Brooch
Collection object
2000.0088
Wt. 27.0 H. 6.2, D. of terminals 3.0 L. pin 7.8
Brooch, silver. Pennanular style brooch, with disc terminals and pin. The centres of the disc have a clear paste jewel, and the whole surface of the brooch and pin are covered in Celtic interlace designs; each disc is divided into six panels of decoration, with five panels on the arc joining them. The pin is made as a separate piece which is soldered to the main body, and on the back of the pin is a safety pin attachment. The reverse bears the inscription "Feis Tuadh Mumhan. 1915/ Maire ni Cillin [Mary Clancy wife of Mayor Clancy]". On the back of the pin at the wider end is a "deanta i nEireann" symbol. There is one hallmark on the left terminal and three on the right. Left, "H & H", for Hopkins & Hopkins; right, in rectangles, all marks worn, Hibernia, Harp and Old English Style T, Dublin 1914-15.
Hopkins & Hopkins (silversmith)