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  • We acquired this object.

1925

  • Work on this object began.

2017

2025

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Brooch

This is a Brooch. It was produced by Oscar Heyman & Bros.. It is dated ca. 1925. Its medium is diamonds, platinum.

Brothers Oscar, Nathan, and Henry founded Oscar Heyman & Bros. in New York in 1912. The firm earned a reputation for skillful work in platinum often in French taste, sometimes for other firms.

It is credited Neil Lane Collection.

  • Plume
  • diamonds, platinum.
  • Private Collection.
  • 41.2016.4
  • Bracelet
  • rubies, diamonds, platinum.
  • Neil Lane Collection.
  • 59.2016.5
  • Bracelet
  • diamonds, platinum.
  • Private Collection.
  • 41.2016.16

Our curators have highlighted 2 objects that are related to this one.

  • Bracelet
  • diamonds, platinum.
  • Private Collection.
  • 41.2016.21

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 7.2 × 4.5 × 9 cm (2 13/16 × 1 3/4 × 3 9/16 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

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