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Laurel Burch Brooch Pin FLYING FRIENDS Person Bird Man Woman Cloisonné Art Jewelry RARE Piece Signed This rare pin brooch features a happy human with a colorful parrot perched on his/her shoulderand it's in excellent condition. This near-mint beauty with its rolling safety clasp measures 2.25" x 1.5" It is named & signed by the artist on the back. FLYING FRIENDS/ Laurel Burch Laurel Burch went on to launch her business, now called Laurel Burch Artworks, on February 24, 1960. She began making paintings commissioned by restaurants, businesses, & private collectors. "I found metal in a junkyard & hammered it out on the back of an old frying pan." She began making jewelry & selling it on the streets of San Francisco from tackle boxes. Some local stores began stocking her creations, & a businessman, Shashi Singapuri, took samples of her work to China. She went to China in 1971 & discovered cloisonné, a kind of enamel work, with which she designed paintings & had the designs made into earrings. There is a huge lot of nifty costume jewelry pieces from my personal collection being listed this week. Please stay tuned. Surrender Dorothy. We're almost as much fun as having a cool Auntie living upstairs. Our shop offers a vast & never-ending array of affordable & very cool antique & vintage finds from Maine; home decor treasures that you won't find elsewhere. You can always expect to find the unexpected here. We're one of the most diverse vintage shops around, so be sure to bookmark our shop & check back with us often so you don't miss out on anything. Resistance is futile. Surrender Dorothy offers 24-hour-a-day vintage shopping therapy for the hopelessly retro addicted. View our entire collection of Eighties goodies here Laurel Burch Brooch Pin Flying Friends Person Bird Man Woman Cloisonné Art Jewelry Rare Piece Signed
