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Silver three quarter circle plaid pin with engraved star pattern, terminates in two silver balls set with cabochon cut corals, sliding pin set with cabochon cut coral.
pins (jewelry)
silver (metal)
BROOCH
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
203
Unknown
Possibly Scotland
1 9/16 in x 1 5/8 in x 9/16 in (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.1897
"Jewelry at Historic New England," Online exhibit presented by Historic New England launched September 30, 2007 at www.historicnewengland.org/jewelryhistory/.
For more information on coral jewelry see Bennett, David and Daniela Mascetti, "Understanding Jewellery," (1989): 105; Bury, Shirley, "Jewellery, 1789-1910," v.1 (1991): 238-244; Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): 122-123, 237-239; Gere, Charlotte, "American and European Jewelry, 1830-1914," (1975): 86-87. A similar pair of pins is featured in Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): plate 171. For more information on the Codman estate see the entire issue of "Old Time New England" 71, no. 258 (1981).
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