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Brooch
Lilly Fitzgerald (American, born in 1951)
about 1988
Object Place: Spencer, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Gold, boulder opal
Dimensions
Overall: 3.7 x 4.8 x 0.8cm (1 7/16 x 1 7/8 x 5/16in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Daniel and Jessie Lie Farber
Accession Number1988.537
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Contemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Brooches
Description22 kt gold pin with depletion gilding set with two Australian boulder opals (opals in matrix). The opals are cut into two quadrants and bisected on a vertical axis with gold set with soldered gold balls. Horizontally, they are banded at the top with three bars of gold which pierce the vertical axis. Eighteen kt clasp. (from card)
ProvenanceThe artist; to MFA November 11, 1988, purchase.
CopyrightReproduced with permission.