9ct. Gold Snake and Heart Wedding Brooch, 1845.

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D.J.MASSEY & SON

This is a Victorian Snake and Heart Brooch with coiled snake set with ruby eyes and holding a heart in its mouth which is set with a turquoise, both the snake and heart are hand engraved with a foliate scroll pattern.
Acid testing indicates it is made from 9ct. gold.
The reverse of the snake is engraved “Margaret Wilson Blakesley August 21st. 1845.”.
The snake is a symbol of wisdom and eternity and along with the heart held in its mouth symbolizes eternal love. The turquoise is the birthstone for December and I am assuming that Margaret who was born about 1823 may have been born in that month.
The brooch was a present to Margaret on her wedding day from her husband Reverend Joseph Williams Blakesley on 21/08/1845, in Bungay Suffolk. Blakesley who was a close friend of Tennyson, sought relief from the English winter of 1857-58 in Algeria on Doctors orders. He wrote a book as an account of the experience titled “Four Months in Algeria” . In 1863 he was made Canon of Canterbury Cathedral and in 1872 Dean of Lincoln Cathedral. Margaret and Joseph had ten children, one of which Miss Alicia Blakesley, who as a painter exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists in 1893 and at the Royal Academy in 1896.


Our Reference No. CSR28/35 .

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DateEarly Victorian : 1845 Codeas621a123 / CSR28/35 Price SOLD £875.00 StatusSold SellerD.J. Massey and Son Telephone0161 4286953Non UK callers :+44 161 4286953 Emaildavidbelfield40@hotmail.com

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