Scottish hardstone brooch
Category
Jewellery
Date
1850
Materials
Stone, Metal, Jasper, Agate
Measurements
40 x 52 x 7 mm
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Smallhythe Place, Kent
NT 1117833
Summary
Scottish hardstone brooch circa 1850.
Full description
Scottish hardstone brooch circa 1850.The simple oval plaque mounted with a marquetry pattern of bloodstone jasper and agate in a base metal frame. 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)