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This crescent-shaped gold brooch is set with a braided knot of brunette hair under a curved glass or crystal mount. The center is surrounded by a gold border chased with floral scrolls, then a row of round, faceted jet stones set in gold.
brooches
pins (jewelry)
mourning jewelry
gold (metal)
human hair
jet (coal)
mourning jewelry
Brooch
"F (possibly L?).R.W." (Engraved)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
1169
J010
Unknown
American [use]
3/4 x 3/16 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.128
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