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Antique Georgian Gold, Enamel, and Seed Pearl Braided Hair Mourning Brooch
About the Item
A fine antique Georgian gold, seed pearl, hair, and enamel mourning brooch.
With braided or plaited hair behind glass in a worked gold setting set with seed pearls and surrounded by a black enamel band.
The reverse bears a pin for attachment and likely had a jump ring removed.
In the Georgian and Victorian eras, woven hair art was used to memorialize a departed loved one or given as a keepsake memorial for a loved one in their absence.
The gold tests at 10k.
Simply a wonderful Georgian mourning brooch!
Date:
Late 18th or Early 19th Century
Overall Condition:
It is in overall fair, as-pictured, used estate condition.
Condition Details:
There are chips to the enamel band on one side. The hinge and pin are gold-filled replacements. There is a filed spot on the top of the brooch that likely had a jump ring attached at one point. Otherwise, there are a few spots of content trapped under the glass bezel, some fine & light surface scratches and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age.
Fineness:
Unmarked for gold fineness. Professionally tests at 10k (and is quite possibly 12k as many of these pieces are).
Measurements:
Width: ca. 22 mm
Height: ca. 19 mm
Depth: ca. 9 mm
Weight: ca. 5.2 g
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- Metal:Gold,Enamel
- Stone:Pearl
- Stone Cut:Round Cut
- Weight:5.2 g
- Dimensions:Height: 0.75 in (19 mm)Width: 0.87 in (22 mm)Depth: 0.36 in (9 mm)
- Style:Georgian
- Place of Origin:United Kingdom
- Period:Early 19th Century
- Date of Manufacture:Late 18th or Early 19th Century
- Condition:Additions or alterations made to the original: There is a filed spot on the top of the brooch that likely had a jump ring attached at one point. Replacements made: The hinge and pin are gold-filled replacements. Wear consistent with age and use. There are chips to the enamel band on one side and a few spots of content trapped under the glass bezel. Otherwise, there are some fine & light surface scratches and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age.
- Seller Location:Philadelphia, PA
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