Brooch, Cameo
Description
Cornelian shell cameo set in silver. There are two faces in profile, a woman at the front and a man behind her, carved out of a more orange layer of the shell. The cameo is set into a silver brooch with a pin at the back. Comes with a sheet of typed information about it.
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Object detail
Production period
Subject person
Classification
Collection
Credit line
Said
to
have
been
given
to
Helen
Wilson
by
Eugenie
de
Montijo,
Empress
consort
of
the
French
and
wife
of
Napoleon
III.
Helen
Wilson
was
the
wife
of
Dr
Peter
Wilson,
who
became
colonial
surgeon
in
New
Zealand,
in
1849.
Empress
Eugenie's
grandfather,
William
Kirkpatrick,
was
Peter
Wilson's
uncle.
Accession number
PA2016.009
Collection type
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