Vintage 60s Boucher Gold Leaf Shaped Earrings

Elegant gold leaf shaped earrings. Perfect for any occasion. Marcel Boucher came to the U.S. from France in 1925. In France he was trained in the art of fine jewelry design and his first job in the U.S. was as a designer for Cartier. Boucher also designed for Mazer Bros. where he creatively applied his fine jewelry experience to costume jewelry designs. Boucher’s design aesthetic greatly influenced Mazer designs even after he left in 1937 to start his own business. Joanne Dubbs Ball in her book Costume Jewelry The Golden age of Design beautifully describes Boucher’s philosophy on costume jewelry design. She writes, Every piece of jewelry with the Boucher name and number bears witness to Marcel Boucher’s versatility and splendid talents – and his belief that costume jewelry could be as beautiful and as carefully crafted as its much higher-priced counterparts regally showcased in the windows of exclusive Fifth Avenue jewelry stones. Without question, he succeeded!