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Mourning Brooch with Hair

Item

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Title

Mourning Brooch with Hair

Description

Brooch with black enamel and gold lettering "In Memory of". Gold decorative rim surrounding glass that contains brown braid. Initials "UOB" on the back. Belonged to Urath "Urith" Owings Brown (1791-1854) and then Sarah Lawrence Brown Pope (1810-1884).

Source

The Filson Historical Society Museum Collection

Date

1800-1854

Format

brooches

Identifier

1990.5.1

Coverage

19th century

Collection

Mourning Collection

Citation

“Mourning Brooch with Hair,” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed May 5, 2024, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/1382.

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