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Bar pin

Collection Type

  • Jewelry

Date

1850-1880

GUSN

GUSN-23953

Description

This gold-plated bar pin is embellished with black enamel in an Aesthetic-era style of abstracted geometric lines and foliage with a central flower. Closure with a hinged pin and clasp on back.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pins (fasteners)
pins (jewelry)
champlevé
plating (metal coating)
gold alloy
Aesthetic Movement
Pin, Clothing
Pin, Bar
Brass
Filigree
Pin, Bar

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2.25 x 0.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.4906

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