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"Dutch People" brooch
American
1940
Medium/Technique
Rhodium-plated metal, enamel, glass
Dimensions
Height: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession Number2018.4107.2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Brooches
DescriptionThis small rhodium-plated base metal dress clip features a Dutch man wearing wide, red enamel pants, a blue enamel jacket with rhinestone buttons, blue clogs, and a tall rhinestone-encrusted hat.
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.