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Rare Antique Victorian English Silver Bow Brooch. Henry Ellis 1847 Exeter Hallmarked Brooch, Patented Design, Combe Martin Silver Mine Devon
Rare Antique Victorian English Silver Bow Brooch. Henry Ellis 1847 Exeter Hallmarked Brooch, Patented Design, Combe Martin Silver Mine Devon
Rare Antique Victorian English Silver Bow Brooch. Henry Ellis 1847 Exeter Hallmarked Brooch, Patented Design, Combe Martin Silver Mine Devon
Rare Antique Victorian English Silver Bow Brooch. Henry Ellis 1847 Exeter Hallmarked Brooch, Patented Design, Combe Martin Silver Mine Devon
Rare Antique Victorian English Silver Bow Brooch. Henry Ellis 1847 Exeter Hallmarked Brooch, Patented Design, Combe Martin Silver Mine Devon
Rare Antique Victorian English Silver Bow Brooch. Henry Ellis 1847 Exeter Hallmarked Brooch, Patented Design, Combe Martin Silver Mine Devon
Rare Antique Victorian English Silver Bow Brooch. Henry Ellis 1847 Exeter Hallmarked Brooch, Patented Design, Combe Martin Silver Mine Devon
Rare Antique Victorian English Silver Bow Brooch. Henry Ellis 1847 Exeter Hallmarked Brooch, Patented Design, Combe Martin Silver Mine Devon
Rare Antique Victorian English Silver Bow Brooch. Henry Ellis 1847 Exeter Hallmarked Brooch, Patented Design, Combe Martin Silver Mine Devon
Rare Antique Victorian English Silver Bow Brooch. Henry Ellis 1847 Exeter Hallmarked Brooch, Patented Design, Combe Martin Silver Mine Devon
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Rare Antique Victorian English Silver Bow Brooch

Imposte incluse.

This superb and extremely rare Victorian silver brooch has extensive and historical city hallmarks for Exeter, the Combe Martin silver mines in North Devon, England and design patent stamps for 1847.

Created by silversmith Henry Ellis, this remarkable brooch is superb quality and steeped in history. Henry Ellis was appointed Silversmith In Ordinary to Her Majesty Queen Victoria in 1841 and exhibited in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in Crystal Palace, London where the Queen personally purchased 5 of his silver brooches.

This brooch is also stamped 'COMBMARTIN SILVER' signifying that the silver used for it was mined in the Combe Martin silver mines in Devon. It is said that there are pieces in the Crown Jewels of England made with  Combe Martin silver. To add even more interest the Exeter hallmarks are rare too, Exeter assay office closed in 1883 resulting in these historical town hallmarks becoming very desirable and highly sought after.

The brooch itself is beautiful, fashioned as a bow it is exquisitely chased and engraved with flowers, flourishes and a quilted pattern. The level workmanship and quality is outstanding. A sturdy pin stem and heavy duty c-clasp completes this wonderful piece of English silver history. It ticks all the boxes for the serious collector of antique rare jewellery and heirloom worthy to boot!

MATERIALS: Sterling silver

SIZE: 2-1/2" (6.5cm) across, top to bottom 1-1/4" (3.2cm), weighs 13.2 grams

HALLMARKS: reigning monarch stamp 'Victoria head', 'lion passant' for sterling, 'triple towered castle' for Exeter, date letter gothic 'L' for 1847. Also stamped 'COMB. MARTIN SILVER' and 'Reg'd Oct. 21, 1847' and 'HE' and 'H.S. Ellis' for Henry Samuel Ellis who established his first shop in Combe Martin in 1814.

CONDITION: Excellent antique condition showing minimal signs of any real wear and the pin back on perfect working order

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