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Bracelet clasp

about 1800
Object PlaceEnglish (probably)
Medium/TechniqueGold; watercolor on ivory, enamel
DimensionsOverall: 3 x 3.7 cm (1 3/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit LineThe M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession number41.625
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
Inscriptions"The Gift of Elizabeth Derby to Anstiss Pickman" In script on back.
ProvenanceLent by Miss Martha C. Codman, November 8, 1926. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxim Karolik for the "M. and M. Karolik Collection of 18th century American Arts"

Collection of Miss Martha C. Codman by 1926; lent to MFA November 8, 1926; given to the MFA by Mr. and MRs. Maxim Karolik for the "M. & M. Karolik Collection of 18th century American Arts", October 9, 1941.


"miniature painting of family group (said to be Benjmin Pickman, his wife Anstiss Derby, and children)" (from card)