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brooch

Object NamePair of Floral Brooches
Made FromGlass, Silver
Dateabout 1760-1780
Place Madeprobably France
TechniqueCut, mounted
SizeEach Brooch H: 3.9 cm, W: 3 cm, D: 1.5 cm
Accession Number2017.3.14
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPair of Floral Brooches. Colorless, red, opaline, and green cut glass paste 'stones' set in silver mounts. The pair of floral brooches are comprised of two flowers encircled by wreaths. The upper flower is made of an opaline glass pistil with colorless paste petals within a band of red and opaline cut paste. Beneath it is a smaller flower of the same design set amidst a spray of green cut paste 'stones' that evoke leaves.
Provenance
Source S. J. Phillips - 2017-07-10
Former Collection Daniel Simon - 2014-04-16