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Lot 29 Dα

A Victorian gold and garnet brooch

Auction 1107 - overview Cologne
14.05.2018, 17:00 - Jewellery
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.200 €

A Victorian gold and garnet brooch

Oval bombé form brooch with silver pin, centrally set with a hexagonally lobed garnet and a seed-pearl star framed in the archaeological revival taste. With a glazed capsule containing a photograph to the reverse, engraved A. Kent. Can also be worn as a pendant. Minute dot-shaped dents to the underside. H 4.3 cm. W 4 cm. Weight 21.6 g.
England, ca. 1870.

Provenance

Collection of Prof. Gisela Zick.

Literature

Cf. Eggert, Bürgerlicher Schmuck, 15.-20. Jh., Munich 1984, p. 158, illus. 285.

Exhibitions

Exhib. "Der Souvenir. Erinnerung in Dingen von der Reliquie zum Andenken", Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, 29th June - 29th October 2006 (without cat.).