brooch;
cameo
- Museum number
- 1978,1002.816
- Description
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Gold brooch bordered with pearls and set with an onyx cameo of a profile portrait said to be of Lord Nelson in classical style with an engraved signature in Greek lettering. Image bottom left.
- Production date
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1798 (circa;cameo)
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19thC(early) (setting)
- Dimensions
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Height: 2.70 centimetres (cameo)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Text from catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift (Gere et al 1984) no 874:
The dark layer of stone from which the wreath is cut appears to have been artificially coloured. If this is an idealised portrait of Nelson, it was presumably executed at the time when he was staying with the British Consul, Sir William Hamilton, during the Napoleonic campaign in Italy, 1798-1800. (Charlotte Gere)
- Location
- On display (G47/dc4)
- Acquisition date
- 1978
- Acquisition notes
- Hancocks & Co, 1 Burlington Gardens, London W1. Original invoice for £1,1350 to Anne Hull Grundy dated 21.9.1978, described as 'Brooch: Cameo of Nelson signed Rega'.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1978,1002.816
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: HG.816 (masterlist number)