Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Mastery of Design: The Partridge Opal Brooch, 1928

Opal Brooch
Fred Partridge
England, 1928
The Victoria & Albert Museum



Famed Twentieth-Century English jeweler Fred Partridge made this oval brooch in 1928. The enameled gold frame is set with an exceptional opal.

The brooch was made by Fred as a twenty-first birthday gift for his daughter, Joan. He engraved the reverse with Joan’s birth sign of Virgo. 


I wonder if there's any relation...




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