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Total number of records: 58

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives31
Objects15
Books and printed items5
Art items4
Indexes3

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Liddle Collection23
Brotherton Collection16
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection13
University Archive3
University Art Collection3
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society2
Art and Antique Market1
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse1
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History1
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
portraits9
photographs8
photography8
jewelry5
works of art4
world war, 1914-19184
brooches3
classical antiquities2
decorative arts2
family2

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Genoa, Italy5
South Ferriby (England)2
Turin, Italy2
Faversham (England)1
Great Britain1
Rome1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Hartley, Marie2
Sheppard, Thomas (1876-1945)2
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)1
Constance Damaris Pearson1
Dent, J.M., and Sons1
Downer, Martyn1
Edmund Nye1
J. T. Wedgwood1
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-18051
Payne, George (1920)1

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From 180012
From 190035
From 20003

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Up to 189915
Up to 199936
Up to latest2

Archive Object File

brooch

c.1914-1918

1 Brooch made from German naval shell found at Spurn Point, made by Mr Sheppard

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brooch

c.1914-1918

1 Brooch made from Zeppelin bomb found at Spurn Point, made by Mr Sheppard

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brooch

c.1914-1918

1 Brooch, metal, depicting gun carriage, RAF souvenir badge

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brooch

c.1914-1918

1 Brooch, silver, made by F.W Scholes

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Archive Object File

brooch

c.1914-1918

1 Brooch, silver, made by F.W Scholes

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Archive Print Item

The queen's brooch

Treece, Henry (1911-1966)

1966

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Silver Sweetheart Brooch

1914-1918

Silver sweetheart brooch from H.M.S. Caroline.

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Archive Object File

Brooch and Display board

Pearson, Constance (1886-1970)

1907

A brooch made by Constance Carter (Pearson) as part of a competition or certification. The display board states that the brooch was part of a set which a silver medal was awarded to, Constance was 17 ...

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Archive Object Item

Brooch with miniature of an infant

c. 1850

Brooch with a glass front, gold edge and metal alloy back and fastening, containing a miniature portrait of an infant in a white bonnet, possibly painted in tempera. A later accompanying note records ...

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Archive Object Item

'Leander Swimming' mounted in a brooch

c. 1830

A watercolour of 'Leander Swimming' mounted in an oval glazed metal brooch. The figure of Leander, from the Greek myth Hero and Leander, looks to the left and their head and shoulders are visible abov...

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Brooch portrait of Catherine Collins née Hehl

c. 1800

Painted portrait of Catherine Collins née Hehl in the form of a glazed brooch. Collins was the sister of Mary Sabilla Novello née Hehl and in later life, was cared for by her niece Emma Aloysia Nove...

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