On View
Not on viewEpaulet
Artist
Brown & Co. Shreve
1857 - 1860
Date1861-1865
Dimensions16.51 × 23.5 × 16.51 cm (6 1/2 × 9 1/4 × 6 1/2 in.)
MarkingsLabel inside tin box: "FROM / SHREVE, BROWN & CO. / IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN / MILITARY GOODS. / 226 Washington and 1 Summer Street, / BOSTON."
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Sidney Coolidge (Lucy Richardson Coolidge) (1948)
Object numberA110B
DescriptionPair of epaulets in a japanned tin box. Epaulets are gold in color with brass tassels and red lining underneath. "16" in white on blue circular background on top. Each epaulet is marked "left" or "right". Also in the tin box is a smaller container fastened to the bottom that holds a white fabric belt with gold buckle. Gilt brass, gilt bullion and wool. Named to Major Philip Sidney Coolidge.