On View
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DateLate 1800s
Terms
- Brooches
- Enamel
- Gold
- Paint
- United States
Dimensions38.07 × 2.54 cm (15 × 1 in.)
Markings"Antique Breast-pin, family jewelry of Mrs. Eliza Leighton Barrett...date of 1875?".
Credit LineGift of Miss Mary Leighton, in memory of Mrs. Eliza Leighton Barrett (1938)
Object numberPER1864
DescriptionEnamelled brooch (or breast pin). Image painted on mother on enamel base. River scene with large tree in foreground, framed with narrow ornamental gold band. Rectangular in shape. Clasp goes down rather than horizontally. Mounted on cardstock, upon which the donor described the souvenir.
Collections
- Historic Clothing