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Comb top (now a barette)
French ?
19th century
Object Place: France [?]
Medium/Technique
Silver and copper alloy pin
Dimensions
3.4 x 13.5 x 2 cm (1 5/16 x 5 5/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. James H. Slade
Accession Number53.1094
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Hair ornaments
DescriptionA silver comb top made into a barette, teeth of comb sawed off, relief design of small-scale poppies and daffodils.
ProvenanceOnce owned by Mary Turner Bruce of Columbia Street, Boston; born in Boston 1811, left Boston at age of 19; worked sampler 35.97 while attendeing the Misses Clark's School for Young Ladies.