Brooch

Details

Descriptive Terms

brooches
pins (jewelry)
jet (coal)
gold alloy
flat chasing
Pin, Clothing
Brooch
Brooch

Additional Identification Number

237

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Possibly England

Dimensions

2 3/16 x 1 5/8 x 3/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Accession Number

1930.172

Reference Notes

For more information on jet jewelry and imitations see Bury, Shirley, "Jewellery, 1789-1910" v. 2 (1991): 657-709; Cooper, Diana and Norman Battershill, "Victorian Sentimental Jewellery," (1972): 19-30; Dawes, Ginny Reddington and Corinne Davidov, "Victorian Jewelry: Unexplored Treasures," (1991): 125-130; Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): 125-126, 254-256; Phillips, Clare, "Jewels and Jewelry," (2000): 94-95. For history of the Mason family see Winthrop, Robert C., Jr. "Memoir of Robert Means Mason," Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. XVIII, 1881, 302-317 and Carlisle, Nancy, "Cherished Possessions: A New England Legacy," (2003).

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