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The design for this silver brooch, set with agates and a central citrine, was registered in 1877.

The square brooch has four rounded corners set with crescent-shaped agates. The central citrine sits in a claw setting.

Scotland has rich sources of agates, jaspers, bloodstones, cairngorms and granites all popular in 19th-century jewellery. Queen Victoria's love of the Highlands and interest in Scottish traditions helped foster the popularity of 'Scotch pebble' jewellery.

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• Online ID: 000-100-001-503-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.NGB 169
• Date: Around 1877
  
• Material: Silver with blue agates and cairngorm
  
• Dimensions: 45 mm H x 45 mm W
  
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• Subject: Jewellery - brooches with new type pins (NMAS Classification)
  
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• Description: Square brooch of silver, with light blue agates and, possibly, a central cairngorm in a claw setting, 1877
  
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