Jewellery & Watches - 19th July 2018
Lot 1041
Six silver zodiac brooches by Jessie Murphy
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £500
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Description
Six silver zodiac brooches by Jessie Murphy, the circular silver brooches depicting Leo, Pisces, Scorpio, Gemini and Aries, all with maker's mark JM, and London hallmarks for 1961, and Sagitarius, with maker's mark JM and London hallmarks for 1959, all carved and pierced in silver, each 3.2cm diameter,
Provenance: H.G. Murphy (1884-1939), and thence by descent to the present owner
similar examples illustrated in Atterbury, P., and Benjamin, J., The Jewellery and Silver of H.G. Murphy, Antique Collectors' Club, 2005, page 67