Antique Scottish Double Heart Brooch in Silver

£220.00

S115

An antique Scottish cast and engraved silver brooch, with double hearts surmounted by a crown.

It is fitted with a horizontal silver pin and an earlier(?) pendant suspension loop. No hall marks/maker’s mark, but possibly Aberdeen, first half of the 19th century.   

There has been a reassessment of such ‘Luckenbooth’ brooches. A recent study* by Lyndsay McGill FSAScot., suggests that the majority of heart brooches in Scottish collections were not made in the Luckenbooths or Locked Booths of Edinburgh. They likely hail from further north, many from Inverness and Aberdeen. A large quantity of the earlier heart brooches were unmarked. 

 *Proc Soc Antiq Scot 151 (2022), 223–234

Please note the chain is not included, it is for photographic purposes only

S115

An antique Scottish cast and engraved silver brooch, with double hearts surmounted by a crown.

It is fitted with a horizontal silver pin and an earlier(?) pendant suspension loop. No hall marks/maker’s mark, but possibly Aberdeen, first half of the 19th century.   

There has been a reassessment of such ‘Luckenbooth’ brooches. A recent study* by Lyndsay McGill FSAScot., suggests that the majority of heart brooches in Scottish collections were not made in the Luckenbooths or Locked Booths of Edinburgh. They likely hail from further north, many from Inverness and Aberdeen. A large quantity of the earlier heart brooches were unmarked. 

 *Proc Soc Antiq Scot 151 (2022), 223–234

Please note the chain is not included, it is for photographic purposes only

Product Details

Era: First half 19th century.

Silver Marks: Unmarked silver

Closure: Silver pin and c-clasp

Brooch Weight: 15.1 grams

Brooch Length: 6.7 cm

Brooch Width: 4.7 cm

Condition: There are two areas of repair on the left side, likely fixing cracks which were caused when the pin hinge housing was added to make this a brooch. There are other scratches and dents commensurate with age. This brooch remains uncleaned, since it bears a beautiful, deep, dark patina, which has formed over many years.

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