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Peter McKay
'Dark Plain' Set of Ten Brooches2006

Not on view
Ten small engraved metal plaques with folded, origami-like edges arranged in two rows, each depicting miniature landscapes, animals, and figures in silver-gray and amber-gold tones
Close-up of a flat metal blade with a tapered angled tip, dark grey surface showing fine parallel scratch marks and a small nick near the center.
Steel blade fragment, dark gray with diagonal file marks across the surface, a small stamped Roman numeral "II" mark near the lower left edge.
Close-up of a dark steel blade tip with crosshatched file-work texture, serrated upper edge, and an engraved Roman numeral III mark on the flat.
Close-up of a scratched metal surface with an engraved grid of diagonal lines forming diamond shapes, stamped with a maker's mark, and the text "8TG" and "24CT."
Close-up of a dark steel blade tip with a diagonal beveled edge, bearing a small scratched maker's mark of geometric lines near the point.
Iron blade fragment, elongated and flat with angled tip, showing dense parallel striations across its dark metallic surface with areas of silver-white crystalline texture.
Reverse of a diamond-shaped silver metal object with incised diagonal lines forming triangular sections, a circular rivet at the bottom point, and stamped maker's marks including "810" hallmark.
Close-up of a steel blade with diagonal file marks across the flat, an irregular forged spine, and scratched Roman numeral VII near the tip.
Dark metal blade fragment with a pointed tip, showing diagonal surface striations and the Roman numeral "VIII" scratched near the center, with ragged breaks along the upper edge.
Peter McKay, 'Dark Plain' Set of Ten Brooches
Close-up of a dark iron or steel blade tip, with a rough hammered upper edge, fine parallel striations along the flat, and a small engraved maker's mark near the point.
Artist or Maker
Peter McKay
New Zealand
Title
'Dark Plain' Set of Ten Brooches
Date Made
2006
Medium
Silver with gilding
Dimensions
Largest brooch (VI): 1 11/16 × 1 3/8 × 1/4 in. (4.29 × 3.49 × 0.64 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2015.252.70a-j
Classification
Jewelry and Adornments
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Mills, Rosie Chambers and Bobbye Tigerman. Beyond Bling: Contemporary Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2016.