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Date

1838

GUSN

GUSN-50460

Description

Mourning or memorial hairwork pin / brooch. Cresecent or fan shaped glass dome covering braied hairwork. Hairwork is surrounded by graduated, facted black stone.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pins (fasteners)
pins (jewelry)
metal
hairwork jewelry
PIN

Label

Mate to ring: 1985.514B

Inscription

Engraved on back: "M. E. Coffin / to / L. Coffin"

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1985.514

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.514A

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