Bracelet

Details

Descriptive Terms

bracelets (jewelry)
tintypes (prints)
gold (metal)
tintypes (prints)
human hair
glass (material)
Bracelet

Inscription

"Louis Agassiz / A.D. Bache / Benjamin Pierce / J.Q. Adams / 6th Pres't U.S.A. / Gauss, / Gottingenl. / John Adams / 2nd Pres't U.S.A." (Engraving from left to right:)

Additional Identification Number

922

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1 1/4 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Albert Thorndike

Accession Number

1919.243

Exhibition Notes

"Hidden Treasures from Elegant Eras," Historic Jewelry from the Collections of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities presented by Shreve, Crump & Low, September 15 - November 30, 1995. "Jewelry at Historic New England," Online exhibit presented by Historic New England launched September 30, 2007 at www.historicnewengland.org/jewelryhistory/.

Reference Notes

Pictured in Sage, Adrienne, "Wealth, Style and Sentiment," Historic New England (Winter/Spring 2005); and Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): Plate 147, 221. For more information on hair jewelry see Bell, C. Jeanenne, "Collector's Encyclopedia of Hairwork Jewelry," (1998); Bury, Shirley, "Jewellery, 1789-1910," v. 2 (1991): 680-698; Campbell, Mark, "The Art of Hair Work: Hair Braiding and Jewelry of Sentiment with Catalog of Hair Jewelry," Eds. Jules & Kaethe Kliot (facsimile of 1875 printing, 1996); Dawes, Ginny Reddington & Corinne Davidov, "Victorian Jewelry: Unexplored Treasures," (1991): 139-143; Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): 98-107, 214-219. For more information on portrait jewelry see Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): 220-222.

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