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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Italian
Title:Brooch with a view of the Roman Forum
Date Made:ca. 1850
Type:Adornment
Materials:Jet, silver, glass and stone (micromosaic)
Place Made:Europe; Italy; Rome
Measurements:overall: 1 15/16 x 1 5/8 x 7/16 in.; 4.9213 x 4.1275 x 1.1113 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1948.1.3.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

Description:
Vertical oval pin-back brooch with a black border of jet set into a silver setting with a twisted outer border. Inside the jet border is a micromosaic scene of the Roman Forum including (from let to right) the Arch of Septimius Severus, three remaining columns from the Temple of Concord, and the remaining frontal columns from the Temple of Saturn

Tags:
ancient; archaeology

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