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Mourning brooch with ornate gold frame featuring a hairwork image of a floral bouquet in a vase. The obverse side shows a miniature portrait of a female member of the Wilkins family. Owned by Georgia Bell Spalding Wilkins (186?-1952) who was a resident of Baltimore and Carroll Counties.

Mourning brooch with ornate gold frame featuring a hairwork image of a floral bouquet in a vase. The obverse side shows a miniature portrait of a female member of the Wilkins family. Owned by Georgia Bell Spalding Wilkins (186?-1952) who was a resident of Baltimore and Carroll Counties.

Brooch

Description

Mourning brooch with ornate gold frame featuring a hairwork image of a floral bouquet in a vase. The obverse side shows a miniature portrait of a female member of the Wilkins family. Owned by Georgia Bell Spalding Wilkins (186?-1952) who was a resident of Baltimore and Carroll Counties.

Creator

Date

circa 1850-1860

Materials

Hair, gold, glass

Dimensions

2 H x 1 W inches

Object ID

1977.103.1

Resource ID

12033

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. J. Richard Wilkins

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.