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Brooch

(Italian, 1814–1930)
Before 1888
Medium/TechniqueGold, micromosaic glass
DimensionsLength: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.)
Credit LineFrank B. Bemis Fund and funds donated by Monica S. Sadler in memory of Ellen Fallon and in honor of Peter Fallon
Accession number2018.199
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBy about 2017/2018, acquired from a private collector, England, by Wartski (dealer), London; 2018, sold by Wartski to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 25, 2018)
Micromosaic lion brooch
Castellani
about 1870
Group Shot: 15.232-4
Innocenti
about 1863
Group Shot: 15.232-4
Innocenti
about 1870
Necklace
Antonio Civilotti
about 1870
a-c
Castellani
Second half 19th century
Group shot: 41.917.1-2
Castellani
about 1870–80
Group shot: 02.91-4
Castellani
about 1860–70
Necklace
Castellani
about 1880–90