Oval gold pendant set with a miniature painting on ivory of a bust portrait of Captain Stephen Phillips. Captain Phillips is wearing a black coat, a high white collar and a bow tie. He is middle aged and has longer hair in the back and a lock of hair over one eye. Glass back frames locks of dark brown braided hair.
pendants (jewelry)
miniatures (paintings)
gold (metal)
ivory (tooth component)
paint (coating)
Portrait
Pendant
Phillips, Stephen, 1764-1838
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P322
Unknown
2 9/16 x 2 3/16 x 4/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.745
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