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Japanesque brooch

(Spanish, founded in 1875 (also working in Paris))
about 1925
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniquePlatinum, gold, enamel, diamond, ruby, and onyx
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 3.6 x 5.2 x 0.6 cm (1 7/16 x 2 1/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number2009.2533
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
Provenance1952, gift of Queen Mary of England (b. 1867 - d. 1953) to Angela Lascelles (b. 1919 - d. 2007), London and Fort Belvedere, Surrey [see note 1]; December 12, 2007, consigned from the collection of Angela Lascelles, Christie's, London, lot 75, sold to Hancocks and Co., Ltd., London; 2009, sold by Hancocks and Co. to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 17, 2009)

NOTES: [1] The case for the brooch contains a card inscribed "For Angela from Mary R., 1952." It was very probably a gift on the occasion of her wedding to Hon. Gerald Lascelles, a first cousin of the Queen.
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