Image Not Available
Bow Brooch
Factory/Foundry: Theodor Fahrner Company (1855-1979)
Designer: Gustav Braendle, Jr. (German, 1910-1942)
Date: about 1932-1942
Dimensions:
2 5/8 × 7/8 × 1/2 in. (6.7 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm)
Medium: Silver-gilt bow-shaped brooch mounted with marcasite and a central citrine, and patinated.
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Gift of Rhoda L. and Roger M. Berkowitz
Object number: 2013.173
DescriptionSymmetrical brooch in the shape of a stylized bow, consisting of a central faceted citrine set into a beaded bezel that is encircled by two separate concentric rings of increasing size set with marcasite (faceted steel). Two identical sets of three overlapping leaf-shapes decorated overall with a soldered-on corded wire scroll (filigree) pattern are soldered in a horizontal arrangement beneath either side of the central ornament. The surface is patinated with a greenish gilding for which Gustav Braendle Jr. held a patent.
Not on view
In Collection(s)