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Mourning brooch
(c. 1861)
- Medium
- gold, enamel, glass, pearls, human hair
- Measurements
- 5.0 × 6.2 × 1.5 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- (England)
- Accession Number
- D234-1976
- Department
- International Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1976
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- 18th & 19th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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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’.
- Physical description
- Oval, containing lock of hair garnished with pearls, gold and enamel frame with vermicular trail, 4 pearls.