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Eagle brooch
Trifari, Krussman & Fishel (American, founded 1925)
American
1939–1945
Medium/Technique
Metal, enamel, glass
Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 5 × 9 x 0.9 cm (1 15/16 × 3 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession Number2018.4030
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Brooches
DescriptionBased on the Great Seal of the United States, this patriotic brooch features a rhinestone-encrusted bald eagle with its wings outstretched. The eagle holds a blue enamel olive branch in its right talon and three blue enamel arrows in its left talon. Surmounted on the eagle is a shield, enameled with red stripes and studded with thirteen rhinestone stars on a field of blue enamel. The eye of the eagle consists of a red glass cabochon.
Marks
TRIFARI [with a crown surmounting the "T"]
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.