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Brooch: M.49-1983

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Gold and gypsy set garnets and diamonds. Rectangular, with an oval compartment in the back for a photograph or hair and a pin fastening over it. In the middle there is a raised cross with a snake coiled round it, with on each side two gypsy set garnets and a diamond, four small beads, a raised zig-zag and three larger beads which project at the end. At the top and bottom there is an applied scalloped gold edging.

Notes

History note: Unknown before donor

Legal notes

Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy

Measurements and weight

Height: 4.0 cm
Width: 2.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1983) by Hull Grundy, J., Mrs

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1890

Components of the work

Decoration composed of diamond ( uncertain) garnet ( uncertain)
Part composed of gold

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.49-1983
Primary reference Number: 169625
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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