Medal
Mme Pell
Category
Costume
Date
1890
Materials
Enamel, Metal, Silk
Place of origin
Elizabeth Street
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1298677.5
Summary
A medal, part of a set comprising a day bodice, skirt, bodice front, fragment and underarm protectors; made circa 1890. Made from gold silk petersham ribbon, gold metal enamelled red, blue and yellow. Design of primrose at centre of motif decorated with orbs, crosses and beading with the words 'IMPERIUM ET LIBERTAS'. Made by Mme Pell of Modes and Robes, 85 Elizabeth Street, London.
Marks and inscriptions
IMPERIUM ET LIBERTAS (inscription on medal)
Makers and roles
Mme Pell, dressmaker