MFA Modernist Sterling Silver 3-D Starburst or Mumm Flower Brooch Earrings Set - Circa 2000s

Measurements:

Brooch: 2.6"W x 2.5"H x .5"Thick (6.60cm x 6.35cm x 1.27cm)

Earrings: 1"H x 1"W x .25"Thick (2.54cm x 2.54cm x .64cm)

Markings: mfa 925 USA

Total Weight: 42g

Made exclusively for the Museum of Fine Arts, this beautiful and bright set features high gloss sterling silver large 3-D Mumm flower or starburst brooch with matching earrings. All three pieces are in excellent condition with little to no wear. Included with purchase is an adapter so the brooch can be worn as a pendant if preferred. Perfect accessories for Summer! 

Mannequin is a life size representation

Sigfrido Pineda (1929-?). The long career of award winning Sigfrido Pineda began as a pre-teenager when be spent three years working at Los Castillo . He is cousin to Los Castillo -founder Antonio Castillo. Pineda then worked with Salvador Terán in 1945 in the city of Puebla, and then with Felipe Martínez at Piedra y Plata . He eventually became head of the enameling workshop at Margot de Taxco in 1949 before opening his own shop, Plateros, in 1952. In 1979 the shop was later renamed Sigi. Sigi items stamped with eagle 16 likely were marked at Margot’s to whom eagle 16 was assigned. Pineda’s work reflects great design flow and very creative use of dimension. Sigi was listed in the magazine This is Mexico as “fine silver” shop. 80 Some of the work by Sigfrido Pineda is marked with an inventory or a design number. Silver, enamel work. Mark : Sigi (script). Eagle number: 2, 3, 16, 25, 34, 35, 36, 95, 96. - Courtesy of Bille Hougart's Mexican Silver Hallmarks Book.