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Image Not Available for Jazz Age saxophonist brooch
Jazz Age saxophonist brooch
Image Not Available for Jazz Age saxophonist brooch

Jazz Age saxophonist brooch

1930–1939
Country of Origin, for CustomsFrance
Medium/TechniquePlastic (Galalith), chrome, brass
DimensionsHeight x width: 8.5 × 4.5 cm (3 3/8 × 1 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession number2018.4129.2
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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.