15929967820001312637261000Standard Recordobject-93549170206270783116732811060001702062268047fitz-onlineadlib-object-93549https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/935496331610a-74e1-3457-bb0c-fc6ebc9b1dc09referenceterm-109541adlib-term-109541d25b4add-748d-3b6f-9789-d3969289ade7jewellery1 cabochon cutreferenceterm-32060adlib-term-320603857a592-5910-3cd3-a86f-15390ab6c5dagarnet7 cabochon cutreferenceterm-32148adlib-term-3214875d26bc8-87d4-39e3-9af6-8b0ef2b950eccoraltranslucent green, and opaque turquoise and greenreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsDecorationin translucent green, and opaque turquoise and greenreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-120077adlib-term-120077f970b7b3-bf03-3a5b-8c52-e9956f7eaf7ainsetting (process)BroochGold, enamelled in translucent green, and opaque turquoise and green, and set with a cabochon garnet, and seven cabochon coralsreferenceterm-26699adlib-term-26699a385eebb-7834-3204-a17f-d9c3cd15d9b8casting (process)referenceterm-115adlib-term-11594d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8NatureApplied ArtsGold brooch in the shape of a blue bird on a spray of berries, enamelled and set with a garnet and coralGold, 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 coralsW 81referenceexhibition-1760adlib-exhibition-17608210b0af-8f38-38ad-b9a3-404311e47a37Exhibition of Victorian and Edwardian Decorative Arts669referenceexhibition-1761adlib-exhibition-176135a253a3-3261-321f-b792-76c0ed0ae72bInternational Exhibition of Modern Jewellery 1890-1961referenceexhibition-1763adlib-exhibition-17633cb9b542-4461-319d-b6da-19b16cc01531Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon: an aesthetic partnershipA 10referenceexhibition-1063adlib-exhibition-10631a541998-d08e-3c65-bb7a-ca795691d998All for Art: The Ricketts & Shannon Collection175referenceexhibition-1764adlib-exhibition-176488f20d48-f257-386f-845c-1fd2b0a078cdCastellani and Giuliano Revivalist Jewellers of the Nineteenth Centuryreferenceexhibition-1762adlib-exhibition-17626d405010-c15e-3ce0-9e87-aa01559b0202Artists' Jewellery, Pre-Raphaelite to Arts and Craftsreferenceexhibition-2233adlib-exhibition-2233661d1d5a-72de-3806-a1b3-185da38962a0Chasing Happiness: Maurice Maeterlinck, The Blue Bird and Englandreferenceexhibition-2595adlib-exhibition-259573edc6a8-9b65-3aef-b6b8-fd994ca262b7The Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement in Britain 1860-1900referenceexhibition-3309adlib-exhibition-330955ea0a0c-be78-3c66-80a7-f68e5b657e06Queer British Art50referenceexhibition-3287adlib-exhibition-3287c4b6d853-3af1-3cdf-a094-3732a4a70ee2Designers and Jewellery 1850-1940: Jewellery and Metalwork from The Fitzwilliam MuseumM/P.2-19141accession numberM/P.2-191493549priref93549urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/93549https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/93549referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumBequeathed by Miss K.H. Bradleyreferenceagent-153063adlib-agent-153063d490f5a0-3707-304b-82d9-396b485bd669Bradley, Katherine H., Miss191419141914bequeathedEntry date: 19141899CE18991899makerreferenceagent-162382adlib-agent-1623826fe9587b-d2a8-35a6-b3d4-335e89d466c6Carlo & Arthur Giulianodesignerreferenceagent-114940adlib-agent-114940cf1c4c08-e186-3160-a1ff-7e2cbb3d7527Ricketts, Charles de SousyAccording 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).referenceterm-120127adlib-term-120127ee2ddbd4-503c-30f5-8cf9-3c2d121bd315Victoria Ireferenceterm-106216adlib-term-106216825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0literalEnglandEnglandcountryThe makers are Italian by nationality.Londonreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldHeightcm4.7Widthcm4.8referencemedia-207060adlib-media-207060fb00bb34-1d86-3624-98c0-47939df959aejpegaa/aa37/M_P_2_1914_2_201702_amt49_dc2.jpg1heightpixels1025widthpixels91116681896418781imagejpegaa/aa37/mid_M_P_2_1914_2_201702_amt49_dc2.jpg1heightpixels563widthpixels50016681896418781imagejpegaa/aa37/M_P_2_1914_2_201702_amt49_dc2.jpg1heightpixels1025widthpixels91116681896418781imagejpegaa/aa37/preview_M_P_2_1914_2_201702_amt49_dc2.jpg1heightpixels281widthpixels25016681896418781image0media
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imagereferenceterm-77418adlib-term-774186d0dc770-c9dc-3557-80f7-e3bfdb214c28broochhistory noteAccording to a note from Miss Janet Backhouse in 1971, the brooch was designed by Charles Ricketts for Miss Katherine H. Bradley (1846-1914).referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. p. 147, fig. 18147referencepublication-200001315adlib-publication-200001315999eb5bd-576d-3ba1-b44e-6eaace3cf364A Neglected Virtuoso, Charles Ricketts and his AchievementsPubl. The design, two studies, and the brooch are illustrated pl. 80 a & b.161referencepublication-3896adlib-publication-38964ce58f7c-9302-3467-a245-08325f3eed74Victorian Jewellery DesignPubl. The design and brooch are illustrated, pl. VI 2.28-9referencepublication-3898adlib-publication-38984eaf0ab6-7529-3fdb-a8fb-c7b4aee9c518Charles RickettsPubl. p. 154, colour pl. 76. Cf. p. 137, colour pl. 65, another in a private collection.154referencepublication-3902adlib-publication-3902d7b1e47c-5126-388e-995a-38ccb7245adfArtists' Jewellery, Pre-Raphaelite to Arts and CraftsRef. The brooch is discussed on p. 164. One of the designs in the Album of Designs for Jewellery in the Department of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum (1962.8.9.2 (9) is illustrated on p. 165, pl. VIII. See also p. 169, not 36 for the Roman Medieterranean origin of the theme, and note 39 for a quotation from 'Works and Days', Cooper and Bradley's joint diary in which Henry (Cooper) refers to the brooch as 'l'Oiseau Bleu' thus justifying the description The Blue Bird Broch.164-5, 169referencepublication-200001980adlib-publication-200001980cb275128-5adb-37f8-8e67-5725b37a77ffCharles Ricketts and his designs for jewelleryPubl. p. 179 cited in list of exhibited works in the section 'Public Indecency'179referencepublication-8736adlib-publication-87363a6688ba-b237-3849-ae92-7e500a3852d7Queer British Artreferencepublication-8550adlib-publication-85509adcd106-6c02-3203-a2c9-35069d63e396Designers & Jewellery 1850-1940. Jewellery and Metalwork from the Fitzwilliam Museumanimalreferenceterm-109951adlib-term-109951d43c54af-4831-3ca6-b35a-f25277f876a7blue birdplantreferenceterm-31167adlib-term-31167b80f6257-c6ea-3a17-9ebe-efae54186f88berryliteralblue birdblue birdliteralberryberryreferenceterm-77418adlib-term-774186d0dc770-c9dc-3557-80f7-e3bfdb214c28broochbroochThe Blue Bird Broochobject
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