Lot 95
John Brogden: A 19th century silver-gilt bangle, 1880
Auction: Jewellery Day Two | Wed 3rd December 2025 | Lots 91 - 516
Description
Of hinged design, the central panel with applied initials EFM, wirework and beaded detail to the tapering shoulders, UK hallmark; in a fitted box for John Brodgen … Charing Cross, London
Dimensions
Internal width: 5.4cm
Footnote
John Brogden (1819 – 1884) rose to prominence as a manufacturing jeweller in the second half of the 19th century. Renowned for his Egyptian, Grecian and Renaissance revival designs, he regularly exhibited at the Paris and London International Exhibitions between the 1850s and 1870s, where his work was much admired, and in 1867 he went on to win a gold medal at the Paris International Exhibition. Alessandro Castellani, Italian master of the revivalist style and contemporary of Brogden was an admirer of his work. Brogden employed many designers and craftsmen at his London workshops, however the most renowned of which was Charlotte Newman, who joined the firm in the 1860s and after Brogden’s death in the 1880s went on to become a renowned jewellery in her own right.