French gold brooch, set with cabochon cut garnets

An image of Jewellery. Brooch. Carbuncles (cabochon-cut garnets), set in gold, bloomed to produce two tones and engraved. In the shape of a spray of leaves with five flowers and five buds. On the back, an oval coil of gold wire to shich the spray and the pin fastening are attached, height 8.3 cm, length 12.6 cm, circa 1840. French or English. Given by Mrs Hull Grundy.

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Jewellery. Brooch. Carbuncles (cabochon-cut garnets), set in gold, bloomed to produce two tones and engraved. In the shape of a spray of leaves with five flowers and five buds. On the back, an oval coil of gold wire to shich the spray and the pin fastening are attached, height 8.3 cm, length 12.6 cm, circa 1840. French or English. Given by Mrs Hull Grundy.

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Accession Number: M.13-1984
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 778 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Aperture 3.2.3
Filesize: 105.67kB
Exposure time: 1/10
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2008:05:06 22:10:54

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19th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_Grundy _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC brooch cabochon Fitz_AA floral flowers French garnet gold jewellery jewelry leaves

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