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Bar pin

Collection Type

  • Jewelry

Date

1870-1900

GUSN

GUSN-101657

Description

Fourteen karat gold and onyx bar pin set with three seed pearls.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bar pins
pins (jewelry)
fourteen-carat gold
onyx (mineral)
pearl (animal material)
Pin

Inscription

on pin: "14K"
on note: "These/ belonged/ to Mother/ Phillips" (engraved and note)

Associated Person

Phillips, Margaret Duncan

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1108
J093

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

American [use]

Dimensions

3/16 x 5/16 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.34

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