Cameo portrait of Moses Williams
Peter Stephenson
(about 1823–1860)
about 1845
Object Place for LabelBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueShell; silver gilt
DimensionsOverall: 5.4 x 4.4 x 1.3cm (2 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 1/2in.)
Credit LineGift of The Seminarians
Accession number1994.227
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
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.
mid-late 18th century
1574–75
about 1910–20
mid-late 18th century
Late 19th century
early to mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
Late 18th century
mid-late 18th century
Late 17th–early 18th century