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"Jeweled Dolphin" Duette
American
1944
Medium/Technique
Gold-plated sterling silver, glass, enamel
Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 5.1 × 6.9 x 1.7 cm (2 × 2 11/16 x 11/16 in.) combined total
Height x width: 3.7 × 4.8 cm (1 7/16 × 1 7/8 in.) each piece
Height x width: 3.7 × 4.8 cm (1 7/16 × 1 7/8 in.) each piece
Credit Line
Gift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession Number2018.3911
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Brooches
DescriptionThis rose gold-plated sterling silver Duette, or double clip brooch, features two open-mouthed fish, each holding a large blue crystal in its mouth. The fish's outstretched fins and tails are colored with blue, purple, green, and pink enamel, and accented with rhinestones. Each fish has two pink rhinestone eyes. Composed of two individual clips secured together with a metal fastener, this piece can be worn as a single brooch, or taken apart and worn as two separate dress clips.
Marks
Sterling Coro Craft [with a Pegasus inscribed in a rectangular plate on each clip]
STERLING [on each clip]
STERLING / Coro Duette
PAT. No. 1798867 [on mechanism]
STERLING [on each clip]
STERLING / Coro Duette
PAT. No. 1798867 [on mechanism]
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.