About the Artwork
Brooch
1859
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Italian
Italian
Onyx, gold, marble
Of the oval, length x width: 2 1/2 x 1 15/16 in.
Jewelry
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Arthur Hilton Nixon
69.251
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Markings
"M.A." over "Roma 1859"
Provenance
Marion Bizzett Johnston (grandmother of the donor).
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Italian, Brooch, 1859, Onyx, gold, marble. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Arthur Hilton Nixon, 69.251.
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