Liver bird brooch made as a wartime order

This liver bird brooch, hallmarked for 1943, appears to have been commissioned as a bespoke order for Margaret Hall, the daughter of a lord mayor of Liverpool who, from 1935-6, was herself the lady mayoress of the city.

During wartime, she commissioned the brooch from Birmingham jeweller Alabaster & Wilson. In ke…

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