Friendship or mourning brooch inscribed 'fidelity'

An image of Jewellery. Friendship or mourning brooch/pendant. Unknown maker, England. Of pointed oval form with a paste-set border, enclosing under a convex glass, an arrangement of ribbons, a medallion bearing the initials 'IA', a lamb or dog, a medallion inscribed 'FIDELITY' and swags on a brown hair ground; pin fastening and loop for suspension as a pendant on the back. Gold, clear pastes, seed pearls, hair and glass, height, whole, 4.5 cm, width, whole, 2.8 cm, circa 1790. Acquisition Credit: Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy.

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Jewellery. Friendship or mourning brooch/pendant. Unknown maker, England. Of pointed oval form with a paste-set border, enclosing under a convex glass, an arrangement of ribbons, a medallion bearing the initials 'IA', a lamb or dog, a medallion inscribed 'FIDELITY' and swags on a brown hair ground; pin fastening and loop for suspension as a pendant on the back. Gold, clear pastes, seed pearls, hair and glass, height, whole, 4.5 cm, width, whole, 2.8 cm, circa 1790. Acquisition Credit: Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy.

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Accession Number: M.75-1984
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 849 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 447.49kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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18th Century brooch dogs English fidelity Fitz_AA friendship brooch garlands Georgian glass gold hair inscribed inscriptions jewellery jewellery pin lamb mourning brooch mourning pendant oval paste pearl pendant ribbon ribbons seed pearl swags

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