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A matched brooch and cuff button group, each of three pieces set with a painted porcelain plaque in gold twisted wire mounts. Button set in original case. Brooch closure hinged pin and clasp on verso.
jewelry
pins (jewelry)
fasteners
porcelain
gold (metal)
Jewelry
Set, Jewelry
Set, Jewelry
"June 1940 / All things in this / tray are / family silver from / my family and belong / to me or a fam from / Martha David which / belong to Stevie / all tings in the bottom / of the trunk were / Annie's and are included / in her inventory of the / estate. Her jewelry is in / the jewel case and / is in her inventory / SW Phillips"
On brooch: "1918" (Note and pencil)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
1159
J507
Unknown
American [use]
1 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 7/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.42a-c
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