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Small oval brooch with a miniature ink on paper portrait of John Smith under beveled glass and set in a gold mount, hinged pin and hook on reverse.
brooches
miniatures (paintings)
pins (jewelry)
gold (metal)
ink
Brooch
1486
Unknown
1 x 5/8 x 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
1917.459
For more information on portrait jewelry see Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): 220-222.
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