Brooch
ca. 1875 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Jet brooch.
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Jet |
| Brief description | Jet brooch, Britain (probably North Yorkshire), about 1875 |
| Physical description | Jet brooch. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs C. Ball |
| Historical context | The increasing rigidity of mourning conventions during the reign of Queen Victoria gave great encouragement to the manufacture of black jewellery. Expensive work in black-enamelled gold was made by hand. Jet was much in demand, and the workshops in Whitby, Yorkshire, near the main source of the material, produced articles which often comprised hand-carved details applied to mass-produced bodies turned on lathes. Mass production methods, and the use of substitute materials, brought mourning jewellery within reach of all but the poorest. Although pieces were often made from cast black glass, or 'French jet', mounted on metal, or from vulcanite, this piece is of jet. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.63-1974 |
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| Record created | January 19, 2006 |
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