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Lot 2249

Three Victorian Mourning Brooches

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To include: a gold-filled brooch / pendant in cartouche form with floral and foliate engraving to frame and centered with a rectangular black onyx tablet with scrolled and foliate surround on back onyx ground, completed with pin stem clasp and o-ring bail (1 x 1.25 in.); a gold-filled oval brooch with foliate engravings and scalloped edge and centered with a black onyx bar accent, complete with pin stem clasp (15/16 x 1 3/16 in.); and an oval shaped gold-filled swivel brooch, the center with a foliate design on an onyx ground, reverse with a lock of hair, completed with a pin stem clasp (1 1/8 x 1 3/8 in.) (onyx with cracks).

16.9 dwt.

From the Collection of the late Michael Joyce and Archie Carter III, Greensboro, North Carolina

Metal shows signs of wear; pin stems bent.