Brooch
1991 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Breon O’Casey (1928-2011), artist of the St Ives School and highly versatile craftsman, began making jewellery in the 1960s. This brooch, with its simple shapes within a frame, resembles O'Casey's abstract paintings on a much smaller scale.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Hand-beaten silver with applied details in pink and yellow gold |
| Brief description | Brooch, silver with pink and yellow gold, designed and made by Breon O'Casey, England, 1991 |
| Physical description | The brooch is made from a flat rectangle of silver to which strips of silver and geometric shapes in coloured golds have been applied. The outlines are all irregular as if drawn by hand, and the surface is rough and unpolished. The strips of silver form a frame around the rectangle, decorated with a series of indented diagonal lines. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | BOC stamped on the reverse above the pin
Scratched signature below the pin |
| Credit line | Given by Helen W. Drutt English |
| Summary | Breon O’Casey (1928-2011), artist of the St Ives School and highly versatile craftsman, began making jewellery in the 1960s. This brooch, with its simple shapes within a frame, resembles O'Casey's abstract paintings on a much smaller scale. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.2-1996 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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