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Media Release • 8 Feb 23

Jewellery and Body Adornment from the NGV Collection

Peter TULLY
Love me tender, necklace 1977
plastic, paste, opaque synthetic polymer resin, mirror, enamel paint on colour offset lithograph
38.4 x 14.0 x 1.4 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1978
D23-1978
© Courtesy of the copyright owner, Merlene Gibson (sister)
Lola Greeno
Mapili rina (Lots of shells) 2006
maireeners (Phaisanotrochus sp.), cotton thread
40.0 x 21.5 x 1.2 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Catherine Allen, 2006
2006.222
© Courtesy of the artist
Yulyurlu Lorna Napurrurla Fencer
Headdress 1999
synthetic polymer paint on wood
45.0 x 15.0 x 2.5 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Anthony and Beverly Knight, 2013
2013.756
© The Artist/Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Limited
CHINESE
Headdress and hair ornaments (19th century)
gilt-metal, kingfisher feathers, glass, wool
(a) 25.9 x 22.0 x 21.0 cm (headdress) (b) 29.0 x 6.5 cm (tassel) (c) 22.5 x 3.1 cm (tassel) (d) 20.5 x 3.6 cm (tassel) (e) 22.5 x 3.1 cm (tassel) (f) 21.3 x 3.0 cm (tassel) (g) 21.5 x 3.0 cm (tassel) (h) 28.0 x 6.5 cm (tassel) (i) 21.0 x 11.5 cm (hair ornament) (j) 21.0 x 11.5 cm (hair ornament)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1919
1894.a-j-D3
OTTOMAN TURKISH
Archer's ring (c. 1550)
ivory, gold, ruby, emerald
3.9 x 3.1 x 1.8 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr M. Stebbings, 1976
AS107-1976
Robert BAINES
Bracelet with fire car (2001)
silver-gilt, plastic, metal
10.3 x 9.0 x 7.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds from the Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2005
2005.496
© Robert Baines
HOGARTH, ERICHSEN and Co., Sydney (attributed to) (manufacturer)
Bracelet (c. 1860)
gold
6.1 x 8.4 x 4.7 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1999
1999.50
Benedikt FISCHER
Pearly Whites 2018
limpet shell, cockle shell, mussel shell, tellin shell, mother of pearl, polymer clay, remanium

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Gallery Funaki, 2019
2019.413
© Benedikt Fischer
Viliama GRAKALIC
Orange neckpiece (2004)
sterling silver, bone, pāua (Abalone shell), mother-of-pearl, coral, shell, magnet, resin
29.5 x 22.5 x 2.3 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift from the Estate of Viliama Grakalic, 2022
2022.41
© Viliama Grakalic
Otto KÜNZLI
'Oh, say!', brooch (1991)
gold, stainless steel
8.8 x 8.8 x 0.5 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1997
1997.426
© Otto Künzli
(FRANCE) (manufacturer)
Cameo (c. 1860)
sardonyx, gold, diamonds
4.3 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1976
D88-1976
WEDGWOOD, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent (manufacturer)
William HACKWOOD (designer)
Anti-slavery medallion (c. 1787) {medallion}; (late 19th century) {setting}
stoneware (white and black jasper), gold
3.1 x 2.8 x 0.4 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by The Wedgwood Society of Australia to commemorate their 40th Anniversary in 2013, 2017
2017.165
Marjorie SCHICK
Much ado about twenty bracelets (2006)
synthetic polymer paint on wood, bronze, steel
(a-dd) 100.3 x 440.0 x 73.0 cm (variable) (installed)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by James Schick and Robert Schick, 2020
2019.1097.a-dd
© Marjorie Schick
Lucy SARNEEL
Like a butterfly 2015
zinc, bamboo, paint, nylon thread, varnish
(38.1 x 8.9 x 1.9 cm)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated Myriam Boisbouvier-Wylie and John Wylie AM, 2019
2019.632
© Lucy Sarneel/Pictoright, Amsterdam. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
WOMEN’S SOCIAL AND POLITICAL UNION, London (distributor)
TOYE & CO., London (manufacturer)
Medal for valour, awarded to Grace Chappelow, with original box 1909
silver, silk, metal
8.3 x 3.8 x 0.4 cm (medal) 10.0 x 5.5 x 1.8 cm (box) (closed)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2019
2019.678
Mixtec, Oaxaca, Mexico
Bracelet (1200-1400)
shell
4.5 x 11.8 x 10.1 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented anonymously, 1980
PC188-1980