Brooch

Details

Descriptive Terms

brooches
pins (jewelry)
gold (metal)
jet (coal)
paper (fiber product)
Brooch

Label

Generations of the Chace family of Providence, Rhode Island, treasured this tiny memorial of their ancestor.

Inscription

"Lydia Sheldon (Stillwell) Chace / b. Aug. 3, 1800 / d. Sept. 30, 1875 / Harriet Rhoades Chace / her daughter. / Prov., R.I. July 24, 1909." (Ink)

Additional Identification Number

1627

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1/2 x 5/8 x 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Frances L. Chace

Accession Number

1933.1640

Reference Notes

For more information on jet jewelry and imitations see Bury, Shirley, "Jewellery, 1789-1910" v. 2 (1991): 657-709; Cooper, Diana and Norman Battershill, "Victorian Sentimental Jewellery," (1972): 19-30; Dawes, Ginny Reddington and Corinne Davidov, "Victorian Jewelry: Unexplored Treasures," (1991): 125-130; Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): 125-126, 254-256; Phillips, Clare, "Jewels and Jewelry," (2000): 94-95.

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