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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Italian, Neapolitan
Title:Brooch with cupid driving a chariot
Date Made:ca. 1840-1850
Type:Adornment
Materials:Carved gray lava and gold gilt
Place Made:Europe; Italy; Naples
Measurements:overall: 2 x 2 3/8 x 9/16 in.; 5.08 x 6.0325 x 1.4288 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1948.1.2.I(b).J
Credit Line:Gift of Henrietta Franchois Fitzmaurice (Class of 1896) in memory of Esther C. Fitzmaurice and Sarah A. Start (Class of 1852)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Oval carved broach of cupid with bow and arow driving a chariot drawn by two horses, their reins held above by a flying butterfly. The lava stone is set in an oval gold pin-mount with a rinceaux border and four curling acanthus leaves at top, bottom, left and right.

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