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Brooch

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Collection Type

  • Jewelry

Date

1870-1890

GUSN

GUSN-101726

Description

Gold and black enameled brooch with eight pearls encircling a mine-cut blue stone (beryl, corundum or tourmaline).

Details

Descriptive Terms

brooches
pins (jewelry)
Brooch

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1177

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

American (use)]

Dimensions

1 1/4 x 5/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.102

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