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Lot 2250

Three Victorian Enamel and Hair Mourning Brooches

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To include: a gold-filled brooch of oval form with swirled and woven hair and frame with black enamel and gilt detailing, completed with a pin stem and C clasp (1.25 x 1.75 in.); a gold-filled brooch of oval form with woven hair within a black enamel and gilt frame, completed with pin stem and C clasp (1.25 x 1.75 in.); and a gold-filled brooch of rectangular form, featuring plaited hair and with a black onyx and gilt surround, completed with pin stem and C clasp, engraved CMT (1 x 1.25 in.) (significant chips to onyx; dents to metal).

21.0 dwt.

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

With some enamel loss; scratches to metal.