Accession Nr.: 53.2366.1
Date of production:
second half of the 19th cent.
Place of production: Great-Britain (presumably)
Inscription: hátoldalán a kapcson beütött „M et S” -feloldatlan-cégjelzés
Materials: silver
Techniques: cast
Dimensions:
width: 4 cm
length: 3,9 cm
The brooch resembles Italian Renaissance jewels, with seven pear-shaped parts arranged ray-like in a semicircle, painted in blue and white and red translucent enamel at the semicircular end. In the centre, there is a cast putto head in a slightly domed, ringed setting. The parts are connected with small balls surrounded with thin, twisted wire. The bottom is equipped with plain, undecorated balls hanging down.

Literature

  • a kiállítást rendezte: Batári Ferenc, Vadászi Erzsébet: Historizmus és eklektika. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1992. - Nr. 454. (Békési Éva)