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Flower girl brooch
American
1947
Medium/Technique
Gold plated sterling silver, glass
Dimensions
Height x width (at widest): 8 × 5.5 cm (3 1/8 × 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession Number2018.4091
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Brooches
DescriptionThis gold-plated sterling silver figural brooch features a flower vendor with a basket of flowers on her arm, in the act of offering a bunch of flowers. The flower girl is wearing a hat with a scalloped edge and a fretwork dress with a rhinestone-studded skirt which appears to be blowing in the wind. Around her neck hangs a green rhinestone pendant. Her flowers are made of pink, green, and blue rhinestones.
Marks
PAT. PEND. / STERLING
TRIFARI [with a crown surmounting the "T"]
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.