Brooch
Category
Jewellery
Date
1825
Materials
Gold, turquoise and ruby.
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 288813
Summary
Georgian gold brooch, circa 1825. Of ouroboros design, centrally set with a single turquoise collet on a textured field within a coiled serpent surround, with ruby cabochon eye.
Provenance
Calke Abbey and contents transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.