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Brooch
French
1824
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Other; Pearl
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Louise Rodman Jennings, Georgeanna Hatch and Rodman Gearhart in memory of their mother Louise Rodman Gearhart
Accession Number1971.682
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Brooches
DescriptionNecklace with Baroque seed pearls in three large rosettes and eight small rosettes, with semi-precious stones: Pair of bracelets with seed pearls and semi-precious stones: Pair of earrings and a brooch and a gold ring, all set with seed pearls and semi-precious stones. This set was worn by Mrs. Jennings' Great Grandmother at a ball given in honor of General Lafayette at Castle Garden in NYC on Sept. 14, 1824, and was commissioned for the occasion.