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This brooch is constructed from a single bar of silver-colored metal set with faceted steel "gems." At one end of the bar is a large ball of amber-colored glass. At the opposite end the metal tapers to a point. Thin engraved lines embellish the triangular point, similar to a pen nib. Closure with hinged pin and clasp on back.
pins (fasteners)
pins (jewelry)
glass (material)
cut steel
metal
Pin, Clothing
Brooch
Sterling Silver
Glass
Brooch
Impressed stamp on back: ""STERLING""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
2.625 x 0.375 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.4909
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