RMS Titanic - Maria Robinson's brooch

RMS Titanic - property of Maria Robinson, fiancee of Wallace Hartley, bandleader and violinist, who died in the disaster. An early 20th century gold and half-pearl pin brooch with a central initial W grain set with thirteen half-pearls. The W applied to a round section pin with an applied panel 15ct.'. The pin is 1.5 inches long overall and measures approximately 1ie16ins. diameter in section. The W measures approximately...ae inches wide and 5/16ins. high. The brooch weighs 2.7 grams gross. Seed pearls in mourning jewellery are often emblematic of tears and as such this brooch could be a memorial piece

16ins 2ins Approximately Bandleader Brooch Diameter Emblematic Fiancee Grain Grams Gross Hartley Initial Measures Often Overall Seed Tears Thirteen Violinist Weighs

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