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Scarf Pin

ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mounted portraits of the young Queen Victoria made popular jewels. In 1841 Victoria herself gave a bracelet with her portrait to Princess Marie d'Orléans on her marriage to the Queen's cousin Prince Alexander of Württemberg.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gold, enamel portrait
Brief description
Scarf pin, gold, the head set with an enamel portrait of Queen Victoria by William Essex after Winterhalter's painting of 1843 in the Royal Collections, England, ca. 1850.
Physical description
Scarf pin, gold, the head set with an enamel portrait of Queen Victoria , after Winterhalter's painting of 1843 in the Royal Collections.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.8cm
  • Width: 2.7cm
  • Depth: 1.4cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mrs Harriet Bolckow
Object history
Set with an enamel portrait of Queen Victoria by William Essex, after Winterhalter's painting of 1843 in the Royal Collections.
Subjects depicted
Summary
Mounted portraits of the young Queen Victoria made popular jewels. In 1841 Victoria herself gave a bracelet with her portrait to Princess Marie d'Orléans on her marriage to the Queen's cousin Prince Alexander of Württemberg.
Collection
Accession number
750-1890

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Record createdAugust 24, 2005
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