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Brooch

Collection Type

  • Jewelry

Date

1870-1920

GUSN

GUSN-23908

Description

Metal brooch with dependent textured curb chain and paired fans centered at top and bottom of long brooch sides. Embossed inscription "Dieu vous garde" meaning "God Bless You" or "God Keep You".

Details

Descriptive Terms

bar pins
pins (jewelry)
embossing
white metal
floral patterns
Pin, Clothing
Brooch
Unidentified Metal
Embossed
Floral
Brooch

Inscription

Dieu nous garde (french, translated (roughly) as "God preserve/guard us")

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1 3/4 x 2 7/8 x 5/16 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.4864

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