Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Brooch of tortoiseshell, oval in shape, having at each end two adjacent deep triangular indentations and an oval boss in top center. Top and sloping sides are banded or piqued in gold and silver in floral design.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- mid 19th century
- Credit Line
- From the collection of Mrs. Lathrop C. Harper
- Medium
- Tortoiseshell inlaid with gold and silver
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 5 x 3 x 1.7 cm (1 15/16 x 1 3/16 x 11/16 in.)
- Type
- jewelry
- Decorative Arts
- Brooch
