Description: brooch – figurine of a glass swallow, in black and white, with a vertical needle and silk tassels. Attached to a factory card, red on the front side with printed inscriptions: PAC (People’s Agricultural Cooperation)“Shtastie” (“Luck”),“BGN 0.70. “

Dimensions: Length fig. 3.6 cm; cardboard 4.8/7 cm.

Material: glass, metal, paper, synthetic silk.

Donor: Violeta Teoharova, Rousse.

Date of donation: 2021

Date of production: 70 – 80s of the XX century.

Description: brooch – an injected plastic figure of a stork carrying a baby in its beak; the baby is painted in green phosphorescent paint. A martenitsa with silk tassels is tied on the stork’s legs. On the back with a safety pin. Attached to a white card.

Dimensions: height fig. 5 cm; cardboard 6.2/4.7 cm.

Material: plastic, metal, paper, synthetic silk.

Donor: Violeta and Milena Yovchevi, Kubrat.

Date of donation: 2021

Date of production: 70 – 80s of the XX century.

Description: brooch –plastic, flat figure of a white dovewith stretched wings and a green twig in the beak; on the back – with a vertical needle.

Size: length fig. 3.2 cm

Material: plastic, metal.

Donor: Ilina Sirakova, Rousse.

Date of donation: 2021

Date of production: 70s of the XX century.

Description: brooch – silhouette of a blue bird made of decorative paper; the body and head of the bird made of twisted wire with blue threads, with a red paper beak, on the back with a needle with a martenitsa with silk tassels.

Dimensions: 7.5/5.2 cm.

Material: paper, metal, synthetic silk.

Donor: Emil Mihailov, Rousse.

Date of donation: 2018

Date of production: 50–60s of the XX century.

Description: brooch – a plastic, injected figure of a penguin, coloured in black, white and red, on the back with a metal clasp, to which a martenitsa with tasselsis attached.

Dimensions: length fig. 5 cm

Material: plastic, metal, synthetic silk.

Donor: Emil Mihailov, Rousse.

Date of donation: 2018

Date of production: 70 – 80s of the XX century.

Description: brooch – stylized butterfly figure, factory embossed metal openwork base with faceted glass stone, mounted on top and a white plastic drop-shaped element. On the back with a safety pin, to which a handmade martenitsa with white and red tassels is attached. Attached to a white factory card with a stamped inscription: LPC“Progress” – Rousse”, handwritten on the front: “from Nikolaycho 2002.”

Dimensions: figure 4.4/4.4 cm; tassels 6.5 cm long; cardboard 5.8/7 cm.

Material: metal, plastic, glass, synthetic yarn, paper.

Donor: Petranka Zaharieva, Rousse

Date of donation: 2021

Date of production: 90s of the XX century.

Description: brooch – a three-dimensional figurine of a dog’s head on a round base (probably made of cardboard), tightly covered with white fluffy fabric; on both sides – glued long ears of similar fabric in orange; plastic green eyes, black nose and red tongue; martenitsa with silk tassels pinned with a pin on top.

Size: height 5 cm.

Material: artificial textile, plastic, synthetic silk.

Donor: Zhivka Ivanova, Rousse.

Date of donation: 2021

Date of production: 60s of the XX century

Description: brooch –a flat figurine of a donkey made of brown felt, with a green clover in its mouth; a martenitsa with silk tassels is tied around his neck; on the back with a pin pinned.

Dimensions: length 6 cm.

Material: felt, synthetic silk.

Donor: Zhivka Ivanova, Rousse.

Date of donation: 2021

Date of production: 60 – 70s of the XX century.

Description: brooch – figurine of a brown leather bear: two identical silhouettes, cut out, glued at the edges, with filling; three white dots for eyes and nose; with a martenitsa with silk tassels tied around its neck.

Dimensions: height 5 cm.

Material: leather, synthetic silk.

Donor: Zhivka Ivanova, Rousse.

Date of donation: 2021

Date of production: 60s of the XX century.

Description: brooch – plastic injection-moulded kitten, greenish, phosphorescent; with a safety pin on the back, on which is hung a martenitsa with silk tassels. Attached on a card with a factory print: “Price BGN 0.50”

Dimensions: height fig. 3.2 cm; cardboard 5.5/7.4 cm.

Material: plastic, synthetic silk, metal, paper.

Donor: Violeta Teoharova, Rousse.

Date of donation: 2021

Date of production: 70s of the XX century.

Description: brooch – three-dimensional figurine of a cat made of drawn glass –black, with green eyes and red mouth; with a vertical needle and martenitsa with silk tassels. Attached to a white card with reseda decoration and imprint: “ART. LPC“ISKRA” Sofia “. The tip of the cat’s tail is broken off.

Dimensions: height fig. 3 cm; cardboard 4.5/7 cm.

Material: glass, synthetic silk, metal, paper.

Donor: Emil Mihailov, Rousse.

Date of donation: 2018

Date of production: 70 – 80s of the XX century.

Description: brooch – stylized figure of a dachshund dog, made of yellow metal, on the front side with red enamel and additional colouring in blue and white; on the back with a safety pin and a martenitsa with silk tassels attached to it.

Dimensions: length 5.5 cm.

Materials: metal, synthetic silk.

Donor: Silva Karalamova, Rousse.

Date of donation: 2019

Date of production: 80s of the XX century.

Description: brooch – flat, plastic, injected figurine of a bunny with a drum, coloured in yellow, red and blue; on the back a safety pin with a martenitsa with silk tassels. Attached to a rectangular white cardboard.

Dimensions: height fig. 3 cm; cardboard: 6.7/4.7 cm.

Materials: plastic, metal, synthetic silk, paper.

Donor: Violeta and Milena Yovchevi, Kubrat.

Date of donation: 2021

Date of production: 70s of the XX century.

Description: brooch – flat, plastic, injected figure of a white horse with brown mane and hooves, with red harness; with a vertical needle and a martenitsa with silk tassels; hung on a white card; on the back with a handwritten text: “To sister Iskra– Tony greets her withBaba Marta with wishes to be cheerful and obedient”.

Dimensions: length fig. 4 cm; cardboard 4/7 cm.

Material: plastic, synthetic silk, metal, paper.

Donor: Emil Mihailov, Rousse.

Date of donation: 2018

Date of production: 70s of the XX century.

Description: brooch – plastic, injection-moulded, embossed figurine of a bear in yellow with a purple bow tie and a small greenish hat; safety needle on the back with martenitsa, crocheted by the donor: two flowers “bells” – white and red, with stamens of bruises, hung on cardboard, hand-cut by the donor, with rounded corners; in a manuscript on the back: “for Polly from Grandma /1.03.2002.“

Dimensions: height fig. 3 cm; martenitsa flower width 2.2 cm; cardboard: 5.8/7.8 cm.

Material: plastic, synthetic yarn, metal, paper.

Donor: Petranka Zaharieva, Rousse

Date of donation: 2021

Date of manufacture: 2002

Description: brooch – figurine of a snowdrop, shaped with felting of artificial wool in white and green; stem of green-clad wire; tied on the stem martenitsa of two felted flowers in white and red, connected by a red-white twisted thread.

Dimensions: snowdrop height 9 cm; flower diameter 2.5 cm

Material: artificial wool, synthetic yarn, metal.

Part of a collection containing 324 pieces of martenitsas sent from Bulgaria to France, collected by the donor in the period 60s of the XX c. – 20s of the XXI c.

Donor: Marianka Radeva de Montis, Bulgaria/France.

Date of donation: 2021

Date of production: 60 – 70s of the XX century.