Lot 1034
Three silver animal and zodiac brooches and a stick pin by H.G. Murphy, the circular silver brooches depicting Virgo, a penguin and a lion passant guardant; all with maker's mark HGM, London hallmarks for 1933 and The Falcon Studio's mark, all carved and pierced in silver, each 3.2cm diameter, the stickpin depicting Aquarius in silver, 2cm wide Provenance: H.G. Murphy (1884-1939), and thence by descent to the present owner similar examples illustrated in Atterbury, P., and Benjamin, J., The Jewellery and Silver of H.G. Murphy, Antique Collectors' Club, 2005, page 67
