Brooch
Decorative Arts and Design
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Marion Anderson Noyes was one of the few American women of the twentieth century to have a long and active career as a professional metalsmith. Beginning in the late 1930s, she designed both modernist flatware and hollowware for major firms including Reed & Barton and Towle. She also occasionally fashioned handmade jewelry such as the three closely related brooches seen here. The simple stylized interpretation of nature reflects earlier twentieth-century jewelry design, especially from Vienna.
MEDIUM
Silver
DATES
ca. 1940
DIMENSIONS
1 x 1 9/16 in. (2.5 x 4 cm)
MARKINGS
"Marion Louise Anderson" & "Sterling Handmade" inscribed in cursive handwriting
ACCESSION NUMBER
1992.40.41
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Marion Anderson Noyes
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