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Anchor brooch

(German, 1873 – 1993)
1933
Country of Origin, for CustomsCzechoslovakia
Medium/TechniqueNickel-plated brass, plastic (Galalith)
DimensionsHeight x width: 8.5 × 5.5 cm (3 3/8 × 2 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession number2018.4218
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
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.
Jakob Bengel
1930–1939
Jakob Bengel
about 1931
Jakob Bengel
about 1931
Jakob Bengel
about 1931
House of Saint Laurent
1970–1979
Auguste Bonaz
1930–1937
"Highboy" electric clock
Paul Feher
designed about 1938
Cabinet
Patriz Huber
1902