Stickpin set with a carved tortoiseshell insect.
stickpins
STICKPIN
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
1991
Unknown
1/4 in x 3/8 in (WxD) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.1848
For more information on tortoiseshell jewelry see Bury, Shirley, "Jewellery, 1789-1910," v. 1 (1991): 259-263; Dawes, Ginny Reddington & Corinne Davidov, "Victorian Jewelry: Unexplored Treasures," (1991): 132-138; Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): 223-227; Gere, Charlotte, "American & European Jewelry, 1830-1914," (1975): 114-115.
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