(6) Victorian Memorial or Mourning Brooches

(6) Victorian Memorial or Mourning Brooches

Lot# 217

Price

SOLD: $400

Description

To include: (A) Young girl. Gold filled. 1″ diameter. (B) Ambrotype of a young man under glass. 1. 75″ long. Tested 10kt. 6. 5 total dwt. (C) Set with frame of seed pearls with looped hair of various colors under crystal. 1. 25″ wide. Tested 14kt. 4. 3 dwt. (D) Braided and looped hair under glass. Set in gold which tests at both 14kt and 18kt for the outer “rings” motif and 10kt for the leaf-form part of the frame. Approximately 2″ wide. 6. 5 total dwt. (E) Lock-form pendant with a tiny lock of blond hair under glass. Tested 10kt. 0. 6 dwt. (F) Mid-Victorian album-form charm containing locks of hair under glass. Tested 10kt. 2. 54 dwt. Provenance: William Savery family homestead, Carver, Massachusetts. Please note this lot must be paid for by cash, wire transfer or known check. Items will be shipped or sent to shipper once payment clears. (D) Shows damage to verso. (E) Enamel shows loss.

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