http://ajraefieldsblog.com/costume-jewelry-mark Vintage Jewelry Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:16:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://ajraefieldsblog.com/costume-jewelry-mark#comment-13 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:36:16 +0000 http://ajraefieldsblog.com/costume-jewelry-mark#comment-13 Thanks to Ginger from http://Gingersjewels.com, we have been informed in more detail as to the marking on this pin. The mark is the Phrygian cap, (pronouned FREE-geean,) worn by the revolutionaries when they stormed the Bastille in 1789. It was a red felt hat that tipped forward over the face of the wearer, decorated with the red, white, and blue rosette representing "Liberté, egalité, fraternité". Since Boucher was French, he nestled the MB mark under a profile of this symbol of modern proletarian France. Thanks Ginger! Thanks to Ginger from http://Gingersjewels.com, we have been informed in more detail as to the marking on this pin.
The mark is the Phrygian cap, (pronouned FREE-geean,) worn by the revolutionaries when they stormed the Bastille in 1789. It was a red felt hat that tipped forward over the face of the wearer, decorated with the red, white, and blue rosette representing “Liberté, egalité, fraternité”. Since Boucher was French, he nestled the MB mark under a profile of this symbol of modern proletarian France.
Thanks Ginger!

]]> http://ajraefieldsblog.com/costume-jewelry-mark#comment-11 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:07:38 +0000 http://ajraefieldsblog.com/costume-jewelry-mark#comment-11 Great pin! It is MB with the Phyrigian Cap. Great pin! It is MB with the Phyrigian Cap.

]]> http://ajraefieldsblog.com/costume-jewelry-mark#comment-10 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:29:35 +0000 http://ajraefieldsblog.com/costume-jewelry-mark#comment-10 Marcel Boucher Marcel Boucher

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