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Brooch

1820-1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Rome (made)

Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.


Object details

Categories
Jewellery
Metalwork
Mosaic
Object type
Brooch
Materials and techniques
Micromosaic, black glass, gold frame
Mosaic Glass
Glass
Gold
Micromosaic
Setting
Framing
Brief description
Mosaic pin brooch with stag, gold and black glass, 1825.
Physical description
Oval micromosaic set in black glass with a gold frame in the Neo-classical style. The micromosaic depicts a stag running across a patch of foliage, its figure silhouetted against the black glass background.
Dimensions
  • Length: 5.3cm
  • Width: 6cm
Credit line
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Object history
Provenance: Hoffman and Lowe, Beverly Hills, 1970.
Subjects depicted
Stag
Foliage
Summary
Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
Bibliographic references
  • Avery, Charles, assisted by Arthur Emperatori. Mosaics from the Gilbert Collection: summary catalogue. Exhibition catalogue Victoria & Albert Museum. London: H.M.S.O. 1975, cat. no. 55.
  • Hagen, Lael. 'Mosaic Jewelry: Heir to a Long Artistic Tradition'. Jewelers' Circular, November 1991, p. 60, fig. 2.
  • Gabriel, Jeanette Hanisee with contributions by Anna Maria Massinelli and essays by Judy Rudoe and Massimo Alfieri. Micromosaics: The Gilbert Collection. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd. in association with The Gilbert Collection, 2000. 310 p., ill. Cat. no. 173, p. 238. ISBN 0856675113.
Other numbers
  • MM 87 - Arthur Gilbert Number
  • 1996.237 - The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House
  • MM 19 - Arthur Gilbert Number
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
LOAN:GILBERT.926-2008

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Record createdJune 19, 2008
Record URL
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