Pink shell earrings on original backing.
earrings (jewelry)
EARRING
On front: "Tropical Sea Shell Earrings/ Treasures from Under the Sea/ E. Diamond & Son Miami, Florida"
On back:"29 (cents marking)"
Postage Note: "FROM/ THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY/ 111 FIFTH AVENUE/ NEW YORK 3, N.Y./ N.Y.O. 626 RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED/ TO-/MRS> NANNIE B. PHILLIPS,/ DONIBRISTLE./TOPSFIELD, MASS./ MERCHANDISE-FOURTH CLASS MAIL./ POSTMASTER: This parcel may be opened for postal inspection if necessary."
Handwritten over postage: "Shell(-illegible)" (Printed and handwritten in pencil)
Phillips, Nannie Jencks (Borden), 1877-1963
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
1230
E. Diamond & Son
Phillips, Nannie Jencks (Borden), 1877-1963
Unknown
Miami (manufactured and/or retailed)
9/16 in (W), 1 3/16 in (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.179ab
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