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Stickpin

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Collection Type

  • Jewelry

Date

1890-1910

GUSN

GUSN-102914

Description

This stickpin has a pierced platinum head set with a brilliant-cut sapphire placed on a gold shaft. The pin is in its original case and wrapper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

stickpins
Stickpin

Inscription

On stickpin: "14 KT"
On Box: "Hodgson Kennard & Co. Inc/ 25 State Street/ Boston"
wrapping: "Hodgson Kennard & Co. Inc/ 25 State Street/ Boston/" (engraved and printed on box.)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

2367

People and Organizations

Hodgson, Kennard & Co.

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Boston (manufacturing or retail)

Dimensions

5/16 in x 3/8 in (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.381

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