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Wedding jewelry set in original case. Cultured pearl earrings set in gold prong settings with s-shaped ear wire fasteners. Earrings no longer retain their original gold and pearl drops (visible in 1887 photograph of Margaret Duncan Phillips).
earrings (jewelry)
parures
gold (metal)
pearl (animal material)
marriage
Set, Jewelry
"Mementos: Jewelry of Life and Love from Historic New England": Stephen Henry Phillips chose an enormous necklace of gold links from Boston jewelers Shreve, Crump & Low for his bride-to-be. A gold cross pendant and earrings, embellished with natural pearls, completed the set. After their 1871 wedding, Margaret Duncan Phillips wore the cross as a brooch.
Original To Stephen Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
1084
J113
Shreve, Crump & Low (Retailer)
Boston, MA, United States
3/4 x 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.30.2AB
Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
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