A huge vintage 1940s late Arts & Crafts handmade mixed metals sterling silver and copper figural Bull Rushes motif brooch designed by Betty & Martin Koop of Temming Studios at Saranac Lake, New York. A very large and very early example by this iconic upstate New York Arts & Crafts studio! Entirely handmade from sterling silver sheet with applied copper and silver wire forming the design. The silver has been oxidized black around the raised stalks of the 'rushes'. Betty Temming met Martin Koop when both were recovering from TB in the early 1940s. The two of them took craft classes at the hospital, and then after they were released they got married and opened their own jewelry shop in Saranac Lake, New York in 1944. They made all kinds of figural and whimsical jewelry in the late Arts & Crafts figural style popular from the 1930s into the 1940s period and beyond. (See my last two photos for a photo of their shop, and a gift box from their jewelry shop.) This wonderful brooch measures 3" tall by 1-3/8" wide, and weighs 18.2 grams total. Marked at back as shown, "Sterling" and "Handwrought by Temming". Their jewelry is quite rare, especially the bigger more desirable pieces like this one! From the estate of a NYC collector who traveled the world for her career in publishing, and collected unusual and interesting pieces of wearable art along the way. Excellent vintage condition.

A 'bullrush' brooch by Betty and Martin Koop of Temming Studios in upstate NY - handmade in sterling silver and copper, and measures 3" tall!

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