https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/templates/general_wide/img/logo.png https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/jewellery-and-dress-accessories/brooches.html https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/jewellery-and-dress-accessories/brooches/sentimental-hair-brooch-59383.html Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:47:55 GMT Brooches  

Description:		A copper-alloy sentimental hair brooch from the Late Georgian - Victorian period. It has an oval die-formed frame with two concentric rows of integral collets, which probably held paste seed pearls; the centre of the brooch may have held human hair artfully arranged under glass. The hinge and C clasp on the back of the brooch survive; the pin is missing. The brooch appears to have been in a fire, which has melted and fused the delicate components. A hair brooch could be a sentimental keepsake or a memorial to a loved one. Image 3 shows an undamaged brooch of generally similar type of the late 18th -19th century.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Jewellery and dress accessories, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/jewellery-and-dress-accessories/brooches/sweetheart-brooch-south-wales-borderers-59269.html Mon, 25 May 2026 11:28:53 GMT Brooches  

Description:		A South Wales Borderers silver sweetheart brooch, a cap badge style example, first introduced in 1896. The brooch loosely follows the regimental cap badge design, which depicts a sphinx on an Egypt tablet within a wreath of "Immortelles,"  SWB monogram below, and was probably mounted on a bar. The decorative engraving is distinctly from the late 19th to early 20th century. As the SWB was involved in the Boer War (1899-1902) and WWI (1914-1918), a date of 1899- 1918  is probably appropriate.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Jewellery and dress accessories, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/jewellery-and-dress-accessories/brooches/twisted-frame-brooch-59266.html Sun, 24 May 2026 07:29:41 GMT Brooches  

Description:		A 'twisted frame' or 'love knot' brooch, fabricated from two lengths of drawn wire; the ends of the wires have triangular terminals. Applied to the frame is a circular plate with a red glass cabochon at the centre, which is surrounded by an outer border of thirteen small cells that probably held cut glass stones of a contrasting colour. The fastening device is missing.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Jewellery and dress accessories, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/jewellery-and-dress-accessories/brooches/brooch-fragment-59041.html Tue, 25 Nov 2025 14:59:05 GMT Brooches  

Description:		A small embellishment from a late Victorian silver bar brooch. The embellishment, which was probably one of several, is in the form of two entwined hearts with punched decoration. On the back of the hearts are two lines of solder for attachment to the bar.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Jewellery and dress accessories, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/jewellery-and-dress-accessories/brooches/twisted-frame-brooch-58984.html Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:54:01 GMT Brooches  

Description:		A small openwork 'twisted frame' brooch fabricated from a single length of coiled, circular-section copper-alloy wire. The hinge and C clasp survive; the pin is missing.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Jewellery and dress accessories, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/jewellery-and-dress-accessories/brooches/brooch-57844.html Wed, 07 Feb 2024 17:44:08 GMT Brooches  

Description:		A small silver bow brooch of the Edwardian period. The brooch is depicted as being tied from a length of waffle-patterned ribbon with an incised saltire on the centre piece. There is evidence of a break on the lower edge of the centre piece suggesting that the brooch had an attachment. On the reverse is the Birmingham Assay Office mark 'd' that was used between 1903-4, and a partial makers mark [?] & W. The hinge survives, the pin and C-clasp are missing.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Jewellery and dress accessories, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/jewellery-and-dress-accessories/brooches/sentimental-brooch-16385.html Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT Brooches  

Description:		A sentimental brooch in silver, bearing the name 'PHYLLIS'. Brooches of this type were popular from the time of Queen Victoria's silver jubilee in 1887, until the 1920's. The back has the hallmarks, makers name 'GAR', an anchor for Birmingham and the date letter 'Z' is for 1924.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Jewellery and dress accessories, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/jewellery-and-dress-accessories/brooches/sweetheart-brooch-56452.html Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:38:25 GMT Brooches  

Description:		A silver Royal Artillery sweetheart brooch. The brooch is in the form of the regiments cap badge, a gun carriage surmounted by a banner inscribed "UBIQUE", (everywhere), and an imperial crown. Below the gun is a scroll inscribed  "QUO FAS ET GLORIA DUCUNT" (Where Right and Glory Lead). The back of the brooch is stamped with the maker's mark, P&T, Perks & Thompson, and the letter "P" used by the  Birmingham Assay Office between 1939-40.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Jewellery and dress accessories, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/jewellery-and-dress-accessories/brooches/mourning-brooch-56340.html Sat, 18 Sep 2021 12:45:50 GMT Brooches  

Description:		A gold rope-twist frame from a mourning brooch of the Victorian period. The frame, now distorted, has four evenly spaced tubes, each with two rows of knurled decoration, two of the tubes bear the remains of the hinge and the C-clasp. The purpose of the tubes was to retain a woven plait of hair. The centre-piece, now missing, would have held a decorative hair arrangement under glass. For similar brooches of the period see images 4 and 5
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Jewellery and dress accessories, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/jewellery-and-dress-accessories/brooches/sweetheart-brooch-56327.html Fri, 10 Sep 2021 19:01:35 GMT Brooches  

Description:		A gilt brass sweetheart brooch of the 25th County Of London Cyclists Battalion. The brooch is in the form of a cycle wheel with a blue enamelled title circlet within a crowned laurel wreath, the banner at the base of the wheel bears the battalion's motto, TENAX ET AUDAX, (Tenacious and bold). The remains of a hinge and clasp are visible on the back of the brooch.  Cyclists 'sweethearts' only appeared for a short period between 1888 - 1922.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Jewellery and dress accessories, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

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