This brooch consists of four overlapping squares, each decorated with a Classical portrait in bas-relief profile. The edges of each square are cast to resemble facets created by hammering metal. The surface is dark, possibly oxidized silver.
brooches
pins (jewelry)
silver (metal)
Classical
Pin, Clothing
Brooch
Brooch
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
2.625 x 1 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.4911
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