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Silver brooch in the form of a curved sword sheathed in a scabbard, sword blade is engraved with Arabic letters, handle and scabbard set with three cabochon corals and one cabochon turquoise, chain attaches sword to scabbard, hinged pin and hook on reverse.
brooches
pins (jewelry)
silver (metal)
BROOCH
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
1488
Unknown
Middle East?
1 in x 2 1/2 in x 3/8 in (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.1894
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