Pendant with Memorial Inscription

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Circular tooled and enameled gold hair pendant. Inner gold disk inscribed with "My second son Gerardus, Dec. 6th 1864." Inscription surrounded by outer enamelled circle with engraved inscription: "In memory of." Lock of hair under glass on reverse.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Gerard P. Herrick.
19th century
Accession Number
1959-81-2
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
jewelry
Decorative Arts
Object Name
pendant
Type
pendant
Medium
gold, enamel, hair, glass
Dimensions
H x diam.: 0.4 x 3 cm (3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
made in
USA
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1959-81-2
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq456d392ef-eb61-4bd1-b9db-52040fec24b7
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