Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812 - 1852) - a Victorian g...

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£2,800

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812 - 1852) - a Victorian gold coloured metal memorial or mourning brooch, the central panel set with a lock of hair, within a bezel of seed pearls, inscribed to verso 14th Sept 1852, Augustus W Pugin, 6cm wide, c.1852

Provenance: Consigned together with the oak work box with ownership cartouche inscribed Margaret Mary Purcell (1849 - 1884), Pugin's daughter with his third wife Jane Knill (1825 - 1909), also offered in this sale

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Unfortunately there is no direct provenance to the family were afraid, it just came in from a local vendor who collects interesting things, with some other things, and nothing is known of its earlier history.