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Maker: Phillips Brothers
Gold, slightly convex oval mount with swirling gold filigree, granulation and navy and white cloisonne enamel bosses, set with a curved slice of banded agate, pin fastening across the back with enamelled catch. Reverse engraved, ‘M.P.K / Christmas, 1865’ and 'K.J.K.'.
History note: Purchased by Mrs Hull Grundy from Wartski, 14 Grafton Street, London W1. £700.
Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy
Height: 4.8 cm
Width: 3.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1982) by Hull Grundy, J., Mrs
Production date: dated AD 1865
The brooch may have been a pendant, the present clasp forming the loop at the top. The firm of Phillips Brothers was one of the most productive and successful London jewellers of the nineteenth century. Their range and variety was unsurpassed and included jewellery in the Italian archaeological style, the Renaissance Revival style (copying the jewels depicted in drawings by artist Hans Holbein, 1497/8-1543), as well as pieces inspired by the jewellery of India and Scandinavia. Phillips was also influenced by the objects discovered by Sir Henry Layard during his excavations at Nimrud, an ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia (near modernday Mosul, Iraq).
Decoration composed of agate ( banded) enamel ( black and white)
Inscription present: 'RP' in relief
Accession number: M.56-1982
Primary reference Number: 119071
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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