Mary Todd Lincoln earrings

Mary Todd Lincoln (American, 1818–1882)

about 1860

Medium/TechniqueGold, enamel, and diamond

DimensionsDepth x diameter: 2.38 x 2.06 cm (15/16 x 13/16 in.)

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Susan B. Kaplan and by exchange from a Bequest of Maxim Karolik, The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection, Gift of Mrs. Willian Reynolds, Gift of Mrs. Alfred Redfield, Gift of Mrs. Samuel Cabot, Gift of Mrs. Oric Bates, Gift of Miss Eleanor Randall, Gift of Miss Eleanor E. Barry, Gift of Mrs. Lorenz E. Ernst, Gift of Miss Penelope B. Noyes from the Estate of Mrs. Winthrop H. Wade, Gift of Mrs. Charles H. Pease, Gift from the Estate of Mary Babcock Alward, Gift of Mrs. George E. Bates, Gift of Miss Helen R. Humpage in memory of William and Winifred Humpage, and Gift in memory of Mary Wade White from her children

Accession number2008.314.1-2

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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment

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Provenance1867, purchased by James Denton Hancock of Ohio for his wife Mary Hitchcock Hancock (according to Mary Todd Lincoln scholar Donna McCreary) at a sale of Mrs. Lincoln's clothes and jewels which took place at Brady & Co, 609 Broadway, NYC; descended in the family of Robert Allen, Jr.; purchased at Frank Kaminski auction on 4/26/08;