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Art Deco brooch

1920–1929
Country of Origin, for CustomsUnited States
Medium/TechniqueSterling silver, enamel, marcasite
DimensionsHeight x width: 5.3 × 3.5 cm (2 1/16 × 1 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession number2018.3974
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
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.
Harry Iskin
1927–1945
Theodor Fahrner
1926–1930
Wachenheimer Brothers
1929–1933
late 18th century
Necklace
Margot de Taxco (Margot Van Voorhies Carr)
about 1950