Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Bar pin
Object Number:
Z.2267.7
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Gold, turquoise, pearl
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/8 x 2 x 1/2 in. ( 1 x 5.1 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Gold bar pin with turquoise and seed pearl settings, hinged pin and hook attachments on reverse; small turquoise stones are set in a circle at the center with a seed pearl at the center, having the look of a flower; 2 gold flowers with a vertical gold bar between them flank both sides of the center; a seed pearl projects from either end, and the outer edges are beaded.
Credit Line:
Gift of Sarah S. Lyon, 1958
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
