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Comet of the Millennium Brooch
2000
James Mazurkewicz
James Mazurkewicz (American, 1943-)
Decorative Art and Design
Comet of the Millennium Brooch, 2000. James Mazurkewicz (American, 1943-), Potter and Mellen, Inc. (American). 18K gold, black tahitian pearl, diamonds; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Marjorie and Warren McCullough in memory of Joseph and Elizabeth McCullough 2013.73 To mark the year 2000, James Mazurkewicz, the sculptor of this brooch created a work featuring a dark Tahitian pearl comet rocketing toward Earth in a blaze of gold and diamonds representing its fiery descent through orbit. James Mazurkewicz was the chief designer and goldsmith at the Cleveland jewelry firm Potter and Mellen.
- Maker/Artist
- Mazurkewicz, James E.
- Classification
- Jewelry
- Formatted Medium
- 18K gold, black tahitian pearl, diamonds
- Departments
- Decorative Art and Design
- Accession Number
- 2013.73
- Credit Line
- Gift of Marjorie and Warren McCullough in memory of Joseph and Elizabeth McCullough
- Exhibitions
- Out of this World! Jewelry in the Space Age, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA (6/27/2105 - 1/7/2016): "Out of this World! Jewelry in the Space Age"
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted
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