Mourning brooch or pendant with Hope leaning on an anchor

An image of Jewellery. Mourning Brooch or Pendant. Unknown maker, England. Marquise-shape, containing, under glass, a scene, in sepia, of Hope leaning on an anchor; in the background a ship at sea. Surrounding the scene, under the glass is a chased border. On the reverse is inscribed the script monogram of the initials 'EB'. Gold and ivory, height, whole, 4.5 mm, depth, whole, 22.0 mm, length, whole, 37.5 mm. Neoclassical. Spencer George Perceval Collection.

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Jewellery. Mourning Brooch or Pendant. Unknown maker, England. Marquise-shape, containing, under glass, a scene, in sepia, of Hope leaning on an anchor; in the background a ship at sea. Surrounding the scene, under the glass is a chased border. On the reverse is inscribed the script monogram of the initials 'EB'. Gold and ivory, height, whole, 4.5 mm, depth, whole, 22.0 mm, length, whole, 37.5 mm. Neoclassical. Spencer George Perceval Collection.

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Accession Number: PER.M.268-1923
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 761 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 401.23kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 27/1

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18th Century anchor brooch female Fitz_AA Georgian glass gold Hope (Virtue) ivory jewellery jewellery pin marquise shaped mourning brooch mourning pendant neo-classical Neoclassical oval pendant personification sailing ship sepia ship at sea ships woman

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