It was found to be an original piece by William Burges, the great Victorian Gothic Revival architect who designed Cardiff Castle and Castell Coch
A woman who bought a brooch at a market for under £20 has seen it sell at auction for £11,700 - after it turned out to be a Victorian treasure with links to Lord Nelson. Flora Steel purchased the brooch in 1988 with no idea it was a "historically significant" piece of jewellery given as a wedding gift to a relative of the great British military leader.
The great Victorian Gothic Revival architect, who designed Cardiff Castle and Castell Coch, has been described as "the greatest genius of 19th-century design". The item of jewellery was also given greater prominence after a link to Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson later emerged. She said: "The whole process of making the discovery, appearing on one of my favourite TV programmes and now seeing the brooch sell has been such an unexpected and joyful experience, especially coming as it has after a difficult time. And of course, this has confirmed selling it is most definitely the right decision as I don’t think I would dare wear it now that I know what it’s worth.”
In 2011, pensioner Jill Cousins was watching Antiques Roadshow and saw Geoffrey revealing his decades-long search for brooch designs by Burges. It sold at Gildings for £31,000 and later that year another viewer realised they too had the same brooch. This owner also contacted Gildings and the example is now displayed in the jewellery galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum, in London.
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