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Miniature Portrait Necklace

Collection Type

  • Jewelry

Date

1835-1845

GUSN

GUSN-56736

Description

Bust-length, three-quarter view of a man wearing a dark blue coat, framed in an oval necklace with a piece of hair in the verso.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
necklaces
brass (alloy)
hair
ivory (tooth component)
watercolor (paint)
Picture
Portrait
Portrait

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3 x 2 1/8 x 3/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.4446

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