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Circular mirror knob (presently used as a cloak pin) has enamel portrait on front; white ground with transfer print and hand-colored portrait of woman seen in profile; dark curly hair, white scarf, yellow dress; circular copper mount or lip; turned copper shaft terminates in screw ending.
hooks (fasteners)
mirrors
copper (metal)
enamel paint
hand coloring
transfer printing
figure- and animal-derived motifs
women (female humans)
Fastener, Curtain
Tieback
Knob, Tieback
Enamel
Copper
Woman
Transfer Printed
Hand Colored
Knob, Tieback
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
England
2 x 2.625 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.730
Title Mirror Knob Accession Number 1971.731
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