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Small gold oval locket with scalloped edge and decorated with engraved foliate plumes, inside contains a photograph of Lizzie Frances Cotton as a child.
lockets
Locket
"Lizzie Frances Cotton / 1867 / Age six years" (Ink)
1714
Unknown
15/16 x 1/2 x 1/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Mrs. Lizzie F. C. Lansing
1940.956
Title Daguerreotype of Barbara Williams Campbell Cotton, 1856 Accession Number 1930.600
Title Daguerreotype of John Francis Cotton, 1856 Accession Number 1932.601
Title Daguerreotype of B.W. Cotton Accession Number 1932.602
Title Tintype of Lizzie Frances Cotton, 1865 Accession Number 1932.603
Title Photograph of donor's mother, Barbara W. Cotton Accession Number 1940.949
Title Photograph of donor's father, John Francis Cotton Accession Number 1940.950
Title Hair bracelet Accession Number 1940.955
Title Gold locket Accession Number 1940.956
Title Accession Number CDV of Lizzie Francis Cotton as a child
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