Earrings
Classification:
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
Marble, chalcedony, gold
Dimensions:
overall: 2 x 3/4 in.
Description:
Pair of Florentine mosaic earrings; 2-piece pendant earrings of oval black marble inlaid with pieces of chalcedony in flower design; pieces connected by V-shaped gold piece; marbles inlaid in gold frames with trefoil-pattern decoration; screw-back findings.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. Robert B. Noyes
Object Number:
Z.2024ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
34116
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Earrings
Classification:
Date:
1750-1900
Medium:
Jet, gold
Dimensions:
overall: 2 x 3/4 in.
Description:
Pair of jet and gold earrings, with earlier and later elements; top element of jet roundel framed with gold and decorated with gold floral button (one jet roundel detached); screw-back findings; drop element of later design attached to roundel; cluster of jet beads surmounted by grape-leaves in gold and bent-wire decoration.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. Robert B. Noyes
Object Number:
Z.2031ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
34114
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bracelet
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
overall: 9 x 2 1/2 x 5/8 in.
Description:
Braided flexible gray metal bracelet; floral filigree central element; hook closure under floral motif.
Object Number:
INV.12524
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
34111
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cuff link collection
Classification:
Date:
1896-1910
Medium:
Gold, silver, other metal, diamond, enamel
Dimensions:
Overall (ab approx.): 3/4 x 5/8 x 1/4 in. (1.9 x 1.6 x 0.6 cm)
Overall (cd approx.): 7/8 x 3/8 x 1/4 in. (2.2 x 1 x 0.6
Description:
Framed collection of cuff links; a, b are metal engraved with flower and swirl design with "E K" at the bottom; c, d are silver, one is long and oblong, the other is oval, with scroll and acanthus leaf design along one side of each; e, f are silver, square, with circular gold design at the center with cornucopia; g, h are oval gold with diamond set at the center with starburst design surrounding; i is oval gold with "E P K" engraved at the center; j is oval metal with "EPK" engraved across the center surrounded with black enamel frame; k is oval gold with "EPK" engraved at the center; l-m are two sets of cuff links with gold oval having spiral design, floral and scroll design on one side.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edwin P. Kilroe, 1950
Object Number:
INV.12393a-o
Marks:
engraved: bottom of a and b: "EK"
engraved: center of i: "EPK"
engraved: center of j: "EPK"
engraved: center of k: "EPK"
Gallery Label:
Notes accompanying this cuff link collection indicate that they were purchased by or presented to the donor, Edwin P. Kilroe, between 1896 and 1910.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
34087
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bracelet
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 2 1/2 x 5/8 in. ( 22.9 x 6.4 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Braided flexible gray metal bracelet; floral filigree central element; hook closure under floral motif.
Object Number:
INV.12523
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
34086
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Locket with portrait
Classification:
Date:
1840-1895
Medium:
Gold, silver, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 in. ( 6 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Round double sided locket; gold locket doors with engine-turned decoration; silver body with cast foliate decoration; 1 empty compartment; other compartment contains glass daguerrotype of unidentified man (edges are faded); round pendant bail in silver and gold.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Herbert D. Halsey
Object Number:
1941.50
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
34035
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Locket in pouch
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1852
Medium:
Gold, glass, leather
Dimensions:
Overall (Locket): 1 5/8 x 1 x 1/4 in. (4.1 x 2.5 x 0.6 cm)
Container (pouch): 2 x 1 5/8 in. (5.1 x 4.1 cm)
Description:
Oval gold locket once containing daguerrotypes; inscription on one side of exterior; both sides chased with foliate motifs; round gold bail for pendant; taupe suede leather pouch with no closure.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.178ab
Marks:
engraved: on one side of exterior of locket: "S. & H. / TO / JENNY LIND"
Gallery Label:
According to the accession notes, this locket was presented to Jenny Lind by Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Gray Ward in whose home in Boston she was married to Otto Goldschmidt on February 5, 1852. The daguerrotypes it contained, now ruined, were of George Washington and Daniel Webster, whom Lind admired. Lind's daughter, Mrs. Raymond Maude, gave the locket to the donor in London in 1925.
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1852
eMuseum Object ID:
34034
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Locket / necklace
Classification:
Date:
1830-1930
Medium:
Gold, hair, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Round gold locket on gold chain; 2 locks of blond hair inside clear glass compartments on interior.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Isabella Vaché Cox
Object Number:
1947.104
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
34030
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Seal
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Carnelian
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 5/8 in. ( 2.5 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Oval carnelian crest seal with intaglio crest of Bagg family.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Edith A. Bagg
Object Number:
1944.235
Marks:
intaglio: on seal obverse surface: Bagg Family crest
Gallery Label:
According to the accession notes, this seal was once part of a ring that belonged to the donor's father, William Smith Bagg, in whose memory it was given to the Society.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
34028
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pendant
Classification:
Date:
1830-1980
Medium:
Citrine quartz, gold
Dimensions:
overall: 5/8 x 5/16 in.
Description:
Pear-shaped citrine quartz pendant with gold bezel mount (stone unset); hook bail pendant attachment.
Object Number:
INV.12385ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1980
eMuseum Object ID:
34004
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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