Enamelled Coin
Brooch
1887
1887
| Place of origin |
Brooch.
Enamelled Coin (Double florin) in silver twisted ribbon swivel brooch, Great Britain, 1887
Obverse: Portrait head (facing right) of Queen Victoria wearing a small crown. Inscribed 'VICTORIA DEI GRATIA' The initials J.E.B. are inscribed on the lower right.
Reverse: four crowned shields with sceptres between, two showing English arms comprising three lion passants in a red ground, one with the arms of Scottland - a lion stantant on a yellow ground, a shield for Ireland showing a harp on a blue ground. Inscribed: FID DEF BRITT REG. 1887 (defender of the faith , Queen of Britains) in a band of white enamel.
A twisted ribbon surrounds the edge of the coin. The brooch has a pin fixture.
Seaby number 3922
Enamelled Coin (Double florin) in silver twisted ribbon swivel brooch, Great Britain, 1887
Obverse: Portrait head (facing right) of Queen Victoria wearing a small crown. Inscribed 'VICTORIA DEI GRATIA' The initials J.E.B. are inscribed on the lower right.
Reverse: four crowned shields with sceptres between, two showing English arms comprising three lion passants in a red ground, one with the arms of Scottland - a lion stantant on a yellow ground, a shield for Ireland showing a harp on a blue ground. Inscribed: FID DEF BRITT REG. 1887 (defender of the faith , Queen of Britains) in a band of white enamel.
A twisted ribbon surrounds the edge of the coin. The brooch has a pin fixture.
Seaby number 3922
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Enamelled Coin (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Silver. Enamel. Hand painted |
| Brief description | Brooch in the form of an enamelled coin, Britain, 1887. |
| Physical description | Brooch. Enamelled Coin (Double florin) in silver twisted ribbon swivel brooch, Great Britain, 1887 Obverse: Portrait head (facing right) of Queen Victoria wearing a small crown. Inscribed 'VICTORIA DEI GRATIA' The initials J.E.B. are inscribed on the lower right. Reverse: four crowned shields with sceptres between, two showing English arms comprising three lion passants in a red ground, one with the arms of Scottland - a lion stantant on a yellow ground, a shield for Ireland showing a harp on a blue ground. Inscribed: FID DEF BRITT REG. 1887 (defender of the faith , Queen of Britains) in a band of white enamel. A twisted ribbon surrounds the edge of the coin. The brooch has a pin fixture. Seaby number 3922 |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Professor Gordon Marshall Petersen |
| Object history | This coin formed part of a coin collection belonging to Professor Gordon Marshall Petersen who died on 9 November 1996. Professor Petersen bequeathed his coin collection to the Victoria and Albert Museum. |
| Historical context | This enamelled coin would have been worn as a piece of jewellery. Enamelled coins became fashionable in the 1880's in England. Edwin Steel, a Birmingham jeweller formed a company in 1886 to sell as jewellery, coins he had enamelled. In 1920 the enamelling of coins in England was prohibited by the gold and silver act which made it an offence to melt down or use otherwise than as currency any gold or silver coin. |
| Production | Reason For Production: retail |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.72-1997 |
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| Record created | July 16, 1999 |
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