Accession No
1923.862 A
Description
Silver heart-shaped brooch inscribed 'My hart and I untill I dy'.
Place
Europe; ?British Isles; ?England; ?Scotland
Period
Post Medieval 17th century 18th century
Source
Ransom, William [collector]; Ransom, Francis [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1923.862 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Silver
Local Term
Measurements
28mm x 30mm
Events
Context (Display)
Previously mounted on patterned paper-wrapped display board with handwritten label.
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Physical description)
Silver heart-shaped brooch inscribed 'My hart and I untill I dy'.
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Inscription)
A: Inscribed 'My hart and I untill I dy'.
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Loan (Exhibition)
Fitzwilliam Museum, 24 March to 5 September 2015, Treasured Possessions: From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Other)
There was a second catalogue card for A which gives Scotland as place of origin.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Heart-shaped silver brooch.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1923.862 [A-E]: 'Five heart shaped silver brooches.'
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
Avery, L., M. Calaresu and M. Laven (eds). (2015). Treasured Possessions: From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. London: Philip Wilson Publishers. pp. 7 & 272 (cat. 236), fig. 4.
Event Date 2015
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (Display)
Exhibited as 17th century in 'Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment', Adeane Gallery, Fitzwilliam Museum, 24 March to 6 September 2015.
Event Date 24/3/2015
Author: Imogen Gunn
Conservation ()
CON.2014.209 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa
FM:45317
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