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Mourning brooch
(c. 1861)
Medium
gold, enamel, glass, pearls, human hair
Measurements
5.0 × 6.2 × 1.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1976
Gallery location
18th & 19th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
This brooch contains the hair of two sisters. We know this from the inscription on the reverse that reads: ‘My beloved sisters, Mary Jane Thackray & Lucy Frances Edge, died Novr. 10th & 28th 1861’.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
(England)
Accession Number
D234-1976
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
Oval, containing lock of hair garnished with pearls, gold and enamel frame with vermicular trail, 4 pearls.