The Union Brooch

Description

'The Union Brooch', gold set with Scotch pebbles, in the form of a garter set with two shields surmounted by a crown, by Peter MacGregor Westren, Edinburgh 1893

Museum reference

H.1991.54.1

Object name

Brooch

Production information

Westren, Peter MacGregor, 1859 - 1886 (fl.)
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1893

Materials

Gold, Agate

Physical description

Gold setting; Scotch pebbles

Associations

Act of Union
Scotland, Northern Europe
England, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Wild and Majestic Romantic Visions of Scotland (28 Jun 2019 - 10 Nov 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Fonn's Duthchas: Land and Legacy (13 Jan 2007 - 01 Dec 2007)
  Highland Museums, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
  Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery
  National Museums of Scotland
  Museum nan Eilean

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 5 »
scotland galleries »
industry and empire »
v&e rewards of industry

Credit

In memory of Donald Stewart MacDonald Walker