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It is a unique record of the years in which John Brogden, an internationally celebrated 'art goldsmith and jeweller worked first in partnership and then as owner-director of his own firm. This was a period of great diversity in fashionable jewellery, and the Brogden firm where noted for their skill in designing and creating a range of styles. \r\n\r\nThe firm was founded by John Brogden the elder in about 1796. From about 1824 to 1831 it was styled 'Brogden and Garland' and thereafter until 1841 'Garland and Watherston'. The younger Brogden, the son of Thomas Brogden and presumably a relative of the founder, served an apprenticeship to J.W. garland as a goldsmith and jeweller from 1834 to 1841. Following Garland's departure, the remaining partner, J.H. Watherston,  removed the firm to new premises at 16 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden and in 1848 joined forces with the younger Brogden.","physicalDescription":"Rectangular card with pencil and watercolour designs for two bracelets, the first of which is a snake-head bracelet in the Egyptian style, the body of the snake represented in gold, and the band of the bracelet in bronze. The second design is comprised of the two ends of a bronze rope chain attached by two gold balls to a central design of a round cabochon ruby. Suspended from this central ruby is a two-tired gold chain, halfway down which is a Hercules knot, and suspended form which is a gold heart with an oval cabochon ruby in the centre. 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