Robert Lee Morris Gold Plated Explosion Flower with Onyx Center Pin

The Robert Lee Morris Gold Plated Explosion Flower with Onyx Center Pin is part of a large themed group created in the late 1980’s called The Garden. These flower and vegetation pins were also used as the hardware on the new handbag collection that Morris launched in 1988. The handbags were primarily soft black Napa leather, with signature iconic matte gold plated hardware, and the collection was sold initially through Saks Fifth Avenue. All these pins/hardware designs, were carved from wax by Morris himself, displaying a unique style that is bold and spontaneous. This huge pin is just spectacular, as it seems like a fireworks display with the radiating gold arms and the dark center. The center stone is a matte finish Onyx, rare for RLM jewelry to have a stone at all. The sheer size and simplicity of this pin is what makes this a collectors item.