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Brooch
Italian
around 1870
Object Place: Italy
Medium/Technique
Gold, onyx, and glass
Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 4.6 x 5.7 x 1 cm (1 13/16 x 2 1/4 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Alice Williams Pearse
Accession Number46.884
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Brooches
DescriptionThis excellent micromosaic brooch is set into a a large rectangular piece of onyx which has been badly damaged and repaired. It illustrates a bunch of varied flowers and their leaves with intricately shaped tessarae. The gold frame, probably not made with the micromosaic, is covered with a chased scrolled design. The pin back is original to the frame.
Marks
There is a possible mark on back on side bezel but it is unrecognizable.
Provenance1946, gift of Alice Williams Pearse (b. 1880 - d. 1953), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 12, 1946)