Hair Memorial Brooch

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Hair Memorial Brooch

Entry/Object ID

CW 838 i

Description

Hair Memorial Brooch. One of a collection of ten pieces of a lady's and a child's mid-Victorian jewelry and hair memorial jewelry. All circa 1850. Jewelry belonged to Frances C [arey] Lea (1834-1894), an ancestor of the donor. CW 838 i Brooch. Square hair memorial brooch; woven strands of hair under glass; engraved: "Frances C. Lea." Transcribed from original accession record

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Provenance

Notes

Jewelry belonged to Frances C [arey] Lea (1834-1894)