Catalogue Record
                
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
Collection
                        
                        
                    
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
Maker
                        
                        
                            Elisabeth Holder
                        
                    
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
Title
                        
                        
                            Brooch
                        
                    
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
Made in
                        
                        
                            London
                        
                    
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
Date
                        
                        
                            1985
                        
                    
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
Description
                        
                        
                            Twisted steel rod with gold-leaf, with stainless-steel wire pin.
                        
                    
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
Materials and techniques
                        
                        
                            Forged from solid steel rod, twisted at red heat. Goldleafed and heat coloured. The separate pin is made from hard-drawn stainless steel wire, which slides in chenier and locates in the twist which itself forms the catch.
                        
                    
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
Dimensions
                        
                        
                            height (object):  19cm
width (object):  4cm
depth (object):  1cm
                         
                    
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
Object number
                        
                        
                            J181
                        
                    
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
Category
                        
                        
                    
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
References
                        
                        
                            Pamela Johnson - Three of a Kind'. Crafts magazine (Nov/Dec 1985)