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Object Name
Brooch
Object Number
1909-01-3
Description
Mourning hair brooch, oval gold brooch, bezel cut glass mount with three colors of braided hair, one brown, one grey and one blond. Engraved on the back with three sets of initials "J C" / "M C" / "F A T" for Judson Canfield, Mable (Ruggles) Canfield his wife, and Frederick Augutus Tallmadge, the parents and husband of Elizabeth (Canfield)) Tallmadge.
Category
Personal Artifacts
Date Made
ca. 1840
Dimensions
3/4" wide x 1 3/4" long
Materials
Social Tags (experimental)
pin
Rose of Sharon
hair memorial
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