Advanced Search 
Brooch
Pat Flynn (American, born in 1954)
American
1993
Object Place: High Falls, New York
Medium/Technique
18kt and 22kt gold, diamonds, iron
Dimensions
Overall: 10.8 x 4.1 x 0.6 cm (4 1/4 x 1 5/8 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
The Daphne Farago Collection
Accession Number2006.196
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Contemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Brooches
DescriptionBrooch with circular swirled gold wire, set with 13 diamonds. Gold wire runs through a central - vertically positioned - rusted iron nail. Pinstem runs down reverse of nail, which has been carved in the back to accommodate the pin.
Signed
"Flynn" under pinstem
Marks
"iron 22k 18k" on reverse, under pinstem
ProvenanceSusan Cummins Gallery; Daphne Farago, April 6, 1993 Daphne Farago; to MFA, 2006, gift of Daphne Farago.
CopyrightReproduced with permission.