Pendant

Details

Descriptive Terms

pendants (jewelry)
tortoise shell
Pendant

Inscription

Piece of Box: "Trippe Family - Probably sixties and seventies" Paper Label: "The material in this / box, so far as I know, / belongs to the Trippe / family - my mothers / family. Lydia G. Chace." (Ink)

Additional Identification Number

1926.728d
390

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 5/16 (HxWxD) (inches)

Accession Number

1926.728.4

Reference Notes

For more information on tortoiseshell jewelry see Bury, Shirley, "Jewellery, 1789-1910," v. 1 (1991): 259-263; Dawes, Ginny Reddington & Corinne Davidov, "Victorian Jewelry: Unexplored Treasures," (1991): 132-138; Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): 223-227; Gere, Charlotte, "American & European Jewelry, 1830-1914," (1975): 114-115.

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