Collection Highlights
Edwin Booth as Hamlet
Date:
1870-1879
Object Number:
PR.104.3
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Brooch
Object Number:
1942.85
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Porcelain, gold, pearls, enamel, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 7/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 0.6 x 2.2 x 3.2 cm )
Marks:
engraved: across reverse: "Eliza Giles"
Description:
Oval porcelain brooch with miniature of a child at the center surrounded with seed pearls, with dark blue and white bands around outer edge; gold reverse with pin and hook, "Eliza Giles" engraved across reverse (in envelope).
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lillian Benet
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
