Mourning brooch
Category
Jewellery
Date
1819
Materials
Enamel, gold and jet.
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 288830
Summary
Small Georgian mourning brooch, circa 1819. Of rectangular cushion shape bearing the monogram 'HC' on a black enamelled field in a border of small faceted jet. Engraved on the reverse 'Ob. 6th Feby. 1819 Ae 56'.
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.
Marks and inscriptions
Front: HC Reverse: Ob. 6th Feby. 1819 Ae 56