Brooch

Jewellery

Inventory number
2021.10.15.3.JW.BR.C1940.FR
Description
Rectangular transparent plexiglass brooch decorated inside with white flowers engraved and framed by metal forming 4 round points on each side.

Such type of jewellery was very popular during the Second World War. The artists used the plexiglas from fallen planes as inexpensive materials, which they carved by the back side to obtain a white pattern on the main side.
Materials
Plexiglas
Metal
Origin
circa 1940 France
Dimensions
Width : 1 cm
Length : 5 cm
Height : 3.5 cm