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Friendship or mourning brooch: M.75-1984

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Gold, clear pastes, seed pearls, hair and glass. 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.

Notes

History note: Unknown before donor

Legal notes

Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy

Measurements and weight

Height: 4.5 cm
Width: 2.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1984) by Hull Grundy, J., Mrs

Dating

18th Century, Late
Production date: circa AD 1790

Components of the work

Part composed of hair ( brown) pastes ( clear) pearls gold glass

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: IA
  • Location: Medallion
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: FIDELITY
  • Location: Medallion
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: M.75-1984
Primary reference Number: 169666

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 4 August 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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