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Laurel Burch

Laurel Burch EGYPTICAT Brooch Pin - Retired Design and Discontinued Jewelry Line - Vintage This is a fabulous design from Laurel Burch featuring cats. Using her signature cloisonne technique, colorful enamels of yellow, orange, and lavender and 22kt gold plated outlines and accents were used. The brooch measures 1 1/2 inches tall and 1 1/8 inch wide. The back is hallmarked "EGYPTICAT" along with Laurel Burch's name. This is in excellent vintage condition. Burch's designs and jewelry line have been retired and discontinued. The pieces have become quite collectible.I Laurel Burch is one of my favorite "new vintage" artists. She began making her jewelry back in the 1960s. She was a single mother who found metal in junkyards and hammered it on the back of a frying pan in her kitchen to create jewelry. She would then sell the pieces from a tackle box on the streets of San Francisco. She was "discovered" and financially backed by a gentleman who recognized her talent. She went on to launch her own business that is now called Laurel Burch Artworks. She passed away in 2007 at the age of 61. Her jewelry is now highly sought after, and is becoming more difficult to obtain and quite a bit more expensive, especially since the designs have been retired and the jewelry line discontinued.