Charles Robert Ashbee
Brooch

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Brooch
Datec. 1890
Made inBirmingham, United Kingdom
MediumSilver, amethyst, and garnet
Dimensions2 × 1 3/4 × 3/4 in. (5.1 × 4.4 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineMargo Grant Walsh Twentieth Century Silver and Metalwork Collection, gift of Margo Grant Walsh
Object number2014.35
Non exposé

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Provenance[...]; [Didier Antiques, London]; [...]; given to MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History“Designed by Architects: Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 15–August 3, 2008; Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, September 12, 2008–January 25, 2009.
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