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Carved coral brooch with gold cannetille frame, hinged pin and hook on reverse
brooches
pins (jewelry)
BROOCH
Original to Merwin House (Stockbridge, Mass.),
532
Unknown
Bequest of Vipont de R.D. Merwin
1966.2266
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.
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