Four Treasures Reference Database
Record No. 26541
Catalogue of the Marlborough Gems: Being a collection of works in cameo and intaglio, formed by George, 3rd Duke of Marlborough purchased by the late David Bromilow, Esq., of Bitteswell Hall, Lutterworth, the property of Mrs. Jary
Catalog
Christie, M.W. (1899) Catalogue of the Marlborough Gems: Being a collection of works in cameo and intaglio, formed by George, 3rd Duke of Marlborough purchased by the late David Bromilow, Esq., of Bitteswell Hall, Lutterworth, the property of Mrs. Jary. London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 26 June, 122 pp..
Sinkankas/Born No.: 1302; NIB | RWHL*
gems, glyptic, engraved gems, agate, cameo, intaglio, Marlborough collection
Introduction is abridged from the catalogue and introduction by M. H. Nevil Story-Maskelyne. David Bromilow was the owner of colleries in the north-west of England. After he died, Bromilow's daughter, Mrs. Jary, put the collection up for auction where the pieces were sold individually. See Christie, Manson & Woods London catalogues of 1875 (6th Duke of Marlborough sells to David Bromilow); 1899 (Bromilow's daughter disperses collection via auction), and 1909.--Gemology by J. Sinkankas, entry no. 4213. The sale of the Marlborough gems at Christie's to-day realized £34,762, or within £238 of what David Bromilow paid for the entire collection when it was sold en bloc in 1875."--New York Times, June 30, 1899, p. 7"