Betty Cooke Minnow brooch of sterling silver with red, yellow and black hard enamel accents. There is a back plate in copper which is signed.
1 3/8" x 2". Excellent condition. 1950's USA.

Betty Cooke has been designing jewelry since she graduated from the Maryland Institute in 1946. Back then she and her husband, Bill Steinmetz, renovated a house on Tyson Street in Baltimore, Maryland and built a studio for the selling of her designs. Her first important recognition came when the Walker Art Center included some of her pieces in their Of Good Design show in the mid 40s.