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
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| 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. |
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| 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 created | August 24, 2005 |
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