Current Location: In storage
Titles
Brooch with matching earrings in a case
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Gold, the brooch (A) set with garnets and pearls, and having in the back a glass-covered compartment enclosing hair; the earrings (B & C) set with a garnet (or ruby) and pearls; the shaped case (D) of maroon leather, with dark blue velvet and royal blue silk lining. The brooch has an oval medallion in the centre on which is an applied spray of paired leaves of graduated sizes set with seed pearls. At its base there is a gold bead, and at the top a lozenge set with a pearl. On the central stem are three spaced cut garnets (or rubies) in wavy edged rectangular settings. The medallion is surrounded by a three-lobed scrolled cartouche, on which, on each side lobe, is a spray of three leaves with six graduated beads at the top, and on the bottom lobe, a bead flanked by three graduated beads. Below there is a triangular 'bootlace' fringe and at the top, two ribbon scrolls topped by a bead. The oval, glass-covered compartment in the back encloses an untidy curl of mid-brown hair. The two earrings are of similar form but smaller, set with a single garnet (or ruby) with a pearl-set lozenge above and below, and with only two leaves on the sprays on each side. They have a triangular 'bootlace' fringe below, and a spool, shell, and bead attached to the suspension hook at the top. The case appears to be the original.
Notes
History note: Purchased from Gatwoods of Hitchin, 20 Market Place, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1DU
Legal notes
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Components of the work
Compartment
composed of
hair
( brown)
Case
composed of
velvet
( dark blue)
leather
( maroon)
silk (textile)
( royal blue)
Height 3.5 cm
Length 12.8 cm
Width 9.8 cm
Earrings
composed of
ruby
( or garnet)
garnet
( or ruby)
pearl
gold
Height 5.8 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Brooch
composed of
garnet
pearl
gold
glass
Height 7.2 cm
Width 3.6 cm
Gemstones
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.5A-D-2001
Primary reference Number: 37867
Entry form number: 162
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
