Collection Highlights
Provisional Constitution and Ordinances for the People of the United States
Date:
1858
Object Number:
LIB.KF4550.Z9.B76
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Pendant (mourning)
Object Number:
INV.769e
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Gold, other metal, hair, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 1/2 x 7/8 in. ( 0.6 x 1.3 x 2.2 cm )
Marks:
engraved: center of side opposite oculus: "CRF"
Description:
Circular gold plate pendant (mourning) with dark brown hair worked in a Turk's knot beneath beveled glass oculus surrounded with rinceau design on one side, inscription "CRF" surrounded with imbricated pattern on opposite side; loop finding of other metal at the top.
Gallery Label:
A note found with this mourning pendant, written to Hattie Rogers by her cousin Eunice Williams, states that the oculus contains a lock of Mrs. C. R. Francis's hair.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
