Collection Highlights
Fort Hamilton Polka Redowa
Date:
1852
Object Number:
PR.020.1.1
Medium:
Color Lithograph.
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Earrings and pin set (mourning)
Object Number:
INV.12673.1a-c
Date:
1819-1825
Medium:
Gold, other metal, silver, jet, glass, hair
Dimensions:
overall (each earring): 1/2 x 5/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( 1.3 x 1.6 x 4.4 cm )
overall (pin): 1/4 x 5/8 x 1/2 in. ( 0.6 x 1.6
Marks:
engraved: reverse of pin: "I.B.S. / 26 March 1819 / 22 y. 7 m."
Description:
Earrings and pin set of mourning jewelry; earrings are gold plate with hinged wire hook set with 8 polished, faceted jet stones in a flower design, suspending teardrop shaped charm with same shaped oculus showing hair tied in Turk's knot beneath glass, surrounded by 12 polished, faceted jet stones; pin is silver with 8 polished, faceted jet stones surrounding oculus with hair tied in Turk's knot, inscription and hinged pin and hook on reverse.
Gallery Label:
This set of mourning jewelry commemorated Isabella Schermerhorn (d. 1819).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Harper (Constance Schermerhorn) Skillin, 1956
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
