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Mary Honey Quincy

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1900-1910

GUSN

GUSN-174102

Description

Round silver frame containing photograph of Mary Honey (Mrs. Josiah Quincy) wearing a dress with short puffed sleeves. Frame monogrammed "MQ". Mary Honey (1873-1941) married Josiah Quincy V (1859-1919) in 1905.

Details

Descriptive Terms

photographs
prints (visual works)
photographs
sterling silver
glass (material)
Print, Photographic

Inscription

"M.Q." (Engraved block initials, Mary (Honey) Quincy.)
Hallmark, "STERLING," "0489" ("L" in crescent moon mark of Hickock Matthews, Newark, NJ)

Associated Person

Quincy, Edmund, 1903-1997
Quincy, Mary Honey

Additional Identification Number

8.35
EQ120

People and Organizations

Metropolitan Moving & Storage

Quincy, Edmund, 1903-1997
Quincy, Mary Honey

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

3 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Estate of Edmund Quincy

Accession Number

2009.5.35

Places

United States

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