Collection Highlights
Lady Arthur Paget (Minne Stevens) dressed for the Delmonico ball, 1875
Date:
1875
Object Number:
PR.223.1.4.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Brooch (mourning)
Object Number:
Z.2309.9
Date:
1820-1880
Medium:
Jet, gold, hair, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 7/8 x 5/8 in. ( 0.6 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Silver mourning brooch with hinged pin and hook on reverse; obverse has rectangular beveled glass oculus with gray and brown hair worked in a Turk's knot, surrounded with circular polished jet, with triangles at the corners.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
