Marcel Boucher Gold-Tone Starburst Brooch (1961)
Marcel Boucher
Marcel Boucher Gold-Tone Starburst Brooch (1961)
Description
Marcel Boucher Gold-Tone Starburst Brooch
A striking three-dimensional starburst brooch by the celebrated American designer Marcel Boucher, dating to 1961. Layered gold-tone rays burst outward from the centre, pairing a softly textured Florentine finish with high-polish accents for a lively play of light. A true statement piece from the golden age of American costume jewellery.
🕰 Period / Year → 1961 · early 1960s
🎨 Style → Statement · Sunburst / Starburst · Mid-century modern · Vintage
💎 Material
- Gold-tone metal (gold plated)
- No stones — purely sculptural metalwork
✨ Design
- Dimensional, multi-layered starburst / sunburst form
- Long, tapering rays with a textured Florentine (brushed) finish
- Raised, high-polish navette (marquise) shaped spikes at the centre for contrast
- Signed Marcel Boucher
📐 Dimensions
- Approx. 6.5 cm across (please measure to confirm)
🔒 Clasp / Fastening
- Vintage pin with safety-catch closure (please verify)
🌟 Design & Inspiration
Marcel Boucher, a former Cartier designer, was known for sculptural, jewel-quality costume pieces. This 1961 starburst captures the era's fascination with the Space Age and celestial motifs — bold, radiant and wonderfully three-dimensional. It makes an eye-catching finish on a coat, blazer or knit and is equally at home as a collector's piece.
Provenance & authenticity
Every piece is checked for maker’s marks, construction and materials before we list it. Anything we cannot attribute with certainty we sell as unsigned — never as designer.
Shipping & returns
Free worldwide shipping on orders over € 100. Shipped with PostNL, insured and with track & trace.
30 days to change your mind. If you send a piece back, please use the original packaging.
Caring for vintage jewelry
Vintage jewelry lasts longest when kept dry and stored separately. Put it on last and take it off first: perfume, hairspray and skin cream all attack the plating.
Polish only with a soft, dry cloth. No water, no soap and no silver polish — that strips the layer off.
Try it on in Amsterdam
You are very welcome. Find us at our store on Herenstraat 9, Thursday to Sunday from 1 to 6 pm, and at our pop-up on the fourth floor of De Bijenkorf. Send us a message to say where and when you are coming and we will set the piece aside — we have only one of everything.