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Caduceus Brooch
Giuliano, Ferdinand
(Maker)
Cameron, Beatrice
(Retailer)
Gold, cast and engraved in the shape of an openwork caduceus, enamelled in red, green and white and set with a white topaz and open-set amber-coloured grossular garnet. Reverse engraved with details of snakeskin and feathers. In original cream leather case (A), the silk lining of the lid printed in black with ‘BEATRICE CAMERON/102, MOUNT STREET, W/Art Jewellery by FERDINAND GIULIANO’.
History note: Wartski, 14 Grafton Streeet, London, W1
Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy
Height: 4.7 cm
Width: 3.4 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(1983-01)
by
Hull Grundy, J., Mrs
Early 20th century
Edward VII
Circa
1903
-
1910
1910
Carlo Giuliano and his two sons were not the only members of the Giuliano family working in London. Although less is known about this side of the family, Carlo Snr’s brother Federico came to London some time after him and worked for him before setting up his own business, registering a mark at Goldsmiths’ Hall on 24 February 1876 from 4 South Crescent, Store Street. In 1883 this business moved to 24 Howland Street, at which time it became a partnership between Federico and another relative, Ferdinand (sometimes Ferdinando) Giuliano. By 1903 the business had shut down and Federico returned to Naples, where he died in 1913. After the dissolution of the company, Ferdinand sold his jewellery through Beatrice Cameron’s retail premises in Mount Street, as can be seen from the interior of this brooch's original case. The caduceus (in mythology, the symbol of Hermes, two snakes wound around a winged staff ) seems to have been especially popular among the Giuliano family. A plain gold and chased version is in the British Museum, and a gold and enamelled caduceus brooch topped with a pearl, by Carlo Jnr and Arthur Alphonse, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Decoration: composed of garnet ( amber-coloured grossular) enamel ( red, green and white) topaz ( white) Case: composed of leather ( cream) Case Lid Lining: composed of silk Gold: Stones:
Accession number: M.5 & A-1983
Primary reference Number: 119098
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2020) "Brooch"
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Accession Number: M.5-1970
Accession Number: M.41-1984
Accession Number: GR.3.1978
Accession Number: CM.1660-2001
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