Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Brooch (mourning)
Object Number:
Z.2174
Date:
1800-1880
Medium:
Gold, jet, hair, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 1 x 3.2 cm )
Marks:
engraved: center reverse: "PFS"
Description:
Circular gold mourning brooch; hair worked in a Turk's knot beneath glass oculus, surrounded by 14 (originally 16) circular, faceted, polished jet stones creating a scalloped outer edge which is beaded on obverse; reverse has hinged pin and hook, inscription across the center.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
