Diamond-cut breast star from late 1840s/early 1850s.
Silver, gold, enamel.
Size 81 mm.
Silver, gold, enamel.
Size 81 mm.
Reverse backplate engraved "Morel & Co., 7 Burlington Street" and marked with maker's mark "WN" for William Newberry /Greek Street jeweler, whose mark was registered in 1835/. After fleeing Paris in 1848, Jean-Valentin Morel became briefly established in London and exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851. He was granted a royal warrant by Queen Victoria but by late 1852 he was in financial difficulty and left London to open a new workshop in Sèvres.