Brooch, mourning ("FCB" for Frances Courtenay Baylor)
Date1780-1785 (dated 1780)
OriginEngland (probably)
MediumGold, pearls, glass, ivory & watercolors.
DimensionsOH: 2 1/4"; OW: 1 5/8"; OD: 3/16"
Credit LineGift of Mr. George D. Baylor.
Object number1962-138,A
DescriptionOval gold mourning brooch or pendant with plain gold back fitted with pin and catch and gold ring at top; outside edge of face set with thirty two pearls framing a sepia miniature painting on ivory covered with glass; miniature shows man and woman grieving before a large obilisk with weeping willows in background; band of white encircles painting inscribed with verse. (See Marks.)Inscribed"Our darling Babe to Heaven has flown and left us in a World of pain"; nscribed on obilisk: "FCB April 3 1780"
MarkingsAround edge of miniature: "Our darling Babe to Heaven has flown and left us in a World of pain"; inscribed on obilisk: "FCB April 3 1780".
ProvenanceFCB stands for Frances Courtenay Baylor, born October 10, 1779 and died april 3, 1780. She was the infant daugher of Colonel John Baylor and Frances Norton Baylor and is buried at "Circle of Oaks", the family plantation at New Market, Caroline County, Virginia. See manila envelope in object file for additional information of the Baylors.
Ex Coll; George D. Baylor, Richmond, VA
1826/1827
Mid 18th c.