Four animal and zodiac brooches by H.G. Murphy

Four animal and zodiac brooches by H.G. Murphy, the circular silver brooches depicting a lion passant guardant, with maker's mark HGM, and London hallmarks for 1932, a flamingo, with maker's mark HGM and London hallmarks for 1933, (brooch pin missing), Virgo, with maker's mark HGM and The Falcon Studio's mark, and Welsh leeks, with maker's mark HGM and The Falcon Studio's mark, all carved and pierced in silver, each 3.2cm diameter

Provenance: H.G. Murphy (1884-1939), and thence by descent to the present owner

similar examples illustrated in Atterbury, P., and Benjamin, J., The Jewellery and Silver of H.G. Murphy, Antique Collectors' Club, 2005, page 67