Oval pink granite brooch set in a gilded metal mount with a scrolled foliate border.
brooches
pins (jewelry)
BROOCH
1466
Unknown
1 1/4 in x 1 1/16 in x 3/8 in (HxWxD) (inches)
Museum Accession
2007.15.25
For more information on Victorian stone jewelry see Bury, Shirley, "Jewellery, 1789-1910," (1991): 513-528; Dawes, Ginny Reddington & Corinne Davidov, "Victorian Jewelry: Unexplored Treasures," (1991): 57-95; Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): 246-253.
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