Pendant with Memorial Inscription

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Description

Circular tooled and enameled gold hair pendant. Inner gold disk inscribed with "My second son Gerardus, Dec. 6th 1864." Inscription surrounded by outer enamelled circle with engraved inscription: "In memory of." Lock of hair under glass on reverse.

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Gerard P. Herrick.

Date

19th century

Accession Number

1959-81-2

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

jewelry

Decorative Arts

Object Name

pendant

Type

pendant

Medium

gold, enamel, hair, glass

Dimensions

H x diam.: 0.4 x 3 cm (3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)

made in

USA

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq456d392ef-eb61-4bd1-b9db-52040fec24b7

Record ID

chndm_1959-81-2

Pendant with Memorial Inscription

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