Brooch made from a rectangular bar of channeled metal formed into a rounded arch. Each of the six channels is set with a row of gold-colored, faceted beads strung on a wire. The rows are arrayed in an striped effect of gold and green. The bottom wire has detached and the beads are no longer extant. Hinged pin and hook closure on back.
brooches
pins (jewelry)
cutting (dividing)
enameling
gilding
metal
steel (alloy)
Pin, Clothing
Brooch
Steel
Unidentified Metal
Cut
Gilded
Enameled
Brooch
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
1 x 2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.4847
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