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Shell shaped brass pin with engraved and enameled red rooster's head with open beak. Background of brooch is gold-colored metal, with rooster's head and feathers engraved and enameled: brown head and neck, yellow beak, white feathers and red comb, with the inscription "BONJOUR" above its head. There is a clasp on back but missing pin.
brooches
pins (jewelry)
brass (alloy)
enameling
figure- and animal-derived motifs
red jungle fowl
Pin, Clothing
Brooch
Brass
Enameled
Etched
Rooster
Brooch
"BONJOUR" (Painted on front, upper left)
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
1/2 (H), 1 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.4830
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