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Part of set of partial bracelet(.1) and matching cameo brooch(.2). Bracelet composed of five Classical female profiles carved in limestone (called "lava" in the mid-nineteenth century), each mounted in a plain gold frame and connected with gold O rings. Partial bracelet is mounted on a brown twill cotton backing (added later to support fragile piece and absent clasp).
bracelets (jewelry)
limestone
gold alloy
carving (processes)
Classical
Jewelry
Bracelet
Clay
Molded
Applied
Classical Figure
Woman
Bracelet
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
1.25 x 6 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.4923.1
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