Hoop and pin design brooch decorated with historically inspired bi-colour gold filigree and set with a pearl and five sapphire cabochons. Illegible marks. L 5.0 cm; Diameter 2.2 cm. Weight 5.34 g. Ireland, ca. 1860/70. Literature Cf. Gere/Rudoe, Jewellery in the Age of Queen Victoria, London 2010, p. 445. Here with a chapter about the Celtic Revival in Irish jewellery making. The model upon which this brooch is based, the Celtic Tara fibula, is housed in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.