Brooch
1853 (made)
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This brooch, modelled on the Irish 'Moor' brooch dated from 700-800 A.D, was made by the firm of G&S Waterhouse of Dublin who specialised in reviving and adapting antiquarian Celtic jewellery.
In Ireland scaled-down reproductions of celebrated medieval brooches in the Dublin collections were sold from the 1840s as shawl-pins and brooches. The V&A (then called the Museum of Manufactures) bought examples of these reproductions from the 1851 Great Exhibition and the 1853 Irish Industrial Exhibition.
In Ireland scaled-down reproductions of celebrated medieval brooches in the Dublin collections were sold from the 1840s as shawl-pins and brooches. The V&A (then called the Museum of Manufactures) bought examples of these reproductions from the 1851 Great Exhibition and the 1853 Irish Industrial Exhibition.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Parcel-gilt metal, partly oxidised |
| Brief description | Brooch, Ireland, Dublin, 1853; made by G.&S. Waterhouse; gilded and partly oxidised silver; copy of the 'Moor' brooch, Ireland, about 700-800; bought at the Irish Industrial Exhibition, Dublin, 1853 |
| Physical description | Brooch, gilded and partly oxidised silver. Copy of the 'Moor' brooch, Ireland, about 700-800 |
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| Object history | Made by G & S Waterhouse of Dublin. Purchased by the Museum from the Irish Industrial Exhibition of 1853 |
| Summary | This brooch, modelled on the Irish 'Moor' brooch dated from 700-800 A.D, was made by the firm of G&S Waterhouse of Dublin who specialised in reviving and adapting antiquarian Celtic jewellery. In Ireland scaled-down reproductions of celebrated medieval brooches in the Dublin collections were sold from the 1840s as shawl-pins and brooches. The V&A (then called the Museum of Manufactures) bought examples of these reproductions from the 1851 Great Exhibition and the 1853 Irish Industrial Exhibition. |
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| Accession number | 231-1854 |
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| Record created | January 9, 2006 |
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