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Memorial brooch for Catherine Codman
1850
Medium/Technique
Gold, enamel, glass, hair
Dimensions
Height x width: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Maxim Karolik
Accession Number64.902
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Brooches
DescriptionHorizontal ellipse of gadrooned gold with black enamel, beveled glass over dark red hair.
Inscriptions"Mrs Catharine W Codman, / Obt Jany 7th 1850 / AE 54 yrs" in script on back. (from card)
ProvenanceMemorial brooch for Mrs. Catharine W. Codman, died 1850. Descended in Codman family; collection of Maxim Karolik by 1964; to MFA June 8, 1964, bequest.