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Flower brooch
American
1939
Medium/Technique
Gold-plated metal, enamel, glass
Dimensions
Height: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession Number2018.4103
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Brooches
DescriptionThis gold-plated pin clip features a pink enamel flower in bloom, a blue enamel bud, green enamel leaves and bezel-set rhinestones. The center of the pink flower is accented with white and green rhinestones set in white metal.
Marks
TRIFARI [with a crown surmounting the "T"]
DES. PAT. NO. 114488
LIK
DES. PAT. NO. 114488
LIK
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.