Mourning Pendant or Brooch
Dateca. 1800
Mediumgold; ivory; paint (black)
DimensionsOH: 1 ¾” x OW: 1 1/8”
Credit LineGift of Beatrix T. Rumford
Object number2020-97
DescriptionMourning Pendant or Brooch: Pointed oval gold frame with solid back, the front edge engraved with a running border pattern enclosing a slightly domed glass and a pointed oval ivory insert painted in black with a figure of a woman beside an unmarked urn-topped column under a willow tree. Gold frame has a solid metal back with a long “T” shaped pin and is surmounted by a hanging loop.ProvenanceDescended in the Morris-Canby families of Philadelphia
Gift of Beatrix T. Rumford
1780-1785 (dated 1780)
1819-1829
ca. 1775 (movement); 1805-1815 (case)
1809-1813
Probably 1838-1842
1793-1796
1809-1814 (movement); ca. 1825 (case)
1805-1815