untreated jadeite jade beads that average 5.5mm. These luminous, highly translucent beads display a range of warm reddish-or...
Jade, Diamond, 18k Gold
$1,695 / set
L 23.5 in
Salmon Coral Necklace and Bracelet 14 Karat Gold Three Strand Hand Carved Beads
Located in New York, NY
This is a stunning antique salmon colored Coral and 14 Karat Gold three strand Torsade Necklace and Bracelet with beautiful hand carved Coral beads of g...
Coral, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
$15,780 / set
H 13 in W 1.5 in D 0.13 in Dm 9 in L 26 in
Couture 1920s Chanel Rousselet Hearts Camellia Metallic Glass Bracelet & Sautoir
By Chanel
Located in Chicago, IL
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's earliest fashion motifs of camellias, hearts, and topaz are combined in this Art-Deco period tightly silk-strung metallic-glass couture set of a mixed-bead ...
Gold-filled, Yellow Gold, Silver, Brass, Copper
$2,940Sale Price|20% Off
L 7.75 in
Beautiful bracelet w/ 3 rows of exceptional round high quality cultured pearls
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautiful, substantial bracelet with three rows of exceptionally lustrous nice round high quality cultured pearls. The pearls average 6.35mm in diameter. There are two relatively hea...
Cultured Pearl, Gold