18ct Gold & Greenstone Mourning Brooch with Quartz & Photo Panels
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New Zealand Colonial 18ct gold bearing quartz mourning brooch, oval panel of quartz diagonally banded with inset of fine greenstone within chased foliate and bird frame, reverse photo panel 5 cm long. Similar brooch in the Auckland Museum by niello Jacob Rein, Invercargill C1887-1910
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- Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
- Niello - A compound made up of lead silver copper and sulphur that is black in colour, and applied to the engraved areas of silver items, thus highlighting the engraving by making the black niello detail stand out from the silver background. It was used on edged weapons from the Renaisance onwards, and also by Russian crafstmen of the19th century.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- brooches, depicting - bird 221
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brooches, design or type
- mourning and photographic 358
- photo 72
- portrait and locket 527
- brooches, floral design - floral design, gold mounted 904
- brooches, period or age - New Zealand Colonial and later 86
- brooches, set with