A silver brooch fashioned as an owl with ruby cabochon eyes.
Category
Jewellery
Date
1889
Materials
Silver, Cabochon, Ribbon
Measurements
81 x 31 mm
Order this imageCollection
Smallhythe Place, Kent
NT 1117769
Summary
A silver brooch circa 1889 fashioned as an owl with ruby cabochon eyes engraved with the motto 'Desipere in loco' and 'The |Mummers.'
Full description
Engraved on back 'To our President Miss Ellen Terry from the Mummers 27th February 1889' with a green and yellow striped ribbon attachment. Report by John Benjamin Honorary Jewellery Advisor August 2021.
Provenance
Believed to have been owned by or given to Ellen Terry (1847-1928) or her daughter Edith Craig (1869-1947) and came to the National Trust in 1939 when Edith Craig transferred Smallhythe Place (including buildings, land and contents) to the Trust.
Credit line
National Trust (Smallhythe Place)
Marks and inscriptions
Engraved on the back: TO / Our President / Miss Ellen Terry / from / 'The Mummers' / 27th. Feb. / 1889 with a green and yellow striped ribbon attachment.