Jewellery Design
Design
ca. 1860 (made)
ca. 1860 (made)
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This design comes from 'The Brogden Album', the album contained 1,593 designs for jewellery and goldsmith's work, mainly in colour and dating between 1848 and 1884. It is a unique record of the years in which John Brogden, an internationally celebrated 'art goldsmith and jeweller worked first in partnership and then as owner-director of his own firm. This was a period of great diversity in fashionable jewellery, and the Brogden firm where noted for their skill in designing and creating a range of styles.
The firm was founded by John Brogden the elder in about 1796. From about 1824 to 1831 it was styled 'Brogden and Garland' and thereafter until 1841 'Garland and Watherston'. The younger Brogden, the son of Thomas Brogden and presumably a relative of the founder, served an apprenticeship to J.W. garland as a goldsmith and jeweller from 1834 to 1841. Following Garland's departure, the remaining partner, J.H. Watherston, removed the firm to new premises at 16 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden and in 1848 joined forces with the younger Brogden.
The firm was founded by John Brogden the elder in about 1796. From about 1824 to 1831 it was styled 'Brogden and Garland' and thereafter until 1841 'Garland and Watherston'. The younger Brogden, the son of Thomas Brogden and presumably a relative of the founder, served an apprenticeship to J.W. garland as a goldsmith and jeweller from 1834 to 1841. Following Garland's departure, the remaining partner, J.H. Watherston, removed the firm to new premises at 16 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden and in 1848 joined forces with the younger Brogden.
Object details
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| Title | Jewellery Design (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour drawings on card |
| Brief description | Design for jewellery, by the firm of John Brogden, about 1860 |
| Physical description | Rectangular paper with pencil and watercolour drawings depicting the designs for five gold brooches or rings, the first with a large oval ruby set diagonally in the middle of a gold scroll, with several smaller diamonds inlaid within the band of the gold scroll. The second design is comprised of three oval rubies, the two outer ones approximately half the size of the first, set in gold surrounded by blue enamel shapes, representing, as a whole, a butterfly shape. The third design is comprised of three rubies set in a horizontal line. The ruby in the centre is surrounded by four diamonds. The fourth design is made up of three rubies set diagonally across a gold scroll. The fifth design is comprised an oval ruby set diagonally within blue enamel, either side of which is inlaid with three diamonds. |
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| Production type | Design |
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| Summary | This design comes from 'The Brogden Album', the album contained 1,593 designs for jewellery and goldsmith's work, mainly in colour and dating between 1848 and 1884. It is a unique record of the years in which John Brogden, an internationally celebrated 'art goldsmith and jeweller worked first in partnership and then as owner-director of his own firm. This was a period of great diversity in fashionable jewellery, and the Brogden firm where noted for their skill in designing and creating a range of styles. The firm was founded by John Brogden the elder in about 1796. From about 1824 to 1831 it was styled 'Brogden and Garland' and thereafter until 1841 'Garland and Watherston'. The younger Brogden, the son of Thomas Brogden and presumably a relative of the founder, served an apprenticeship to J.W. garland as a goldsmith and jeweller from 1834 to 1841. Following Garland's departure, the remaining partner, J.H. Watherston, removed the firm to new premises at 16 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden and in 1848 joined forces with the younger Brogden. |
| Bibliographic reference | Huits, Lieske. "At Once 'Ancient' and 'Modern': The Art-Journal's Illustrated Catalogues and the Notion of Adaptation in Nineteenth-Century Historicism", Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 21, no. 3 (Autumn 2022), https://doi.org/10.29411/ncaw.2022.21.3.2. |
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| Accession number | E.2:462-1986 |
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| Record created | February 1, 2011 |
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