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The Blue Bird Brooch
Maker:
Carlo & Arthur Giuliano
Designer:
Ricketts, Charles de Sousy
Gold brooch in the shape of a blue bird on a spray of berries, enamelled and set with a garnet and coral
Gold, enamelled in translucent green, and opaque turquoise and green, and set with a cabochon garnet, and seven cabochon corals. In the shape of a bird on berried foliage, with a pin fastening across the back. The bird's eye is a cabochon garnet, and the berries are cabochon corals
History note: According to a note from Miss Janet Backhouse in 1971, the brooch was designed by Charles Ricketts for Miss Katherine H. Bradley (1846-1914).
Bequeathed by Miss K.H. Bradley
Height: 4.7 cm
Width: 4.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1914) by Bradley, Katherine H., Miss
Victoria I
Production date:
AD 1899
According to a note from Miss Janet Backhouse in 1971, the brooch was designed by Charles Ricketts for Miss Katherine H. Bradley (1846-1914), and intended for her birthday on 12 January 1900. It was completed early and she was allowed to wear it on Christmas Day 1899. There are four versions of the brooch design in the Album of Designs for Jewellery by Ricketts in the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum, 198 a 43, 1962.8.9.2 (7), (8), (9), and (10).
Decoration
composed of
garnet
( 1 cabochon cut)
coral
( 7 cabochon cut)
enamels
( translucent green, and opaque turquoise and green)
Brooch
Accession number: M/P.2-1914
Primary reference Number: 93549
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The Blue Bird Brooch" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/93549 Accessed: 2024-11-21 23:55:48
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