Brooch: M.65-1982

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Brooch
mourning brooch

Categories

Jewellery

Description

Silver, gold, clear pastes, hair, seed pearls and glass. Boat-shaped with a pin fastening across the back. In the middle an arrangement of one dark brown and two light brown curls of hair held by gold wire and seed pearls at one end, under glass, surrounded by a facetted gold band and clear pastes, the whole set in silver mount.

Notes

History note: Unknown before donor

Legal notes

Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy

Measurements and weight

Length: 5.1 cm
Width: 3.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given by Hull Grundy, J., Mrs

Dating

Circa 1790 CE - 1800 CE

Components of the work

Part composed of pastes ( clear) seed pearls hair gold silver glass

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.65-1982
Primary reference Number: 168437
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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