Silver tone, stylized dogwood flower brooch and clip on earrings made by Boucher as a MARBOUX line.
Two almost identical (same mold) brooches will be included in this set.
Brooch has a design of an open flower with roundish petals in two overlapping levels, top ones facing upward and sheltering domed, tiered pistils "haystack".
Gently curved and widening stem has a long, looped (draped over) leaf with imprinted line pattern.
Petals have a brushed finish , stem and leaf are in polished silver-tone.
Clip on earring repeat the design with flowers slightly more opened and a bit flatter.
Earrings are 2.9 by 3.0 cm in size and both weight 16.88 grams.
Set has a pronounced dot-pattern underside with brooches signed MARBOUX with the copyright symbol and earrings stamped with a PAT.2733491.
Brooch with the lighter, gunmetal finish center of the flower, weights 20.15 grams and it is in a good condition.
The second brooch has a darker center, almost japanned, underneath polished pistil dots and it is a bit more matching to earrings.
This brooch weights 18.77 grams and has a plating cracked on underside of the stem ( not visible from the front).
Brooches have riveted construction of flower heads.
Marcel Boucher discount designed Marboux line in the early 1960's as a less expensive alternative to his Boucher jewelry. Marcel Boucher died in 1964 and his wife run the company till 1970's.
Product code: Boucher, Marboux discount line, silver tone brooch and clip on earrings