Gold brooch set with a banded agate, by Robert Phillips

An image of Jewellery. Brooch. Phillips, Robert (British, d.1881). Of slightly convex, oval shield shape with a pin fastening across the back. Inscribed ‘M.P.K/Christmas, 1865’ and 'K.J.K.'. Gold, set with a banded agate and decorated with filigree, granulation, and black and white enamel. Height, whole, 4.8, cm, width, whole, 3.2, cm, dated 1865. Production Note: The brooch may have been a pendant, the present clasp forming the loop at the top. Acquisition Credit: Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy.

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Jewellery. Brooch. Phillips, Robert (British, d.1881). Of slightly convex, oval shield shape with a pin fastening across the back. Inscribed ‘M.P.K/Christmas, 1865’ and 'K.J.K.'. Gold, set with a banded agate and decorated with filigree, granulation, and black and white enamel. Height, whole, 4.8, cm, width, whole, 3.2, cm, dated 1865. Production Note: The brooch may have been a pendant, the present clasp forming the loop at the top. Acquisition Credit: Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy.

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Accession Number: M.56-1982
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 944 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 162.09kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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19th Century _WF_Grundy agate banded agate British brooch enamel enamelled filigree Fitz_AA gold granulation jewellery jewellery pin oval Robert Phillips Victorian

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