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Race horses Duette
Coro (American, 1901–1979)
American
1948–1952
Medium/Technique
Gold-plated base metal, glass
Dimensions
Height x width: 3.8 × 6 cm (1 1/2 × 2 3/8 in.) combined total
Height x width: 2.2 × 4.3 cm (7/8 × 1 11/16 in.) each piece
Height x width: 2.2 × 4.3 cm (7/8 × 1 11/16 in.) each piece
Credit Line
Gift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession Number2018.3910.1
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Brooches
DescriptionThis gold-plated metal Duette features two race horses with baguette-encrusted harnesses. The horses have blue, marquise-cut rhinestone eyes and red, marquise-cut ears. Composed of two individual clips secured together with a metal fastener, this piece can be worn as a single brooch, or taken apart and worn as two separate dress clips.
Marks
Coro Craft [inscribed in a square on one clip]
Coro Duette / PAT. No. 1798867[on mechanism]
Coro Duette / PAT. No. 1798867[on mechanism]
ProvenanceBetween about 1970s and 2018, acquired by Carole Tanenbaum, Toronto, Ontario [see note]; 2018, gift of Carole Tanenbaum to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)
NOTE: This is part of a large collection of costume jewelry given to the MFA in 2018, which had been built over about 40 years.
NOTE: This is part of a large collection of costume jewelry given to the MFA in 2018, which had been built over about 40 years.