BROOCH
Creator(s): Plateria Mallorca (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
The gold brooch is shaped like a mast of a ship. It has eight flags attached to the mast from a piece of gold rope. The flags are for the letters which spell out Mrs. Post's name, Marjorie. The top flag has crossed lines, the second is half white with an indented edge, the third has a cross, the fourth has a horizontal stripe. The fifth is in halves, crossways with two colors, the sixth has a cross, the seventh has a cirlce in the center and the last one has a cross design.
- Object name:
- BROOCH
- Made from:
- Gold -- enamel
- Made in:
- Majorca, Spain
- Date made:
- ca. 1960
- Size:
- 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 17.12
- Class:
- JEWELRY
- Signature marks:
- MARK; INSCRIPTION on back: BENZ in a rectangle, O in a circle, 375 in a rectangle, OO BBS; on front: flags spell out MARJORIE
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973