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Brooch (generic title)

Title	Brooch (generic title)
Publication Date:	1850
Publication Place	Algeria (made) -
Subject	Jewellery Africa Metalwork
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Width: 4.3cm, Length: 7cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	794E-1902
Record ID	794E-1902
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1850
Notes	This is part of a group which was acquired in 1902 as an example of the traditional jewellery of Algeria. It is more likely that these pieces were made as souvenirs. The V&A had been collecting traditional jewellery of all kinds, then usually called peasant jewellery, throughout the second half of the 19th century, and had already acquired some similar Algerian pieces in 1870. Despite their appearance these pieces are quite different from true Algerian traditional jewellery, which tends to be larger, heavier, and usually made of silver, rather than silver-plated brass, as here.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Silver-plated brass decorated with applied wire and set with red and blue pastes Plated Paste
Fiziksel açıklama	Crescent-shaped brooch of silver-plated brass with a rosette between the horns of the crescent. Four small drop-shaped pendants hang from its lower edge, with a larger one in the centre. All parts are decorated with a design of thick applied wire, which holds round cabochons of red and blue opaque glass, imitating coral and turquoise (several missing).

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Brooch (generic title)

Publication Date 1850

Publication Place Algeria (made) -

Subject Jewellery Africa Metalwork

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Width: 4.3cm, Length: 7cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 794E-1902

Record ID 794E-1902

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1850

Notes This is part of a group which was acquired in 1902 as an example of the traditional jewellery of Algeria. It is more likely that these pieces were made as souvenirs. The V&A had been collecting traditional jewellery of all kinds, then usually called peasant jewellery, throughout the second half of the 19th century, and had already acquired some similar Algerian pieces in 1870. Despite their appearance these pieces are quite different from true Algerian traditional jewellery, which tends to be larger, heavier, and usually made of silver, rather than silver-plated brass, as here.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Silver-plated brass decorated with applied wire and set with red and blue pastes Plated Paste

Fiziksel açıklama Crescent-shaped brooch of silver-plated brass with a rosette between the horns of the crescent. Four small drop-shaped pendants hang from its lower edge, with a larger one in the centre. All parts are decorated with a design of thick applied wire, which holds round cabochons of red and blue opaque glass, imitating coral and turquoise (several missing).