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This salmon-colored coral brooch consists of a central large coral cabochon surrounded by two rows of smaller coral beads, all mounted with pins on a gold circular wire frame. A pair of drops depend from the bottom edge of the brooch. The central drop is now missing. The brooch closes with a hinged pin and C-hook.
brooches
pins (jewelry)
coral (material)
gold (metal)
plating (metal coating)
Coral
Gold Plate
Polished
Soldered
Floral
Brooch
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
2.25 x 1.5 x 0.75 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5138
1860-1870 (see photograph of owner in brooch)
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