Maker: Unknown
Set of brooch and earrings, tortoise shell piqué with gold and silver. Each piece is horseshoe shaped. The brooch is piqué with a wide gold line and two narrower silver lines between which, on right and left, there is a groove and two nail heads; pin fastening across the back. Both earrings are decorated en suite, but with only one silver line on the outer edge. Each has a loop and hook for suspension.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy
Method of acquisition: Given (1984) by Hull Grundy, J., Mrs
Production date: circa AD 1880
Part
composed of
gold
( piqué)
silver
( piqué)
tortoise shell
Earrings
Height 4.0 cm
Width 2.6 cm
Brooch
Height 5.5 cm
Width 5.0 cm
Inscription present: 'EC' in gold
Accession number: M.9 & A & B-1984
Primary reference Number: 169649
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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