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Cameo portrait of Moses Williams
Peter Stephenson (about 1823–1860)
about 1845
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Shell; silver gilt
Dimensions
Overall: 5.4 x 4.4 x 1.3cm (2 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 1/2in.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Seminarians
Accession Number1994.227
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Cameos
DescriptionOval carved portrait of Moses Williams; sitter faces proper left. Hair at temples is combed forward; warm tones of the cameo evident on hair and cheek.
Inscriptions"P. Stephenson/ No 336/ AD 1845" In script on back of cameo. (from card)
ProvenanceEarly history unknown; acquired from Barbara Duffy, Peacock Valley Victorian Antiques, Clovis, California, in 1994.