'Bath White' butterfly brooch
Carlo Giuliano
(Italian, 1831–1895)
Giuliano
(Italian (active in London), 1874–1914)
about 1880
Medium/TechniqueGold and painted enamel
DimensionsHeight x length: 2.5 × 5.1 cm (1 × 2 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Susan B. Kaplan
Accession number2016.792
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceBy about 1970s, acquired by a private collection, United Kingdom; sold by this private collection to Wartski, Ltd., London [see note]; 2016, sold by Wartski, Ltd., to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2016)
NOTE: Published by Geoffrey Munn, Castellani and Giuliano: Revivalist Jewellers of the Nineteenth Century (New York: Rizzoli, 1984), plate 154-155.
NOTE: Published by Geoffrey Munn, Castellani and Giuliano: Revivalist Jewellers of the Nineteenth Century (New York: Rizzoli, 1984), plate 154-155.
late 18th century
late 18th century
late 18th–early 19th century
probably 1855–74
about 1840