MB Boucher Spangles and Metallic Enamel Octopus Pin
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MB Boucher Spangles and Metallic Enamel Octopus Pin
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Description: rhodium plated base metal, rhinestones, enamelling
Marked: MB (Phrygian cap), Pat Pend; a collector mark [004259] is scratched on
Reference: Advertised for sale at H Liebes & Co, price $5, in the San Francisco Call Bulletin, 13 Feb 1940, p 28; click thumbnail above to view advertisement. Gioielli Fantasia - Costume Jewelry: Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo's Collection (Milan, 2010) front cover and p 167; Barbara Berger, Luxe et Fantaisie (Paris, 2003), p. 109. Part of the superb metallic enamel animals and plants series of 1940-41, for which see Brunialti, American Costume Jewelry - Art and Industry (2008) Vol 1, pp. 44-61. There is no patent despite the mark.
Condition: Excellent
Size: 3.2" x 3.2"
Price: US$22750 ' - see our Sales Policies (link below) for any extra shipping charges - & why (Sept 2025) these items will still ship tariff-free, to and through the USA
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