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A scroll of blackened steel is suspended from a pair of pearls in this superb brooch by Marsh and Co. Running down the center is a white gold and diamond flower that drops from a triangular base and from which is suspended another pearl. The design is transitional, showing the influence of both the Art Deco and Retro styles.

Marsh & Co. was a San Francisco jewelry store and gallery famous for creating fine jewelry using matte-finished blackened steel set with diamonds, gold, pearls, and other gemstones. Founded in 1876, Marsh originally began as an importer of Asian antiques and art. In the 1930’s they began making the blackened steel jewelry for which they are now renowned. This jewelry shows the influence of the Art Deco movement in its design along with Asian origins of their gallery, particularly in its use of pearls, jade, and coral. Marsh closed their San Francisco store in the mid-1980’s.

In their use of a non-traditional material like blackened steel Marsh paved the way for contemporary high jewelers like Hemmerle and Taffin.  As a result this brooch looks contemporary, decades after creation.

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