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Cameo portrait of Benjamin Smith Rotch with Bracelet

about 1845
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueGold; shell
DimensionsOverall: 4.1 x 3.8 x 1.3cm (1 5/8 x 1 1/2 x 1/2in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession number1993.174
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
Inscriptions"BSR / to / Joanna Rotch / Jany 1845" engraved on back (from card)
ProvenanceDescended in the Rotch and Lamb families; gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb.
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