Set, Jewellery
Randall House Museum
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| Nom de l'objet : | Set, Jewellery |
| Artiste ou artisan : | Julius Cornelius |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | Body Adornments |
| Matériaux : | Metal, gold Mineral, amethyst |
| Numéro d'accession : | 11.4.6A-C |
| Autres données géographiques : | [44.6488625,-63.5753196] |
| Date de début de production : | 1855-01-01 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1910-12-31 |
| Description : | A set consisting of a gold brooch and two matching earrings. The base of the brooch is three overlapping rings. On the top of the right and left lobes are gold leaves. The larger center ring has one drop shaped cut amethyst near the top, with three smaller cut amethysts above it and a fifth chip amethyst at the bottom framed on each side by slender leaf shapes. At the very top of the brooch is a gold knob abd there are two othe smaller gold knobs below the bigger stones.Two fine gold chains loop from each side to the centre and cross each other. At the back is a gol loop which might have been used to use the brooch as a necklace. The base of the earrings are two overlapping rings one larger than the other and oval in shape. On the front the design matches the similar design of the centre of the brooch with two slender leaf forms framing a drop shaped cut amethyst and a smaller amethyst chip. There is small leaf shap at the top of the earring. |
| Commentaires : | Julius Cornelius was a Prussian born jeweller, goldsmith and silversmith who came to Halifax in 1855, probably via Boston, and worked in partnership with William Henry Newman, another Halifax jeweller until 1857 when he set up business for himself. |
| Fonctions : | Made by Julius Cornelius who was a jeweller and silversmith in Halifax from 1855 to about 1910. |
| Longueur : | 3 cm; 3.8 cm |
| Largeur : | 4 cm; 1.3 cm |
| Établissement : |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Wolfville |
| Province de l'établissement : | Nova Scotia |
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