About this object
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Maker:
Mills, Ernestine
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ID:
95.167/1
Production date:
1909
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Location:
In Store
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This pendant, known as the Angel of Hope, commemorates the release from Holloway prison of the Suffragette Louise Mary Eates in 1909. Louise, Secretary of Kensington Women's Social and Political Union was imprisoned in Holloway for one month having been arrested in Parliament Square in March 1909 while taking part in a deputation with Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence. On her release in May 1909 Kensington WSPU gave their secretary a 'royal welcome'. After greeting her at the gates of Holloway they arranged a meeting of welcome in Kensington Town Hall. Here she was presented with the pendant made especially for the occasion by Ernestine Mills. The 14th May 1909 Votes for Women newspaper referred to The Angel of Hope as a “slender chain with stones of purple, green, and white' < ...Read more
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Measurements
H 85 mm; W 45 mm; D 5 mm (pendant); L 336 mm (chain), H 210 mm; W 70 mm (as displayed)
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Materials
silver; enamel; semi-precious stones
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Rights Credit
© V.I. Cockroft
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Last Updated
2024-03-14
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