brooch
- Museum number
- 1978,1002.742
- Description
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Silver brooch with the enamelled head of a dog in relief with cropped ears in a chased-gold setting in the form of a collar and lead. With a warranty mark, a defaced maker's mark and an import mark.There is a glass-covered compartment for hair in the reverse.
- Production date
- 1890 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.80 centimetres (max)
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- Curator's comments
- Dog's head wrongly described in catalogue as bronze.
See C. Johns, 'Dogs. History, Myth, Art', British Museum 2008, p. 181, for discussion of the practice of ear-cropping; in this instance they have been cropped to produce a 'pricked' ear.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1978-1981
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1978,1002.742
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: HG.742 (masterlist number)
