Boucher Gold Tone Pansy Brooch With Pearl Center

Vintage 50s BOUCHER PANSY Brooch / Pin - Two Tone Gold & Silver Sturdy Openwork Design with Clear Rhinestones Signed. Fantastic signed vintage Boucher open metal petal, enameled and rhinestone inset Pansy flower brooch. The edges of the openwork metal petals are set with sparkling crystal faceted rhinestones. It measues approximate 2 inches by 2 inches and weighs 17 grams. Marcel Boucher (1898–1965) was a French jeweller. In the early 1920s, he moved to New York City, where he developed a passion for jewellery design, studying under Pierre Cartier as an apprentice.[1] By the 1930s, he was working for Mazer Brothers. However, in 1937 he decided to establish his own company, which he called Marcel Boucher and Cie. Jewelry by Boucher is almost always signed (meaning a marking signifying authenticity was put on the piece) and has an inventory number on it somewhere.[2] Some of the earliest marks say 'Marboux' or 'MB.